1974 In Sports ,
Other Events Of 1975 ,
1976 In Sports and the
List Of 'years In Sports' .
- win 4 games to 3 over the Boston Red Sox . Often described as one of the most memorable of all World Series.
- Darryl Dawkins becomes the first NBA player drafted out of high school.
- March 8 - In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium,England. England beat Wales 2-0.
Men's Golf
Women's Golf
- July 6 - In what was billed as the "Battle of the sexes," Kentucky Derby winner, Foolish Pleasure went head to head in a match race against the undefeated filly, Ruffian . In the lead, Ruffian broke a leg and after an unsuccessful operation to save her, the horse most believe to be the greatest thoroughbred filly ever, was humanely put down.
- SM-liiga , the Finnish professional ice hockey league, launched its first season 1975-1976
- January 1 — Chris Anstey , Australian basketball player
- January 3 — Lisa Misipeka , Samoan athlete
- January 13 — Tom Becker , Australian baseball player
- January 15 — Mary Pierce , Canadian-born French tennis player
- January 19 — Natalie Harvey , Australian athlete
- January 21 — Willem Korsten , Dutch football player
- January 29 — Hendrik Dreekmann , German tennis player
- January 29 — Elena Urkizu , Spanish field hockey defender
- January 30 — Magnus Backstedt , Swedish cyclist
- January 30 — Giacomo Galanda , Italian basketball player
- January 31 — Neville Godwin , South African tennis player
- February 1 — Ekaterini Thanou , Greek athlete
- February 2 — Sergey Filimonov , Kazakh weightlifter
- February 2 — Björn Michel , German field hockey player
- February 4 — Denis Pimankov , Russian swimmer
- February 5 — Giovanni Van Bronckhorst , Dutch football player
- February 9 — Kurt-Asle Arvesen , Norwegian cyclist
- February 9 — Viktor Tchistiakov , Russian-born Australian athlete
- February 11 — Pedro Emanuel , Angolan football (soccer) player
- February 11 — Chuck Watanabe , kayaker
- February 15 — Jens Knippschild , German tennis player
- February 26 — Cindy Werley , American field hockey player
- March 3 — Robin D'Abreo , Indian-born Canadian field hockey player
- March 4 — Myrna Veenstra , Dutch field hockey player
- March 7 — Clair Fearnley , Australian athlete
- March 9 — Roy Makaay , Dutch football player
- March 13 — Stefan Aartsen , Dutch swimmer
- March 14 — Dimitri Markov , Belorussian-born Australian athlete
- March 16 — Keiko Miura , Japanese field hockey player
- March 19 — Jingyi Le , Chinese swimmer
- March 21 — Mark Williams , British snooker player
- March 23 — Rita Grande , Italian tennis player
- March 24 — Sarah Jamieson , Australian athlete
- March 24 — Thomas Johansson , Swedish tennis player
- March 26 — Guus Vogels , Dutch field hockey goalkeeper
- March 29 — Jan Bos , Dutch speed skater and cyclist
- April 1 — Magdalena Maleeva , Bulgarian tennis player
- April 8 — Santiago Capurro , Argentine field hockey player
- April 10 — Suzie Muirhead , New Zealand field hockey defender
- April 14 — Adam Basil , Australian athlete
- April 19 — Bram Lomans , Dutch field hockey player
- April 19 — Rikke Olsen , Danish female badminton player
- April 21 — Danyon Loader , Olympic swimming champion from New Zealand
- April 27 — Kazuyoshi Funaki , Japanese ski jumper
- May 1 — Marc-Vivien Foé , Cameroon football player (d. 2003 )
- May 2 — David Beckham , English footbal player
- May 8 — Dion Russell , Australian athlete
- May 9 — Marieke Wijsman , Dutch speed skater
- May 10 — Hélio Castroneves , Brazilian Indy Car driver
- May 12 — Jonah Lomu , New Zealand rugby union player
- May 14 — Nicki Sørensen , Danish cyclist
- May 14 — Christopher Wreh , Liberian footballer
- May 16 — Simon Whitfield , Olympic triathlon champion
- May 20 — Mario Almada , Argentine field hockey player
- May 20 — Mariela Antoniska , Argentine field hockey goalkeeper
- May 20 — Hwang Jong-Hyun , South Korean field hockey player
- May 26 — Carl Verheijen , Dutch speed skater
- May 29 — Bianca Langham Pritchard , Australian field hockey player
- May 31 — Harold De Man , Dutch alpine skier
- June 16 — Asa Svensson , Swedish tennis player
- June 17 — Magnus Petersson , Swedish archer
- June 22 — Andreas Klöden , German cyclist
- June 23 — Jane Jamieson , Australian athlete
- June 23 — Chris Witty , American speed skater and cyclist
- June 25 — Albert Costa , Spanish tennis player
- June 27 — Dennis Van Der Geest , Dutch judoka
- June 30 — Ralf Schumacher , German Formula 1-driver
- July 2 — Kate Fairweather , Australian archery star
- July 2 — Olivier Sanou , Burkinan athlete
- July 5 — Hernán Crespo , Argentine football (soccer) player
- July 5 — Ai Sugiyama , Japanese tennis player
- July 11 — Ruben Baraja , Spanish football (soccer) player
- July 31 — Andrew Hall , South African cricketer
- August 12 — Paul Gaudoin , Australian field hockey player
- August 20 — Beatrice Caslaru , Romanian swimmer
- August 22 — Franco Squillari , Argentine tennis player
- August 25 — Hervé Nzelo-Lembi , Congolese football (soccer) player
- August 25 — Petria Thomas , Australian swimmer
- August 27 — Trent Durrington , Australian baseball player
- August 30 — Roberto Carretero , Spanish tennis player
- September 3 — Cristobal Huet , French ice hockey goaltender
- September 4 — Julie Deiters , Dutch field hockey player
- September 6 — Ryoko Tani , Japanese judo competitor
- September 8 — Elena Likhovtseva , Russian tennis player
- September 14 — Marian Simion , Romanian boxer
- September 15 — Tom Dolan , American swimmer
- September 15 — Jimy Szymanski , Venezuelan tennis player
- September 20 — Juan Pablo Montoya , Colombian Formule 1-driver
- September 25 — Claire Taylor , English cricketer
- September 27 — Krzysztof Nowak , Polish football (soccer) player (d. 2005 )
- September 28 — Lenny Krayzelburg , Ukrainian-born swimmer
- September 30 — Dennis Gentenaar , Dutch football (soccer) goalkeeper
- October 7 — Nicol Pitro , German badminton player
- October 12 — Marion Jones , American athlete
- October 13 — Noam Behr , Israeli tennis player
- October 15 — Michael Brennan , Australian field hockey midfielder
- October 24 — Shane Hair , Australian athlete
- October 24 — Rolf Landerl , Austrian football player
- October 30 — Joanne Malar , Canadian swimmer
- October 31 — Jagan Hames , Australian athlete
- November 1 — Erben Wennemars , Dutch speed skater
- November 3 — Marta Domínguez , Spanish athlete
- November 4 — Eduard Kokcharov , Russian handball player
- November 11 — Mike Mahood , Canadian field hockey goalkeeper
- November 12 — Jason Lezak , Jewish-American swimmer
- November 14 — Gerritjan Eggenkamp , Dutch rower
- November 16 — Björn Emmerling , German field hockey player
- November 22 — Ayelen Stepnik , Argentine field hockey player
- November 25 — Tom Wilkens , American swimmer
- December 1 — Sophia Skou , Danish swimmer
- December 5 — Ronnie O'Sullivan , British snooker player
- December 18 — Vincent Van Der Voort , Dutch darts player
- December 23 — Robert Bartko , German track cyclist
- December 26 — Marcelo Ríos , Chilean tennis player
- December 27 — Patrick Paauwe , Dutch football player
- December 30 — Tiger Woods , American golf star
- January 5 – Don Wilson , Major League Baseball pitcher (1966-1974)
- March 21 – Joe Medwick , Major League Baseball player (1932-1948)
- April 4 – Sven Rydell , Swedish football (soccer) player (b. 1905 )
- May 22 – Lefty Grove , Major League Baseball pitching great (1925-1941)
- May 27 – Ezzard Charles , Heavyweight Boxing Champion
- June 4 – Wendell Ladner , NBA basketball player, died in a plane crash
- July 7 – Ruffian , undefeated filly race horse who broke a leg during a match race the previous day and had to put down after an usuccessful operation.
- August 17 – Vladimir Kuts , Russian distance runner, Olympic gold medalist
- September 29 – Casey Stengel , NY Yankees manager (1949-60)
- October 4 – May Sutton , US Open & Wimbledon tennis chamnpion
- November 29 – Graham Hill , F1 race car champion, died when the plane he was piloting crashed
- December 1 – Nellie Fox , Major League Baseball player (1947-1965)
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