1975 In Sports ,
Other Events Of 1976 ,
1977 In Sports and the
List Of 'years In Sports' .
- March 13 - In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium,England. England beat Scotland 3-0.
Men's Golf
Women's Golf
- wins 4-1 over Chile in world tennis.
- January 1 — Melanie Clewlow , British field hockey player
- January 2 — Danilo Di Luca , Italian cyclist
- January 4 — Ezequiel Paulón , Argentine field hockey defender
- January 6 — Amy Gillett , Australian rower and cyclist (d. 2005 )
- January 6 — Chun Lee-kyung , South Korean short track speed skater
- January 7 — Éric Gagné , Canadian baseball player National League Cy Young Award
- January 10 — Remy Bonjasky , Surinam-born K1-fighter from The Netherlands
- January 11 — Bindi Kullar , Canadian field hockey player
- January 16 — Martina Moravcová , Slovak swimmer
- January 16 — Germán Orozco , Argentine field hockey defender
- January 18 — Lars Paaske , Danish badminton player
- January 20 — Gretha Smit , Dutch speed skater
- January 22 — Stefan Van Dijk , Dutch cyclist
- January 29 — Karsten Kroon , Dutch cyclist
- February 2 — Steven Dewick , Australian backstroke swimmer
- February 2 — James Hickman , English swimmer
- February 3 — Cătălin Hâldan , Romanian football (soccer) player (d. 2000 )
- February 5 — Sione Jongstra , Dutch triathlete
- February 13 — Chantal De Bruijn , Dutch field hockey player
- February 15 — Oscar Freire , Spanish cyclist
- February 18 — Chanda Rubin , American tennis player
- February 26 — Anna Bennett , English field hockey player
- February 26 — Attila Vari , Hungarian water polo player
- February 27 — Ludovic Capelle , Belgian cyclist
- March 4 — Vic Wunderle , American archer
- March 5 — Wayne Denne , South African field hockey player
- March 5 — Sarunas Jasikevicius , Lithuanian basketball player
- March 5 — Sergey Mihaylov , Uzbek boxer
- March 6 — Antoine Dénériaz , French alpine skier
- March 24 — Peyton Manning , NFL player, league co-MVP in 2003
- March 10 — Lieja Tunks , Dutch athlete
- March 14 — Sarah Ulmer , New Zealand cyclist
- March 17 — Alvaro Recoba , Uruguay football (soccer) player
- March 19 — Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov , Kazakh boxer
- March 19 — Alessandro Nesta , Italian football (soccer) player
- March 20 — Julia Zwehl , German field hockey goalkeeper
- March 21 — Han Hyung-Bae , South Korean field hockey player
- March 22 — Teun De Nooijer , Dutch field hockey player
- March 25 — Wladimir Klitschko , Ukrainian heavyweight boxer
- March 29 — Igor Astarloa , Spanish cyclist
- March 29 — Jennifer Capriati , American tennis player
- April 1 — Clarence Seedorf , Dutch football (soccer) player
- April 3 — Nicolas Escudé , French tennis player
- April 5 — Kim Collins , Saint Kitts and Nevis athlete
- April 5 — David Staniforth , South African field hockey goalkeeper
- April 8 — Tieme Klompe , Dutch football (soccer) player
- April 10 — John Van Lottum , Dutch tennis player
- April 13 — Nami Miyazaki , Japanese field hockey goalkeeper
- April 14 — Baeden Choppy , Australian field hockey striker
- April 18 — Andrew Ilie , Romanian-born tennis player from Australia
- April 20 — Big Ben , world champion show-jumping horse
- April 24 — Steve Finnan , Irish football (soccer) player
- April 25 — Tim Duncan , basketball player, two-time NBA MVP
- April 25 — Rainer Schuettler , German tennis player
- April 26 — Wijan Ponlid , Thai boxer
- April 23 — Dirk Van 't Klooster , Dutch baseball player
- April 27 — Olaf Tufte , Norwegian rower
- April 27 — Walter Pandiani , Uruguay football (soccer) player
- May 1 — Patricia Stokkers , Dutch swimmer
- May 3 — Juan Pablo Hourquebie , Argentine field hockey defender
- May 6 — Adam Commens , Australian field hockey midfielder
- May 6 — Ivan De La Peña , Spanish football (soccer) player
- May 8 — Kim Christiansen , Norwegian snowboarder
- May 9 — Mitesh Patel , New Zealand field hockey player
- May 13 — Hamid Ait Bighrade , Moroccan boxer
- May 15 — Tyler Walker , baseball player
- May 17 — Daniel Komen , Kenyan runner
- May 21 — Graham Dunlop , Scottish field hockey player
- May 25 — Stefan Holm , Swedish athlete
- May 27 — Bianca Netzler , Australian field hockey player
- May 31 — Mashona Washington , American tennis player
- June 1 — Niniwa Roberts , New Zealand field hockey striker
- June 3 — Jens Kruppa , German swimmer
- June 4 — Nenad Zimonjić , Serbian tennis player
- June 6 — Hamza Yerlikaya , Turkish Greco-Roman style wrestler
- June 8 — Lindsay Davenport , American tennis player
- June 8 — Jennifer Rodriguez , Cuban-American speed skater
- June 9 — Laurence Godfrey (archer) , British archer
- June 17 — Carolina Pascual , Spanish rhythmic gymnast
- June 21 — Sander Van Der Weide , Dutch field hockey player
- June 23 — Paola Suarez , Argentine tennis player
- June 23 — Patrick Vieira , French football (soccer) player
- June 25 — Neil Walker , American swimmer
- June 28 — Shinobu Asagoe , Japanese tennis player
- July 1 — Patrick Kluivert , Dutch football (soccer) player
- July 1 — Ruud Van Nistelrooy , Dutch football (soccer) player
- July 4 — Marcelo Romero , Uruguay football (soccer) player
- July 5 — Nuno Gomes , Portuguese football (soccer) player
- July 5 — Brent Livermore , Australian field hockey midfielder
- July 6 — Nikki Hudson , Australian field hockey striker
- July 9 — Jochem Uytdehaage , Dutch speed skater
- July 16 — Anna Smashnova , Belarusian-born tennis player from Israel
- July 22 — Moira Senior , New Zealand field hockey striker
- July 23 — Judit Polgár , Hungarian chess player
- July 31 — Louise Jöhncke , Swedish swimmer
- July 31 — Paulo Wanchope , Costarican football (soccer) player
- August 2 — Reyes Estévez , Spanish athlete
- August 4 — Paul Goldstein , American tennis player
- August 6 — Luke Milligan , English tennis player
- August 7 — Timme Hoyng , Dutch field hockey player
- August 9 — Rogier Wassen , Dutch tennis player
- August 15 — Boudewijn Zenden , Dutch football (soccer) player
- August 18 — Thomas Malchow , US swimmer
- August 23 — LaTasha Colander , US track and field sprint athlete
- August 27 — Carlos Moya , Spanish tennis player
- August 27 — Mark Webber , Australian Formula 1-driver
- August 29 — Jon Dahl Tomasson , Danish football (soccer) player
- September 6 — Francisco Sanchez , Venezolan swimmer
- September 7 — Carmel Bakurski , Australian field hockey player
- September 8 — Sjeng Schalken , Dutch tennis player
- September 10 — Gustavo Kuerten , Brazilian tennis player
- September 10 — Reinder Nummerdor , Dutch volleybal player
- September 12 — Jolanda Čeplak , Slovenian middle distance athlete
- September 14 — Joshua Ilika , Mexican swimmer
- September 20 — Michael Ballack , German football (soccer) player
- September 22 — Ronaldo , Brazilian football (soccer) player
- September 23 — James Nation , New Zealand field hockey player
- September 25 — Melissa Collins , Canadian water polo player
- September 25 — Denis Sylantiev , Ukrainian swimmer
- September 27 — Francesco Totti , Italian football (soccer) player
- September 29 — Oscar Sevilla , Spanish cyclist
- September 29 — Andriy Shevchenko , Ukrainian football (soccer) player
- October 2 — Angus Shelford , New Zealand boxer
- October 6 — Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov , Russian boxer
- October 8 — Galo Blanco , Spanish tennis player
- October 8 — Renate Groenewold , Dutch speed skater
- October 10 — Bob Burnquist , Brazilian skateboarder
- October 12 — Julie Towers , Australian field hockey player
- October 16 — Marcela Acuña , Argentine female boxer
- October 14 — Nataša Kejžar , Slovenian swimmer
- October 18 — Kjell Carlström , Finnish cyclist
- October 19 — Ranjeev Deol , Canadian field hockey player
- October 22 — Alexander Abt , Russian figure skater
- November 4 — Alexander Popp , British-born tennis player
- November 7 — Mark Philippoussis , Australian tennis player
- November 8 — Sylvia Karres , Dutch field hockey player
- November 13 — Bob De Jong , Dutch speed skater
- November 13 — Albina Akhatova , Russian biathlete
- November 14 — Jesse Brinkley , American boxer
- November 14 — Ramon Delgado , Paraguayan tennis player
- November 16 — Martijn Zuijdweg , Dutch swimmer
- November 18 — Matt Welsh , Australian swimmer
- November 28 — Gordan Kožulj , Croatian swimmer
- January 5 — Károly Takács (65), Hungarian pistol shooter (b. 1910 )
- January 18 – Ad Verhoeven , Dutch football (soccer) player
- February 2 – Harry Elliott , English cricket wicketkeeper (b. 1891 )
- March 6 – Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom , American boxer and actor (b. 1903 )
- March 11 – Larry Gardner , Major League Baseball player (1908-1924)
- May 30 – Max Carey , Major League Baseball player (1910-1929)
- June 15 – Jimmy Dykes , Major League Baseball player (1918-1939)
- September 25 – Red Faber , Major League Baseball, pitcher (1914-1933)
- May 22 – Oscar Bonavena , Argentinian heavyweight boxer (b. 1942 )
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