1973 In Sports ,
Other Events Of 1974 ,
1975 In Sports and the
List Of 'years In Sports' .
- March 9 - In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium,England. The Netherlands beat England 2-0.
Men's Golf
Women's Golf
- wins over India (Walkover) in world tennis.
- Last year in which US Open was played on Grass Court s
- January 3 — Robert-Jan Derksen , Dutch golfer
- January 3 — Mike Ireland , Canadian long track speed skater
- January 4 — Armin Zöggeler , Italian luger
- January 21 — Arthémon Hatungimana , Burundian middle distance runner
- January 25 — Utkirbek Haydarov , Uzbek boxer
- January 25 — Daniel Sproule , Australian field hockey defender
- January 27 — Ole Einar Bjørndalen , Norwegian biathlete
- January 30 — Nataliya Burdeyna , archery star
- February 5 — Nadine Ernstine-Krienke , German field hockey player
- February 7 — Steve Nash , Canadian NBA player
- February 12 — Martin Annen , Swiss bobsledder
- February 12 — Marianne Illing , waterpolo player
- February 28 — Katie Allen , Australian field hockey player
- February 4 — Mijntje Donners , Dutch field hockey player
- February 9 — Jordi Cruyff , Dutch football player, son of Johan Cruijff
- February 18 — Yevgeni Kafelnikov , Russian tennis player
- February 26 — Martin Hersman , Dutch speed skater
- February 27 — Hiroyasu Shimizu , Japanese speed skater
- March 2 — Hayley Lewis , Australian swimmer
- March 4 — Karol Kucera , Slovak tennis player
- March 4 — Ariel Ortega , Argentine football player
- March 5 — Jens Jeremies , German football player
- March 6 — Benno Kuipers , Dutch swimmer
- March 6 — Dmitri Tomashevich , Uzbek tennis player
- March 13 — Thomas Enqvist , Swedish tennis player
- March 16 — Heath Streak , Zimbabwean cricketer
- March 20 — Carsten Ramelow , German football player
- March 21 — Kristine Holzer , American speed skater
- March 26 — Irina Spirlea , Romanian tennis player
- March 27 — Gaizka Mendieta , Spanish football player
- March 28 — Camilla Martin , Danish badminton player
- March 29 — Marc Gené , Formula 1-driver
- March 31 — Jani Sievinen , Finnish swimmer
- April 1 — Paolo Bettini , Italian cyclist
- April 1 — Sandra Völker , German swimmer
- April 4 — Vassiliy Jirov , Kazakh boxer
- April 4- Dave Mirra , extreme sports champion
- April 9 — Sule Ladipo , Nigerian tennis player
- April 11 — Alex Corretja , Spanish tennis player
- April 12 — Dinu Pescariu , Romanian tennis player
- April 17 — Eric Van Der Linden , Dutch triathlete
- April 19 — Gerald Sibon , Dutch football player
- April 24 — Gabby Logan , British television sports presenter
- April 28 — Richel Hersisia , Dutch boxer
- April 30 — Carlos Manuel Baldomir , Argentine boxer
- May 9 — Neli Boteva , badminton player
- May 21 — Martin Doktor , Czech canoer
- May 21 — Margje Teeuwen , Dutch field hockey player
- May 26 — Lars Frölander , Swedish swimmer
- May 26 — Barbara De Loor , Dutch speed skater
- May 26 — Oleg Saitov , Russian boxer
- May 28 — Cora Campbell , waterpolo player
- June 1 — Michael Rasmussen , Danish cyclist
- June 7 — Mahesh Bhupathi , Indian tennis player
- June 8 — Pål Arne Fagernes , Norwegian athlete (d. 2003 )
- June 13 — Jimmy Wallis , English field hockey midfielder
- June 19 — Marina Yakusheva , Russian badminton player
- July 1 — Jefferson Pérez , Ecuadorian track and field athlete
- July 1 — Pornchai Thongburan , Thai boxer
- July 3 — Kenneth Jonassen , Danish badminton player
- July 11 — Michelle Edwards , badminton player
- July 4 — Jill Craybas , American tennis player
- July 4 — Denis Pankratov , Russian swimmer
- July 5 — Jimi Lewis , English field hockey goalkeeper
- July 7 — Cyrille Mubiala Kitambala , Congolese football player
- July 10 — Andrea Nuyt , Dutch speed skater
- July 11 — André Ooijer , Dutch football (soccer) player
- July 13 — Jarno Trulli , Italian Formula 1-driver
- July 17 — Tonny De Jong , Dutch speed skater
- July 17 — Claudio López , Argentine football (soccer) player
- July 23 — Maurice Greene , American athlete
- July 29 — Robin Korving , Dutch athlete
- July 29 — Brenda Starink , Dutch swimmer
- August 3 — Blaine Wilson , American gymnast
- August 6 — Adrian Voinea , Romanian tennis player
- August 9 — Dillianne Van Den Boogaard , Dutch field hockey player
- August 11 — Audrey Mestre , Free-diving world record holder (d. 2002 )
- August 16 — Didier Cuche , Swiss alpine skier
- August 16 — Raimkul Malakhbekov , Russian boxer
- August 28 — Paola Vukojicic , Argentine field hockey goalkeeper
- August 16 — Krisztina Egerszegi , Hungarian swimmer
- August 31 — Andrei Medvedev , Ukrainian tennis player
- September 4 — Yeo Woon-Kon , South Korean field hockey player
- September 6 — Tim Henman , British tennis player
- September 8 — Yaw Preko , Ghanaian football (soccer) striker
- September 9 — Miriam Oremans , Dutch tennis player
- September 10 — Ben Wallace , NBA player
- September 14 — Hicham El Guerrouj , Moroccan athlete
- September 15 — Stephen Holt , Australian field hockey player
- September 16 — Lorenzo Manta , Swiss tennis player
- September 16 — Ji Seung-Hwan , South Korean field hockey player
- September 18 — Sol Campbell , English football (soccer) player
- September 23 — Félix Mantilla , Spanish tennis player
- September 26 — Gary Hall Jr , American swimmer
- September 30 — Tycho Van Meer , Dutch field hockey player
- October 3 — Marianne Timmer , Dutch speed skater
- October 6 — Fernando Scherer , Brazilian swimmer
- October 10 — Dale Earnhardt, Jr. , NASCAR driver
- October 17 — Nicole Grether , badminton player
- October 17 — Jan Kroslak , Slovak tennis player
- October 18 — Paul Palmer , British swimmer
- October 19 — Joanne Fenn , British athlete
- October 23 — Sander Westerveld , Dutch football (soccer) goalkeeper
- October 24 — Gabor Babos , Hungarian football player
- October 26 — Aki Parviainen , Finnish javelin thrower
- October 31 — Rob Cordemans , Dutch baseball player
- November 2 — Zsófia Polgár , Hungarian-Israeli chess player
- November 4 — Gaston Etlis , Argentine tennis player
- November 6 — Frank Vandenbroucke , Belgian cyclist
- November 8 — Penny Heyns , South African swimmer
- November 9 — Alessandro Del Piero , Italian football (soccer) player
- November 14 — Jenita Hulzebosch-Smit , Dutch speed skater
- November 15 — Sergio Conceição , Portuguese football (soccer) player
- November 20 — Marina Andrievskaya , badminton player
- November 21 — Karen Rolton , Australian cricketer
- December 4 — Anke Huber , German tennis player
- December 7 — Manuel Martínez , Spanish shot putter
- December 7 — Alex Radulescu , Romanian-born tennis player from Germany
- December 11 — Maarten Lafeber , Dutch golfer
- December 12 — Nolberto Solano , Peruvian football (soccer) player
- December 18 — Bram De Groot , Dutch cyclist
- December 21 — Karrie Webb , golf champion
- December 24 — Marcelo Salas , Chilean football (soccer) player
- December 31 — Mario Aerts , Belgian cyclist
- February 21 - Tim Horton , NHL ice hockey player, Hockey Hall Of Fame r, founder of Tim Hortons doughnut shops
- March 22 - Peter Revson , U.S. F1 race car driver
- April 23 - Cy Williams , Major League Baseball player (1912-1930)
- July 17 - Dizzy Dean , MLB baseball player/broadcaster (1930-1947)
- September 19 - Zack Taylor , MLB baseball player
- October 13 - Sam Rice , Major League Baseball player (1915-1934)
- November 1 - Joe Bush , Major League Baseball pitcher (1912-1928)
- December 5 - Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman , tennis player, U.S. Open Champion
- December 18 - Harry Hooper , Major League Baseball player (1909-1925)
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