2001 In Sports ,
Other Events Of 2002 ,
2003 In Sports and the
List Of 'years In Sports' .
- Books published:
- --- new system for evaluating player performance.
Chinese Basketball Association finals:
- New Zealand are forced to abandon their tour of Pakistan after a bomb explodes outside their hotel in Karachi
- Domestic competitions
- ---County Championship (England and Wales) - Surrey
- --- Pura Cup (Australia) to be added here -->
''For fuller coverage, see: 2002 In Football (soccer) ''
- ---All-Ireland Camogie Champion: Cork
- ---National Camogie League: Galway
- ---All-Ireland Senior Football Champion: Mayo
- ---National Football League: Waterford
Men's Golf
Women's Golf
- January 16 — Bobo Olson , American boxer
- March 23 — Ben Hollioake , English cricket player
- April 16 — Franz Krienbühl , Swiss speed skater
- April 21 — Verné Lesche (84), Finnish ice speed skater (b. 1917 )
- May 13 — Valeri Lobanovsky , Ukrainian football (soccer) player and manager
- May 23 — Sam Snead , U.S. golf player
- May 26 — Mamo Wolde (69), Ethiopian runner (b. 1932 )
- June 1 — Hansie Cronje , South African cricket player
- June 17 — Willie Davenport , U.S. hurdler
- June 20 — Tinus Osendarp , Dutch sprinter
- June 22 — Pedro Alcazar , Panamanian boxer
- June 22 — Darryl Kile , Major League Baseball pitcher
- July 5 — Ted Williams , U.S. baseball player (1939-1960)
- August 5 — Darrell Porter , U.S. baseball player (1971-1987)
- August 12 — Enos Slaughter , Major League Baseball player (1938-1959)
- August 23 — Hoyt Wilhelm , Major League Baseball knuckleballer (1952-1972)
- September 11 — Johnny Unitas , U.S. American football player
- September 18 — Bob Hayes , U.S. sprinter and American football player
- October 12 — Audrey Mestre , Free-diving world record holder
- October 17 — Aileen Riggin (96), American swimmer and diver
- October 20 — Mel Harder , Major League Baseball player
- November 18 — Kim Gallagher (38), American athlete (b. 1964 )
- December 1 — Dave McNally , Major League Baseball pitcher
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