1971 In Sports ,
Other Events Of 1972 ,
1973 In Sports and the
List Of 'years In Sports' .
Men's Golf
- The European PGA tour begins its first season of competition.
Women's Golf
- The Long Branch P.C.O.'s win the first Founders Cup .
- The New Westminster Salmonbellies win the Mann Cup .
- The Peterborough PCO's win the Minto Cup .
- wins 3-2 over Romania in world tennis.
- February 7 — Mariano Chao , Argentine field hockey goalkeeper
- February 11 — Dennis Iliohan , Dutch football player
- February 15 — Jaromir Jagr , Czech ice hockey star
- February 16 — Dirk Dier , German tennis player
- February 17 — Philippe Candeloro , figure skater
- February 19 — Lucy Pearson , English cricketer
- February 22 — Michael Chang , US tennis player
- February 22 — Claudia Pechstein , German speed skater
- February 24 — Larry Amar , American field hockey midfielder
- February 24 — Richard Chelimo , Kenyan athlete, former world record holder, 10,000m (d. 2001 )
- February 28 — Tarick Salmaci , American boxer from Lebanese origin
- March 3 — Petr Luxa , Czech tennis player
- March 4 — Pae Gil-Su , North Korean gymnast
- March 5 — Mikael Tillstrøm , Swedish tennis player
- March 6 — Shaquille O'Neal , American basketball player
- March 5 — Hernan Gumy , Argentinian tennis player
- March 9 — Anna Lawrence , New Zealand field hockey midfielder
- March 9 — Meagan Warthold , Australian weight lifter
- March 9 — Zsolt Varga , Hungarian water polo player
- March 11 — Debra McLeod , Scottish field hockey goalkeeper
- March 14 — Clover Maitland , Australian field hockey goalkeeper
- March 15 — Steve Danielson , American field hockey player
- March 15 — Filip Dewulf , Belgian tennis player
- March 16 — Andrew Foster , British tennis player
- March 16 — Sandor Noszaly , Hungarian tennis player
- March 17 — Mia Hamm , American soccer player
- March 18 — Carolyn Reid , British field hockey goalkeeper
- March 22 — Elvis Stojko , figure skating champion
- March 23 — Jonas Björkman , Swedish tennis player
- March 25 — Nina Bonner , Australian field hockey goalkeeper
- March 29 — Piet-Hein Geeris , Dutch field hockey player
- March 30 — Sander Van Heeswijk , Dutch field hockey player
- April 3 — Sandrine Testud , French tennis player
- April 8 — Katrina Powell , Australian field hockey player
- April 10 — Srdjan Muskatirovic , Serbian tennis player
- April 11 — Brandon Coupe , US tennis player
- April 11 — Annemette Jensen , Danish athlete
- April 14 — Yamilé Aldama , Cuba-born Sudanese triple jumper
- April 15 — Arturo Gatti , Italian-born boxer from Canada
- April 16 — Eldar Kurtanidze , Georgian wrestler
- April 17 — Muttiah Muralitharan , Sri Lankan cricketer
- April 22 — Tanya White , Australian taekwondoka
- April 27 — Silvia Farina Elia , Italian tennis player
- May 5 — James Cracknell , British rower
- May 5 — Michael Green , German field hockey player
- May 7 — Peter Dubovský , Slovak football (soccer) player (d. 2000 )
- May 9 — Daniela Silivaş , Romanian gymnast
- May 11 — Brian MacPhie , US tennis player
- May 11 — Lori Melien , Canadian backstroke swimmer
- May 14 — Mandy Smith , New Zealand field hockey striker
- May 21 — Jalo De Vries , Dutch water polo player
- May 23 — Kevin Ullyett , South African tennis player
- May 27 — Eskild Ebbesen , Danish rower
- May 31 — Frode Estil , Norwegian cross-country skier
- August 1 — Martin Damm , Czech tennis player
- August 7 — Xeno Müller , Swiss rower
- August 11 — Melanie Jones , Australian cricketer
- August 11 — Rob Short , Canadian field hockey player
- August 21 — Ronnie Ekelund , Danish football (soccer) player
- August 24 — Christian Ruud , Norwegian tennis player
- August 27 — Jaap-Derk Buma , Dutch field hockey player
- August 27 — Denise Lewis , British athlete
- August 27 — Wayne McIndoe , New Zealand field hockey player
- August 28 — Nathan Thomas , Australian waterpolo player
- August 30 — Pavel Nedved , Czech football player
- November 1 — Gillian Sewell , Northern Ireland-born field hockey player from Canada
- November 4 — Luis Figo , Portuguese football player
- November 4 — Olivia Magno , Australian cricketer
- November 7 — Hasim Rahman , American heavyweight boxer
- November 8 — Chris Fydler , Australian swimmer
- November 9 — Sophie Blake , British television sports presenter
- November 14 — Laurence Tieleman , Italian tennis player
- November 15 — Emilio Alvarez , Spanish tennis player
- November 16 — Ageeth Boomgaardt , Dutch field hockey player
- November 21 — Eyal Ran , Israelian tennis player
- November 24 — Rhona Simpson , Scottish field hockey player
- December 2 — Gustavo Borges , Brazilian swimmer
- December 6 — Francisco Cabello , Argentinian tennis player
- December 7 — Jordi Burillo , Spanish tennis player
- December 9 — Fabrice Santoro , French tennis player
- December 11 — Paul Rosner , South African tennis player
- December 12 — Wilson Kipketer , Kenian-born Danish middle distance runner
- December 18 — Marcos Ondruska , South African tennis player
- December 21 — Claudia Poll , Nicaragua-born swimmer from Costa Rica
- December 27 — Hocine Soltani , Algerian boxer
- December 28 — Roberto Palacios , Peruvian football (soccer) midfielder
- December 28 — Patrick Rafter , Australian tennis player
- February 28 — Victor Barna , Hungarian -born, 5 time World Table Tennis champ
- February 28 — Dizzy Trout , Major League Baseball pitcher (1939-1957)
- March 11 — Zack Wheat , Major League Baseball player (1909-1927)
- March 16 — Pie Traynor , Major League Baseball player (1920-1937)
- March 28 — Donie Bush , Major League Baseball player (1908-1923)
- April 2 — Gil Hodges , Major League Baseball player/manager (1943-1963)
- October 9 — Dave Bancroft , Major League Baseball player (1915-1930)
- October 17 — Turk Broda , Ice Hockey goaltender
- October 24 — Jackie Robinson , ( Baseball Hall Of Fame r) (1947-1956)
- December 31 — Roberto Clemente , ( Baseball Hall Of Fame r) (1955-1972)
- December 20 — Gabby Hartnett , Major League Baseball player (1922-1941)
- December 23 — Eric Green , British field hockey player (b. 1878 )
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