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- January 5 - Jackie Robinson retires rather than move across town from the Dodgers to the Giants, to whom he had been traded in December.
- Roy Sievers lead American league with 42 home runs and 114 RBIs, for the last place Washington Senators.
- Cy Young Award: Warren Spahn, Milwaukee Braves
- World Series: Milwaukee Braves defeat New York Yankees four games to three.
- May 3 - Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, agrees to move the team from Brooklyn, New York, to Los Angeles, California.
- August 19- Horace Stoneham announces that the Giants are moving from New York to San Francisco, California.
- October 8 - Walter O'Malley announces that the Dodgers are going to move from Brooklyn, New York to Los Angeles, California.
- The Winnipeg Goldeyes win the Northern League championship.
[edit] England
Men's Golf
Women's Golf
[edit] Awards
[edit] Births
[edit] January
- January 1 — Ramaz Shengelia, Soviet soccer player
- January 5 — Karl Allgöwer, German soccer player
- January 6 — Nancy Lopez, American pro golfer
- January 11 — Darryl Dawkins, US basketball player
- January 11 — Bryan Robson, English soccer player and manager
- January 11 — José Reinaldo de Lima, Brazilian soccer player
- January 17 — Michel Vaarten, Belgian track and road cyclist
- January 19 — Steve Sampson, American soccer coach
- January 20 — Enrico Gilardi, Italian basketball player
- January 21 — Greg Ryan, American soccer coach
- January 22 — Mike Bossy, Canadian ice hockey player
- January 29 — Manuela Groß, German figure skater
- January 30 — Payne Stewart, American golfer (d. 1999)
- January 31 — Shirley Babashoff, American swimmer
- January 31 — Bojan Križaj, Slovakian alpine skier
[edit] February
- March 6 — Yoshiyuki Matsuoka, Japanese judoka
- March 6 — Juan Roldán, Argentinian boxer
- March 10 — Adolfo Horta, Cuban boxer
- March 12 — Patrick Battiston, French soccer player
- March 21 — Marja Wokke, Dutch marathon runner
- March 22 — Urpo Pikkupeura, Finnish ice speed skater
- March 23 — Sosthenes Bitok, Kenyan long-distance runner
- March 24 — Roderik Bouwman, Dutch field hockey player
- March 28 — Chris Maddocks, British race walker
- March 31 — Tsendying Damdin, Mongolian judoka
- April 2 — Beth Beglin, American field hockey player
- April 6 — Gail Amundrud, Canadian freestyle swimmer
- April 6 — Coby van Baalen, Dutch equestrian
- April 6 — Maurizio Damilano, Italian race walker
- April 6 — Dick Nieuwenhuizen, Dutch water polo player and coach
- April 9 — Seve Ballesteros, Spanish golfer
- April 12 — María Ángeles Rodríguez, Spanish field hockey player
- April 15 — Evelyn Ashford, US athlete
- April 25 — Theo de Rooy, Dutch cyclist and cycling manager
- April 26 — Nery McKeen, Cuban middle-distance runner
- April 27 — Eric Bristow, British darts player
- April 29 — Sofia Sakorafa, Greek javelin thrower
- May 5 — Aad van Mil, Dutch water polo player
- May 7 — Sinjin Smith, American volleyball player
- May 9 — Fulvio Collovati, Italian soccer player
- May 10 — Phil Mahre, American alpine skier
- May 14 — David Westcott, British field hockey player and cricketer
- May 16 — Joan Benoit, American marathon runner
- May 16 — Antonio Maceda, Spanish soccer player
- May 18 — Herbert Bauch, East German boxer
- May 19 — Bill Laimbeer, US basketball player
- May 22 — Jan Jaap Korevaar, Dutch water polo player
- May 27 — Duncan Goodhew, British swimmer
- May 28 — Kirk Gibson, US baseball player
- May 30 — Allison Roe, New Zealand long-distance athlete
- July 2 — Paul "Bubli" Chohan, Indian-born field hockey player of Canada
- July 2 — Bret Hart, American wrestler
- July 8 — Christophe Roger-Vasselin, French tennis player
- July 12 — Jozsef Csuhay, Hungarian soccer player
- July 13 — Thierry Boutsen, Belgian race driver
- July 16 — Wlodzimierz Smolarek, Polish soccer player
- July 23 — István Lévai, Hungarian boxer
- July 25 — Steve Podborski, Canadian alpine skier
- July 29 — Nellie Kim, gymnast
- July 30 — Nery Pumpido, Argentinian soccer player
[edit] August
- August 4 — Hilbert van der Duim, Dutch speed skater
- August 4 — John Wark, Scottish football (soccer) player
- August 10 — Imre Kiss, Hungarian football (soccer) goalkeeper
- August 16 — Mark and Michael Evans, Canadian rowers
- August 17 — Robin Cousins, British figure skater
- August 18 — Agberto Guimarães, Brazilian middle-distance runner
- August 18 — Jan Jalocha, Polish football (soccer) player
- August 20 — Oscar Arizaga, Peruvian football (soccer) player
- August 25 — Paweł Skrzecz, Polish boxer
- August 27 — Bernhard Langer, German golfer
- August 27 — Wiljon Vaandrager, Dutch rower
[edit] September
- September 4 — Gidamis Shahanga, Tanzanian long-distance runner
- September 5 — Peter Winnen, Dutch cyclist
- September 6 — Ron Berteling, Dutch ice hockey player and manager
- September 6 — Luis Rosendo Ramos, Mexican road bicycle racer
- September 11 — Preben Elkjær Larsen, Danish soccer player
- September 12 — Eleoncio Mercedes, Dominican boxer (d. 1985)
- September 21 — Ulf Ekstrand, Swedish ice speed skater
- September 21 — Sidney Moncrief, US basketball player
- September 22 — Lex Bos, Dutch field hockey goalkeeper
- September 22 — Mark Johnson, US ice hockey player
- September 22 — Giuseppe Saronni, Italian cyclist
- September 24 — Wolfgang Wolf, German soccer player and manager
- September 26 — Klaus Augenthaler, German soccer player and manager
- September 27 — Harald Schmid, German athlete
- September 29 — David Grylls, American track cyclist
[edit] October
- October 4 — Michael Anthony, Guyanese boxer
- October 4 — Robin Wilson, New Zealand field hockey player
- October 7 — Jayne Torvill, British figure skater
- October 8 — Astrid Benöhr, German triathlete
- October 8 — Antonio Cabrini, Italian soccer player
- October 8 — Pamela Spencer, American high jumper
- October 9 — Vitaly Daraselia, Soviet soccer player
- October 10 — Arthur Boileau, Canadian long-distance runner
- October 10 — Robert Cattrall, British field hockey player
- October 13 — Eduardo Malasquez, Peruvian soccer player
- October 16 — Cathy Baker, New Zealand field hockey player
- October 18 — Jane Goulding, New Zealand field hockey player
- October 18 — Payao Pooltarat, Thai boxer (d. 2006)
- October 22 — Dumitru Cipere, Romanian boxer
- October 22 — Hassan Sardar, Pakistani field hockey player
- October 23 — Graham Rix, English soccer player and manager
- October 27 — Glenn Hoddle, English soccer player and manager
[edit] November
[edit] December
- December 2 — Randy Gardner, US pairs figure skating champion
- December 5 — Patriz Ilg, German athlete
- December 5 — Charlene Morett, American field hockey player
- December 5 — Paul Steele, Canadian rower
- December 6 — Louis Jani, Canadian judoka
- December 8 — José Luis González, Spanish middle-distance runner
- December 9 — Sheryl Johnson, American field hockey player
- December 9 — José Salazar, Venezuelan triple jumper
- December 18 — Fieke Boekhorst, Dutch field hockey player
- December 19 — Kevin McHale, US basketball player
- December 22 — Anders Eklund, Swedish heavyweight boxer
- December 23 — Rob Barel, Dutch triathlete
- December 25 — Guy Vandersmissen, Belgian soccer player
- December 26 — Anne Quist, Dutch rower
- December 31 — Fabrizio Meoni, Italian motor cyclist (d. 2005)
[edit] Deaths
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