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1966 in sports
See also:
1965 in sports,
other events of 1966,
1967 in sports and the
list of 'years in sports'.
Men's Golf
Women's Golf
Births
- January 3 - Andrea Jaeger, American tennis player
- February 1 - Michelle Akers, American soccer player
- February 9 - Ellen van Langen, Dutch athlete
- February 11 - Anthony Parker, American football player
- February 11 - Patrick Kuhnen , West German tennis player
- April 18 - Trine Hattestad, Norwegian javelin thrower
- May 10 - Jonathan Edwards, British triple jumper
- June 30 - Mike Tyson, American boxer
- August 19 - Sarah Jane Cook , English cricketer
- November 25 - Lisa Bayliss ,British field hockey international
- December 1 - Larry Walker, Canadian baseball player
Deaths
- January 4 - Inga Artamonova, 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 , Major League Baseball player (1939-1953)
- June 30 - Giuseppe Farina, F1 champion race car driver
- July 6 - Sam Jones, baseball player , Major League Baseball pitcher (1914-1935)
- July 24 - Tony Lema, U.S. golf champion, died in a Munster, Indiana plane crash.
- August 1 - Hank Gowdy , MLB player, manager
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