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1966 In SportsSee 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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