1976 in sports

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Athletics

For an extensive coverage see 1976 in athletics (track and field)

Marathon

• May — Boston Marathon, Boston, United States
  • Men's Winner: Jack Fultz (USA) 2:20:19

• July 31 — Olympic Marathon, Montreal, Canada
  • Men's Winner: Waldemar Cierpinski (GDR) 2:09:55

• December 5 — Fukuoka Marathon, Japan
  • Men's Winner: Jerome Drayton (CAN) 2:12:35

Auto Racing

• Stock car racing:
  • February 15 David Pearson won the Daytona 500 in a memorable last-lap duel with Richard Petty
  • NASCAR Championship - Cale Yarborough
• Indianapolis 500 - Johnny Rutherford in a rain-shortened 255-mile event.
• USAC Racing - Gordon Johncock won the season championship
• Formula One Championship:
  • James Hunt of Britain
  • Niki Lauda's famous accident occurred during the German Grand Prix at Nürburgring.
• 24 hours of Le Mans: the team of Jacky Ickx / Gijs van Lennep won, driving a Porsche 936
• Rally racing - the team of Sandro Munari / Mario Manucci won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Lancia Stratos HF
• Drag racing: Shirley Muldowney won "Top Fuel" at the NHRA World Finals
• Touring car racing: Bob Morris and John Fitzpatrick won the Bathurst 1000, driving a Holden Torana

Baseball

• April 25 - Chicago Cubs outfielder Rick Monday rescues an American flag just as two protestors are about to burn it in the outfield during a game at Dodger Stadium.
• Sparky Lyle breaks Hoyt Wilhelm's American League record of 154 career saves.
• World Series: The Cincinnati Reds (aka the "Big Red Machine") sweep the New York Yankees, 4 games to 0, to win their second straight championship.

Basketball

• NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship:
  • Indiana wins 86-68 over Michigan

• NBA Finals:
  • Boston Celtics win 4 games to 2 over the Phoenix Suns

• 1976 ABA Playoffs:
  • New York Nets defeat Denver Nuggets 4 games to 2

• American Basketball Association merges with the National Basketball Association; Virginia Squires fold and Kentucky Colonels and Spirits of St. Louis are bought out

• October 26-Outdoor Basketball Association debuts

Boxing

• September 28 in Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York Muhammad Ali won a controversial 15-round decision over Ken Norton to keep his World Heavyweight title.
• October 8 in São Paulo, Brazil, former world featherweight champion Eder Jofre fought his last fight, outpointing Mexico's Octavio (Famoso) Gomez in ten rounds.

Cycling

• Giro d'Italia won by Felice Gimondi of Italy
• Tour de France - Lucien Van Impe of Belgium
• World Cycling Championship: Freddy Maertens of Belgium

Dogsled racing

• Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion:
  • Gerald Riley won with lead dogs: Puppy & Sugar

Field Hockey

• Olympic Games (Men's Competition) in Montreal, Canada
  • Gold Medal: New Zealand
  • Silver Medal: Australia
  • Bronze Medal: Pakistan

• Women's World Cup in Berlin, West Germany
  • Gold Medal: West Germany
  • Silver Medal: Argentina
  • Bronze Medal: The Netherlands

• March 13 - In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium,England. England beat Scotland 3-0.

Figure skating

• World Figure Skating Championships:
  • Men's champion: John Curry, Britain
  • Ladies' champion: Dorothy Hamill, United States
  • Pair skating champions: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev, Soviet Union
  • Ice dancing champions: Lyudmila Pakhomova & Alexandr Gorshkov, Soviet Union

Football (American)

• Super Bowl X:January 18 Pittsburgh Steelers won 21-17 over the Dallas Cowboys
• Pittsburgh Panthers are voted NCAA Football National Champions.
• Seattle Seahawks founded.

Football (Australian rules football)

• Victorian Football League
  • Hawthorn wins the 80th VFL Premiership (Hawthorn 13.22 (100) d North Melbourne 10.10 (70))
  • Brownlow Medal awarded to Graham Moss (Essendon)

Football (Canadian)

• Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders won 23-20 over the Saskatchewan Roughriders
• Vanier Cup: Western Ontario Mustangs won 29-13 over the Acadia Axmen

Football (Soccer)

For an extensive coverage see 1976 in football (soccer)

• England - FA Cup: Southampton won 1-0 over Manchester United
• Italy - Torino win Serie A for the first time since the Superga air disaster wiped out the team 27 years before.
• 1976 European Championship - Czechoslovakia beat West Germany 5-3 on penalties to win , after the game had ended 2-2 after extra time.

Golf

Men's Golf

• Grand Slam of golf results:
  1. April 8-11 - The Masters - Ray Floyd
  2. June 17-20 - US Open - Jerry Pate
  3. July 7-10 - British Open - Johnny Miller
  4. August 13-16 - PGA Championship - Dave Stockton

• PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Jack Nicklaus - $266,439

Women's Golf

• US Women's Open - JoAnne Carner
• LPGA Championship - Betty Burfeindt
• Judy Rankin is the leading money winner on the LPGA tour. With total earnings of $150,734, she is the first to ever earn more than $100,000 in a season.

Thoroughbred Horse Racing

• Australia - Melbourne Cup - Van der Hum
• Canada - Queen's Plate - Norcliffe
• France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Ivanjica
• Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Malacate

• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. 2,000 Guineas Stakes - Wollow
  2. Epsom Derby - Empery
  3. St. Leger Stakes - Crow

• United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. May 1 - Kentucky Derby - Bold Forbes
  2. Preakness Stakes - Elocutionist
  3. Belmont Stakes - Bold Forbes

Harness Racing

• United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
  1. Cane Pace - Keystone Ore
  2. Little Brown Jug - Keystone Ore
  3. Messenger Stakes - Windshield Wiper

• United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
  1. Hambletonian - Steve Lobell
  2. Yonkers Trot - Steve Lobell
  3. Kentucky Futurity - Quick Pay

• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
  • Pacers: Carclew
  • Trotters: Bay Johnny

Ice Hockey

• Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Guy Lafleur, Montreal Canadiens

• Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Bobby Clarke - Philadelphia Flyers

• Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens win 4 games to 0 over the Philadelphia Flyers

• World Hockey Championship:
  • Men's champion: Czechoslovakia defeated the Soviet Union
• NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Golden Gophers defeat Michigan Technological University Huskies 6-4 in Denver, CO

Skiing

• Alpine Skiing
  • The men's overall season champion: Ingemar Stenmark, Sweden
  • The women's overall season champion: Rosi Mittermaier, W. Germany

Snooker

• World Snooker Championship: Ray Reardon beats Alex Higgins 27-16
• World rankings are introduced. Ray Reardon becomes the first world number one, for 1976/77.

Swimming

Events

• XXI Olympic Games, held in Montreal, Canada (July 18 – July 25)

Records

• August 14 — USA's Jonty Skinner sets the first official world record in the 50m freestyle at a swimming meet in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, clocking 23.86.

Tennis

• Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
  1. Australian Open - Mark Edmondson
  2. French Open - Adriano Panatta
  3. Wimbledon championships - Björn Borg
  4. US Open - Jimmy Connors

• Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
  1. Australian Open - Evonne Goolagong Cawley
  2. French Open - Sue Barker
  3. Wimbledon championships - Chris Evert
  4. US Open - Chris Evert

• Davis Cup: Italy wins 4-1 over Chile in world tennis.

Water polo

Men's Competition

• Olympic Games in Montréal, Canada
  • Gold Medal: Hungary
  • Silver Medal: Italy
  • Bronze Medal: Netherlands

General sporting events

• 1976 Summer Olympics takes place in Montreal, Canada
  • USSR wins the most medals (125), and the most gold medals (49).

• 1976 Winter Olympics takes place in Innsbruck, Austria
  • USSR wins the most medals (27), and the most gold medals (13).

• Fifth Pan Arab Games held in Damascus, Syria

Awards

• Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year: Bruce Jenner, Track and field
• Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year: Nadia Comaneci, Gymnastics
• ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year: Nadia Comaneci, Gymnastics

Births

January

• January 1 — Ikumi Narita, Japanese volleyball player
• January 2 — Danilo Di Luca, Italian cyclist
• January 4 — Erika Olivera, Chilean marathon runner
• January 4 — Ezequiel Paulón, Argentine field hockey defender
• January 6 — Melanie Clewlow, British field hockey player
• January 6 — Amy Gillett, Australian rower and cyclist (d. 2005)
• January 6 — Chun Lee-kyung, South Korean short track speed skater
• January 6 — Jeremy Linn, American swimmer
• January 7 — Éric Gagné, Canadian baseball player
• January 7 — Vic Darchinyan, Armenian-born Australian boxer
• January 10 — Remy Bonjasky, Surinam-born K1-fighter from The Netherlands
• January 11 — Bindi Kullar, Canadian field hockey player
• January 12 — Krešimir Čač, Croatian butterfly swimmer
• January 16 — Martina Moravcová, Slovak swimmer
• January 16 — Germán Orozco, Argentine field hockey defender
• January 18 — Lars Paaske, Danish badminton player
• January 20 — Fabio Bencivenga, Italian water polo player
• January 20 — Mónica Rueda, Spanish field hockey defender
• January 20 — Gretha Smit, Dutch speed skater
• January 21 — Erik Seegerer, Brazilian water polo player
• January 22 — Stefan van Dijk, Dutch cyclist
• January 23 — Phillip Boudreault, Canadian boxer
• January 29 — Karsten Kroon, Dutch cyclist
• January 31 — Simone Rosalba, Italian volleyball player

February

• February 2 — Steven Dewick, Australian backstroke swimmer
• February 2 — James Hickman, English swimmer
• February 3 — Cătălin Hâldan, Romanian football (soccer) player (d. 2000)
• February 5 — Sione Jongstra, Dutch triathlete
• February 5 — Attila Sávolt, Hungarian tennis player
• February 6 — Nelson Mora, Venezuelan swimmer
• February 8 — Sissy van Alebeek, Dutch female cyclist
• February 13 — Chantal de Bruijn, Dutch field hockey player
• February 15 — Óscar Freire, Spanish cyclist
• February 16 — Xavier Ribas, Spanish field hockey defender
• February 16 — Tuomas Sammelvuo, Finnish volleyball player
• February 18 — Chanda Rubin, American tennis player
• February 26 — Anna Bennett, English field hockey player
• February 26 — Attila Vári, Hungarian water polo player
• February 27 — Ludovic Capelle, Belgian cyclist
• February 28 — Adam Pine, Australian freestyle and butterfly swimmer

March

• March 1 — Valerio Vermiglio, Italian volleyball player
• March 4 — Hiram Bocachica, Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player
• March 4 — Thierry Renaer, Belgian field hockey defender
• March 4 — Vic Wunderle, American archer
• March 5 — Wayne Denne, South African field hockey player
• March 5 — Sarunas Jasikevicius, Lithuanian basketball player
• March 5 — Sergey Mihaylov, Uzbek boxer
• March 6 — Antoine Dénériaz, French alpine skier
• March 7 — Agnaldo Nunes, Brazilian boxer
• March 9 — Anier García, Cuban athlete
• March 9 — Alexis Valido, Spanish volleyball player
• March 10 — Vanessa Atkinson, England-born Dutch squash player
• March 10 — Lieja Tunks, Dutch athlete
• March 14 — Brendon Dedekind, South African swimmer
• March 14 — Sarah Ulmer, New Zealand cyclist
• March 17 — Álvaro Recoba, Uruguay football (soccer) player
• March 19 — Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov, Kazakh boxer
• March 19 — Franziska Gude, German field hockey midfielder
• March 19 — Alessandro Nesta, Italian football (soccer) player
• March 20 — Julia Zwehl, German field hockey goalkeeper
• March 21 — Han Hyung-Bae, South Korean field hockey player
• March 22 — Teun de Nooijer, Dutch field hockey player
• March 24 — Peyton Manning, American NFL player
• March 24 — Aaron Brooks, American NFL player
• March 25 — Wladimir Klitschko, Ukrainian heavyweight boxer
• March 26 — Maddalena Musumeci, Italian water polo player
• March 29 — Igor Astarloa, Spanish cyclist
• March 29 — Jennifer Capriati, American tennis player
• March 31 — Graeme Smith, Scottish freestyle swimmer

April

• April 1 — Clarence Seedorf, Dutch football (soccer) player
• April 3 — Nicolas Escudé, French tennis player
• April 5 — Aleksei Budõlin, Estonian judoka
• April 5 — Kim Collins, Saint Kitts and Nevis athlete
• April 5 — David Staniforth, South African field hockey goalkeeper
• April 8 — Tieme Klompe, Dutch football (soccer) player
• April 10 — John van Lottum, Dutch tennis player
• April 13 — Nami Miyazaki, Japanese field hockey goalkeeper
• April 14 — Baeden Choppy, Australian field hockey striker
• April 18 — Andrew Ilie, Romanian-born tennis player from Australia
• April 20 — Big Ben, world champion show-jumping horse
• April 24 — Steve Finnan, Irish football (soccer) player
• April 25 — Tim Duncan, basketball player, two-time NBA MVP
• April 25 — Rainer Schüttler, German tennis player
• April 26 — Wijan Ponlid, Thai boxer
• April 26 — Peter Short, Canadian field hockey player
• April 23 — Dirk van 't Klooster, Dutch baseball player
• April 27 — Olaf Tufte, Norwegian rower
• April 27 — Walter Pandiani, Uruguay football (soccer) player
• April 28 — Sylwia Nowak, Polish figure skater

May

• May 1 — Patricia Stokkers, Dutch swimmer
• May 3 — Juan Pablo Hourquebie, Argentine field hockey defender
• May 5 — Maria Marques, Brazilian water polo player
• May 6 — Adam Commens, Australian field hockey midfielder and coach
• May 6 — Ivan de la Peña, Spanish football (soccer) player
• May 8 — Kim Christiansen, Norwegian snowboarder
• May 9 — Manuela Leggeri, Italian volleyball player
• May 9 — Mitesh Patel, New Zealand field hockey player
• May 10 — Romain Barnier, French freestyle swimmer
• May 13 — Hamid Ait Bighrade, Moroccan boxer
• May 13 — Bobbi Jo Steadward, Canadian field hockey defender
• May 15 — Tyler Walker, American baseball player
• May 17 — Daniel Komen, Kenyan runner
• May 17 — Kirsten Vlieghuis, Dutch freestyle swimmer
• May 20 — Naoko Imoto, Japanese freestyle swimmer
• May 21 — Graham Dunlop, Scottish field hockey player
• May 24 — Noémi Tóth, Hungarian-Italian water polo player
• May 25 — Stefan Holm, Swedish athlete
• May 27 — Bianca Netzler, Australian field hockey player
• May 29 — Sergei Liakhovich, Belarusian boxer
• May 31 — Mashona Washington, American tennis player

June

• June 1 — Niniwa Roberts, New Zealand field hockey striker
• June 1 — Lars Conrad, German freestyle swimmer
• June 3 — Jens Kruppa, German swimmer
• June 4 — Nenad Zimonjić, Serbian tennis player
• June 6 — Hamza Yerlikaya, Turkish Greco-Roman style wrestler
• June 8 — Lindsay Davenport, American tennis player
• June 8 — Jennifer Rodriguez, Cuban-American speed skater
• June 8 — Josep Sánchez, Spanish field hockey player
• June 9 — Laurence Godfrey, British archer
• June 13 — Mark Versfeld, Canadian backstroke swimmer
• June 17 — Carolina Pascual, Spanish rhythmic gymnast
• June 17 — Jenny Pavley, American beach volleyball player
• June 21 — Sander van der Weide, Dutch field hockey player
• June 22 — Bulcsú Székely, Hungarian water polo player
• June 23 — Edwin Kempes, Dutch tennis player
• June 23 — Paola Suarez, Argentine tennis player
• June 23 — Patrick Vieira, French football (soccer) player
• June 25 — Michelle Bowyer, Canadian field hockey forward
• June 25 — Neil Walker, American swimmer
• June 27 — Alvydas Duonėla, Lithuanian flatwater canoer
• June 28 — Shinobu Asagoe, Japanese tennis player
• June 28 — Fuad Aslanov, Azerbaijani boxer

July

• July 1 — Patrick Kluivert, Dutch football (soccer) player
• July 1 — Ruud van Nistelrooy, Dutch football (soccer) player
• July 2 — Derya Büyükunçu, Turkish backstroke and butterfly swimmer
• July 4 — Marcelo Romero, Uruguay football (soccer) player
• July 5 — Nuno Gomes, Portuguese football (soccer) player
• July 5 — Brent Livermore, Australian field hockey midfielder
• July 6 — Nikki Hudson, Australian field hockey striker
• July 7 — Luis Pedro Suela, Spanish volleyball player
• July 9 — Jochem Uytdehaage, Dutch speed skater
• July 15 — Roberto Seabra, Brazilian water polo player
• July 16 — Anna Smashnova, Belarusian-born tennis player from Israel
• July 17 — Dimitar Stilianov, Bulgarian boxer
• July 22 — Moira Senior, New Zealand field hockey striker
• July 23 — Judit Polgár, Hungarian chess player
• July 25 — Carlos Barreto, Venezuelan boxer (d. 1999)
• July 30 — Renata Kolbovic, Czech-Canadian tennis player
• July 31 — Louise Jöhncke, Swedish swimmer
• July 31 — Paulo Wanchope, Costarican football (soccer) player

August

• August 2 — Reyes Estévez, Spanish athlete
• August 4 — Paul Goldstein, American tennis player
• August 6 — Zoila Barros, Cuban volleyball player
• August 6 — Luke Milligan, English tennis player
• August 7 — Neisser Bent, Cuban backstroke swimmer
• August 7 — Timme Hoyng, Dutch field hockey player
• August 9 — Rogier Wassen, Dutch tennis player
• August 12 — Baljit Singh Saini, Indian field hockey player
• August 15 — Boudewijn Zenden, Dutch football (soccer) player
• August 18 — Thomas Malchow, US swimmer
• August 23 — LaTasha Colander, US track and field sprint athlete
• August 23 — Edinanci Silva, Brazilian judoka
• August 24 — Shamek Pietucha, Polish-Canadian butterfly swimmer
• August 25 — Céline Lebrun, French judoka
• August 26 — Sébastien Vieilledent, French rower
• August 27 — Carlos Moya, Spanish tennis player
• August 27 — Mark Webber, Australian Formula 1-driver
• August 29 — Jon Dahl Tomasson, Danish football (soccer) player
• August 29 — Chris Renaud, Canadian backstroke swimmer
• August 30 — Aoibhinn Grimes, Canadian field hockey forward

September

• September 1 — Ivano Brugnetti, Italian race walker
• September 3 — Suzy Powell, American discus thrower
• September 6 — Francisco Sánchez, Venezuelan swimmer
• September 7 — Carmel Bakurski, Australian field hockey player
• September 8 — Sjeng Schalken, Dutch tennis player
• September 10 — Gustavo Kuerten, Brazilian tennis player
• September 10 — Reinder Nummerdor, Dutch volleybal player
• September 12 — Jolanda Čeplak, Slovenian middle distance athlete
• September 14 — Joshua Ilika, Mexican swimmer
• September 20 — Michael Ballack, German football (soccer) player
• September 22 — Ronaldo, Brazilian football (soccer) player
• September 23 — James Nation, New Zealand field hockey player
• September 25 — Melissa Collins, Canadian water polo player
• September 27 — Francesco Totti, Italian football (soccer) player
• September 29 — Oscar Sevilla, Spanish cyclist
• September 29 — Andriy Shevchenko, Ukrainian football (soccer) player

October

• October 2 — Anita Kulcsár, Hungarian handball player (d. 2005)
• October 2 — Angus Shelford, New Zealand boxer
• October 3 — Tommy Kafri, Hungary-born track and field athlete from Israel
• October 3 — Denys Sylant'yev, Ukrainian swimmer
• October 4 — Danilo Ikodinović, Serbian water polo player
• October 4 — Kjell Schneider, German beach volleyball player
• October 5 — Giulio and Nicola Ciotti, Italian high jumpers
• October 6 — Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov, Russian boxer
• October 8 — Galo Blanco, Spanish tennis player
• October 8 — Renate Groenewold, Dutch ice speed skater
• October 10 — Bob Burnquist, Brazilian skateboarder
• October 12 — Julie Towers, Australian field hockey player
• October 16 — Marcela Acuña, Argentine female boxer
• October 14 — Nataša Kejžar, Slovenian swimmer
• October 17 — Máximo Rigondeaux, Cuban javelin thrower
• October 18 — Kjell Carlström, Finnish cyclist
• October 19 — Chris DeBow, American field hockey defender
• October 19 — Ranjeev Deol, Canadian field hockey player
• October 20 — Vanessa Menga, Brazilian tennis player
• October 22 — Alexander Abt, Russian figure skater
• October 23 — Julie Howard, Canadian swimmer
• October 26 — Corrie de Bruin, Dutch discus thrower

November

• November 4 — Alexander Popp, British-born tennis player
• November 6 — Atsushi Fujita, Japanese long-distance runner
• November 7 — Mark Philippoussis, Australian tennis player
• November 7 — Zahir Raheem, American boxer
• November 8 — Sylvia Karres, Dutch field hockey player
• November 13 — Bob de Jong, Dutch speed skater
• November 13 — Albina Akhatova, Russian biathlete
• November 14 — Jesse Brinkley, American boxer
• November 14 — Ramon Delgado, Paraguayan tennis player
• November 15 — Jessica Amey, Canadian butterfly swimmer
• November 16 — Martijn Zuijdweg, Dutch swimmer
• November 18 — Matt Welsh, Australian swimmer
• November 22 — Kate Barber, American field hockey player
• November 24 — Bernice Orwig, American water polo player
• November 26 — Kelson Santos, Brazilian boxer
• November 28 — Gordan Kožulj, Croatian swimmer
• November 29 — Lindsay Benko, American swimmer
• November 30 — Gail Miller, Australian water polo player

December

• December 1 — Jackson Kabiga, Kenyan long-distance runner
• December 6 — Eduardo Aguilar, Spanish field hockey midfielder
• December 6 — Paola Paggi, Italian volleyball player
• December 11 — László Bodrogi, Hungarian cyclist
• December 11 — Timmy Simons, Belgian football player
• December 14 — Petter Hansson, Swedish football player
• December 14 — Peter Gade, Danish badminton player
• December 15 — Kanako Omura, Japanese volleyball player
• December 19 — Redouane Bouchtouk, Moroccan boxer
• December 19 — Theo Lucius, Dutch football player
• December 20 — Jordi Casas, Spanish field hockey player
• December 22 — Stephen Mowlam, Australian field hockey goalkeeper
• December 23 — Joanna Hayes, American athlete
• December 24 — Marion Rodewald, German field hockey defender
• December 25 — Percy Isenia, Dutch baseball player
• December 28 — Trond Nymark, Norwegian race walker
• December 29 — Timothy Cherigat, Kenyan long-distance runner
• December 30 — Hadi Al Somayli, Saudi Arabian athlete
• December 30 — Rhoshii Wells, American boxer

Deaths

• January 5 — Károly Takács (65), Hungarian pistol shooter (b. 1910)
• January 18 – Ad Verhoeven, Dutch football (soccer) player
• February 2 – Harry Elliott, English cricket wicketkeeper (b. 1891)
• March 6 – Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom, American boxer and actor (b. 1903)
• March 11 – Larry Gardner, Major League Baseball player (1908-1924)
• May 22 – Oscar Bonavena, Argentinian heavyweight boxer (b. 1942)
• May 30 – Max Carey, Major League Baseball player (1910-1929)
• June 15 – Jimmy Dykes, Major League Baseball player (1918-1939)
• June 22 — Tibor Csík (48), Hungarian boxer (b. 1927)
• July 5 — Kevin O'Halloran (39), Australian freestyle swimmer (b. 1937)
• September 25 – Red Faber, Major League Baseball, pitcher (1914-1933)