1965 In Sports ,
Other Events Of 1966 ,
1967 In Sports and the
List Of 'years In Sports' .
- to the Hall Of Fame . Williams, the last batter to hit .400, receives 282 of a possible 302 votes.
Men's Golf
Women's Golf
- wins 4-1 over India in world tennis.
- January 1 — Nikolay Gulyayev , Soviet speedskater
- January 3 — Andrea Jaeger , American tennis player
- January 6 — Lucketz Swartbooi , Namibian long-distance runner
- February 1 — Michelle Akers , American football player
- February 2 — Andrei Chesnokov , Russian tennis player
- February 6 — Armando Barcellos , Brazilian triathlete
- February 7 — Kristin Otto , East German swimmer
- February 8 — Alex Antonitsch , Austrian tennis player
- February 8 — Hristo Stoitchkov , Bulgarian football player
- February 9 — Ellen Van Langen , Dutch athlete
- February 11 — Patrik Kuhnen , West German tennis player
- February 11 — Anthony Parker , American football player
- February 19 — Paul Haarhuis , Dutch tennis player
- March 1 — Susan Auch , Canadian speed skater
- March 2 — Judith Wiesner , Austrian tennis player
- March 15 — Marvyn King , English darts player
- March 20 — Chris Gifford , Canadian field hockey striker
- March 21 — Brad Pearce , American tennis player
- March 29 — Krassimir Balakov , Bulgarian football player
- April 2 — Teddy Sheringham , English football player
- April 15 — Andrei Olhovskiy , Russian tennis player
- April 18 — Trine Hattestad , Norwegian javelin thrower
- April 24 — Alessandro Costacurta , Italian football player
- May 10 — Jonathan Edwards , British triple jumper
- May 10 — Anne Elvebakk , Norwegian biathlete
- May 17 — Xavier Escudé , Spanish field hockey player
- May 17 — Henrik Larsen , Danish football player
- May 31 — Roshan Mahanama , Sri Lankan cricketer
- June 10 — David Platt , English football player
- June 12 — Ignacio Cobos , Spanish field hockey player
- June 16 — Jan Železný , Czech athlete
- June 27 — Mercedes Paz , Argentine tennis player
- June 29 — John Part , Canadian darts player
- June 30 — Ron Dekker , Dutch swimmer
- June 30 — Mike Tyson , American boxer
- July 5 — Gianfranco Zola , Italian football (soccer) striker
- July 21 — Larisa Neiland , Ukranian-born tennis player from Latvia
- July 18 — Kathrin Neimke , German track and field athlete
- August 7 — Zlatko Iankov , Bulgarian football (soccer) player
- August 14 — Freddy Rincón , Colombian football (soccer) player
- August 19 — Sarah Jane Cook , English cricketer
- August 23 — Rik Smits , Dutch basketball player
- August 24 — Jon Sieben , Australian butterfly swimmer
- August 26 — Jacques Brinkman , Dutch field hockey player
- August 31 — Thierry Champion , French tennis player
- August 31 — Luboslav Penev , Bulgarian football (soccer) player
- September 7 — Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann , German speed skater
- September 9 — Georg Hackl , German luger
- September 25 — Liz Tchou , US field hockey defender
- October 1 — George Weah , Liberian football (soccer) player
- October 5 — María Carmen Barea , Spanish field hockey defender
- October 10 — Tony Adams , English football (soccer) defender
- October 10 — Elana Meyer , South African long distance runner
- October 17 — Peter Milkovich , Canadian field hockey midfielder
- October 18 — Toshihisa Tsuchihashi , Japanese tennis player
- October 21 — Jonas Svensson , Swedish tennis player
- October 22 — Oscar Barrena , Spanish field hockey player
- November 3 — Tracey Fuchs , American field hockey defender
- November 9 — Lisa Faust , Canadian field hockey midfielder
- November 14 — Petra Roßner , German cyclist
- November 25 — Lisa Bayliss , British field hockey player
- November 26 — Jay Berger , American tennis player
- December 1 — Larry Walker , Canadian baseball player
- December 7 — Jes Høgh , Danish football (soccer) player
- December 15 — Juan Rios , Puerto Rican tennis player
- December 25 — Javier Frana , Argentine tennis player
- December 31 — Pablo Usoz , Spanish field hockey player
- January 4 — Inga Artamonova (29), Russian world speed-skating champion
- February 1 — Nicholas Piantanida , balloonist, died after suffering from a pressurization failure during an attempt at an altitude record
- March 11 — "Sunny Jim" Fitzsimmons , Horse Racing Hall of Fame trainer
- May 4 — Bob Elliott (49), American Major League Baseball player (1939-1953)
- June 30 — Giuseppe Farina (59), Italian Formula 1 champion race car driver (b. 1906 )
- July 6 — Sad Sam Jones (73), American Major League Baseball pitcher (1914-1935)
- July 24 — Tony Lema (32), U.S. golf champion, died in a Munster, Indiana plane crash
- August 1 — Hank Gowdy , Major League Baseball player and manager
- September 5 — Dezső Lauber (87), Hungarian all-round sportsman (b. 1879
- December 27 — Frankie Genaro (65), American boxer (b. 1901 )
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