Sports year 1923
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Other events
Events
badminton
Soccer
Weightlifting
athletics
Athletics world records
Throwing disciplines
- May 23 : Yvonne Tembouret , France, reached 27.39 m in the women's discus throw .
Jump disciplines
- April 23 : Edwin Gourdin , USA, reaches 7.69 m in the men's long jump .
- August 22 : Charles Hoff , Norway, reaches 4.21 m in the men's pole vault .
- September 23 : Marie Mejzlíková , Czechoslovakia, jumps 5.3 m in the women's long jump.
- October 15 : Adrienne Kaenel , Switzerland, reaches 10.50 m in the women's triple jump in Geneva.
Cycling
- Giro d'Italia 1923
- Tour de France 1923
- UCI track world championships 1923
- UCI Road World Championships 1923
Winter sports
- European ice hockey championship 1923
- European figure skating championships 1923
- World Figure Skating Championships 1923
Born
January to April
- January 3 : Hank Stram , American football coach († 2005 )
- January 5 : Karl Hoppe , German motorcycle racer († 1987 )
- January 9 : Karl-Heinz Metzner , German soccer player († 1994 )
- January 11th : Carroll Shelby , American racing driver, designer, entrepreneur († 2012 )
- January 16 : Menotti Avanzolini , Italian football player († 2007 )
- January 21 : Jud Larson , American racing car driver († 1966 )
- January 25 : Spiro Dellerba , American football player († 1968 )
- January 28 : Richard Herrmann , German football player († 1962 )
- February 2 : Svetozar Gligorić , Serbian chess master († 2012 )
- February 4 : Kurt Brumme , German sports presenter on radio († 2005 )
- February 6 : Gyula Lóránt , Hungarian football player and coach († 1981 )
- February 19 : Giulio Cabianca , Italian racing driver († 1961 )
- February 21 : Pat West , American football player († 1996 )
- February 22nd : Heinz Singer , German handball player
- February 22nd : Bleddyn Williams , Welsh rugby player († 2009 )
- February 23 : Dante Lavelli , American football player († 2009 )
- March 3rd : Gunnar Nilsson , Swedish boxer († 2005 )
- March 10th : Hedy Schlunegger , Swiss ski racer († 2003 )
- March 11th : Louise Brough , American tennis player († 2014 )
- March 11th : Horst Fügner , German motorcycle racer († 2014 )
- March 18 : Andy Granatelli , US racing team owner († 2013 )
- March 19 : Bobby Brown , Scottish football player and coach († 2020 )
- March 23 : Arnie Weinmeister , Canadian American football player († 2000 )
- March 24th : Brian Naylor , British racing car driver († 1989 )
- March 29 : Geoff Duke , British motorcycle racer († 2015 )
- March 30th : Walter Niephaus , German chess player († 1992 )
- March 31 : Don Barksdale , American basketball player († 1993 )
- April 2 : Adãozinho , Brazilian soccer player († 1991 )
- April 3 : Chuck Weyant , American racing car driver († 2017 )
- April 15 : Otto Schnellbacher , American football player († 2008 )
- April 18 : Ferenc Sidó , Hungarian table tennis player († 1998 )
- April 21 : Jakow Estrin , Russian chess player († 1987 )
- April 25 : Josef Weidinger , Austrian boxer († 2002 )
- April 26 : Swetlana Geier , Russian-German literary translator († 2010 )
May to August
- May 2 : Hans-Joachim Rauschenbach , German sports reporter († 2010 )
- May 21 : Clarence Gaines , American college basketball coach († 2005 )
- May 24 : Ivano Blason , Italian football player († 2002 )
- May 27 : Danilo Martelli , Italian football player († 1949 )
- June 3 : Alfred Beni , Austrian chess master († 1995 )
- June 6 : Ivor Bueb , British racing driver († 1959 )
- June 6 : Jim Rigsby , American racing driver († 1952 )
- June 10 : Sergiu Samarian , Romanian chess player and chess writer († 1991 )
- June 14th : Gerhard Pfeiffer , German chess player († 2000 )
- June 16 : Ron Flockhart , British racing driver and pilot († 1962 )
- July 8 : Harrison Dillard , American track and field athlete
- July 9 : Julio Elías Musimessi , Argentinian football player († 1997 )
- July 14 : Primo Nebiolo , Italian sports official († 1999 )
- July 19 : Alex Hannum , American basketball coach († 2002 )
- July 22nd : Nettie Witziers-Timmer , Dutch athlete († 2005 )
- July 27 : Ōyama Masutatsu , founder of the Kyokushin karate style († 1994 )
- July 30 : Hrant Shahinyan , Soviet-Armenian gymnast and Olympic champion († 1998 )
- August 21 : Keith Allen , Canadian ice hockey player, coach and official († 2014 )
- August 21 : Chris Schenkel , American sports reporter († 2005 )
- August 30 : Vic Seixas , American tennis player
September to December
- September 1 : Rocky Marciano , American boxer († 1969 )
- September 3 : Ed Sprinkle , American football player († 2014 )
- September 5 : Otto Knefler , German football coach († 1986 )
- September 21 : Horst Buhtz , German soccer player and coach († 2015 )
- October 10 : Murray Walker , British motorsport commentator
- October 16 : Bill McLaren , Scottish rugby commentator († 2010 )
- October 18 : Paulo Amaral , Brazilian soccer player and coach († 2008 )
- October 18th : Ilse Donath , German table tennis player
- October 22 : Pete Pihos , American football player († 2011 )
- October 22 : Bert Trautmann , German football player († 2013 )
- October 29 : Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs , Dutch athlete († 2015 )
- October 29 : Barney Poole , American football player († 2005 )
- October 30 : Fritz Abromeit , German soccer player († 2004 )
- November 2 : Cesare Rubini , Italian basketball coach († 2011 )
- November 4 : Harry Valérien , German sports journalist and television presenter († 2012 )
- November 6 : Alexandra Tschudina , Soviet athlete († 1990 )
- November 9 : Alice Coachman , American athlete († 2014 )
- November 10 : Óscar González , racing car driver from Uruguay († 2006 )
- November 24 : Zlatko Čajkovski , Yugoslav-Croatian football player and coach († 1998 )
- November 25th : Walter Butscheid , German soccer player
- November 27 : Juvenal Amarijo , Brazilian soccer player († 2009 )
Exact date of birth unknown
- Albert Ferber , German wrestler († 2010 )
Died
- June 14 : Evasio Lampiano , Italian racing driver (* 1888 )
- August 26 : Enrico Giaccone , Italian racing car driver (* 1890 )
- September 4 : Howard Wilcox , American racing car driver (* 1889 )
- September 8 : Ugo Sivocci , Italian racing driver (* 1885 )
See also
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