1962 in sports
Events
October: National League pennant playoff: After finishing tied for the league lead, the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants played-off for the title. The Giants won the series 2 games to 1, thereby winning the National League championship.
For an extensive coverage see 1962 in football (soccer) Men's professional
Men's amateur
Women's professional
Awards
Births
January
January 1 — Sven Nylander , Swedish hurdlerJanuary 5 — Delroy Poyser , Jamaican long jumperJanuary 10 — Michele Mitchell , American diverJanuary 17 — Jan Wegereef , Dutch football (soccer) refereeJanuary 18 — Laurie Gallen , New Zealand field hockey player January 22 — Uwe Messerschmidt , German track cyclist and road bicycle racerJanuary 25 — Guadalupe Canseco , Mexican diverJanuary 26 — Lynda Cornet , Dutch rowerJanuary 26 — Raúl Quiroga , Argentine volleyball player January 26 — Nick Sandhu , Indian-born Canadian field hockey defender
February
February 2 — Andy Fordham , English darts playerFebruary 7 — Salvatore Antibo , Italian long distance runner February 10 — Bobby Czyz , Polish-American boxerFebruary 13 — Jackie Silva , Brazilian beach volleyball player February 14 — Philippe Sella , French rugby union playerFebruary 19 — Hana Mandlíková , Czech tennis player February 20 — Stephan van den Berg , Dutch windsurferFebruary 20 — Pedro Nolasco , Dominican boxer (d. 1995 )February 20 — Pierre Quinon , French pole vaulterFebruary 23 — John Hatch , Canadian basketball player February 23 — Pedro Monzón , Argentine football coach and playerFebruary 23 — Ahn Byeong-Keun , South Korean judokaFebruary 27 — Verónica Ribot , Argentine diverFebruary 27 — Kory Tarpenning , American pole vaulter
March
March 1 — Russell Coutts , New Zealand-born competitive sailor March 3 — Jackie Joyner-Kersee , US track and field athleteMarch 3 — Elliott Quow , US track and field sprinterMarch 6 — Bengt Baron , Swedish backstroke swimmerMarch 7 — Francisco Hervás , Spanish volleyball player and coachMarch 7 — Peter Manley , English darts player March 9 — Pétur Gudmundsson , Icelandic shot putterMarch 9 — John Lyon , English boxerMarch 9 — Haruo Urata , Japanese long-distance runnerMarch 12 — Darryl Strawberry , American baseball playerMarch 13 — Pello Ruiz Cabestany , Spanish road racing cyclistMarch 13 — Liane Tooth , Australian field hockey forwardMarch 14 — Tsvetanka Khristova , Bulgarian discus throwerMarch 15 — Fernando Martín Espina , Spanish basketball player (d. 1989 )March 18 — Nergüin Enkhbat , Mongolian boxerMarch 18 — Kazuhiro Mizoguchi , Japanese javelin throwerMarch 22 — Juan Aguilera , Spanish tennis playerMarch 22 — Luiz Carvalho , Brazilian breaststroke swimmer March 22 — Jesús Herrera , Mexican long-distance runnerMarch 22 — Teun van Vliet , Dutch road bicycle racerMarch 23 — Steve Redgrave , British rower, five-time Olympic gold medalistMarch 26 — Paul Chamberlin , American tennis playerMarch 26 — John Stockton , American basketball player, all-time NBA leader in assists and stealsMarch 26 — Laurien Willemse , Dutch field hockey defenderMarch 30 — Manuel Matias , Portuguese long-distance runnerMarch 30 — Alette Pos , Dutch field hockey goalkeeperMarch 31 — Georgios Stefanopoulos , Greek boxer
April
April 1 — John Wallace , Canadian rowerApril 3 — Jorge Fernandes , Brazilian freestyle swimmerApril 10 — Isabel Reuss , Mexican freestyle swimmerApril 13 — Bill Reifsnyder , American long-distance runnerApril 15 — Nawal El Moutawakel , Moroccan hurdlerApril 17 — Christiane Knacke , East German butterfly swimmerApril 24 — Stuart Pearce , English footballer and managerApril 27 — PattiSue Plumer , American long-distance runnerApril 27 — Seppo Räty , Finnish javelin throwerApril 29 — Rob Druppers , Dutch middle distance runner
May
May 1 — Paula Weishoff , American volleyball playerMay 5 — Hugo Chapacu , Paraguayan tennis playerMay 6 — Mario Kummer , East German track and road cyclist and managerMay 8 — Markku Slawyk , German field hockey player and coachMay 9 — Steve Spence , American long-distance runnerMay 10 — José Youshimatz , Mexican track cyclistMay 12 — Mark Bradshaw , American diverMay 14 — Ricci Luyties , American volleyball playerMay 16 — Carmela Schmidt , East German freestyle swimmerMay 29 — Misako Miyahara , Japanese long-distance runnerMay 30 — Jan Gunnarsson , Swedish tennis player
June
July
August
August 1 — Joetta Clark , American middle distance runnerAugust 1 — Robert Clift , British field hockey playerAugust 1 — Jacob "Baby Jakes" Matlala , South African boxer August 2 — Mercedes Coghen , Spanish field hockey player August 4 — Roger Clemens , baseball pitcher, seven-time Cy Young Award winnerAugust 5 — Patrick Ewing , American NBA playerAugust 5 — Eric Geboers , Belgian motocross racer August 7 — Robert de Wit , Dutch decathlete and bobsledderAugust 18 — Carina Benninga , Dutch field hockey internationalAugust 20 — Dong-Wook Song , South Korean tennis playerAugust 22 — Jokin Mújika , Spanish cyclist and cyclocross-racer August 25 — Theresa Andrews , American backstroke swimmerAugust 26 — Roger Kingdom , American sprint hurdlerAugust 30 — Toshihiro Shibutani , Japanese long-distance runnerAugust 31 — Wanda Guenette , Canadian volleyball player
September
September 1 — Ruud Gullit , Dutch football player and managerSeptember 5 — Joni Nyman , Finnish boxerSeptember 9 — Brad Willock , Canadian volleyball playerSeptember 10 — Policarpio Calizaya , Bolivian long-distance runnerSeptember 13 — Brian Fowler , New Zealand cyclistSeptember 16 — Ricardo Vera , Uruguayan long-distance runnerSeptember 17 — Ernie Cholakis , Canadian field hockey player September 20 — José Esteban Montiel , Spanish long-distance athleteSeptember 21 — Kelly Evernden , New Zealand tennis player September 26 — Steve Moneghetti , Australian long-distance runnerSeptember 27 — María Cangá , Ecuadorian judokaSeptember 30 — Rolf Gölz , German road and track cyclistSeptember 30 — Frank Rijkaard , Dutch football (soccer) player and managerSeptember 30 — Martin Steele , British middle-distance runner
October
October 9 — Jorge Luis Burruchaga , Argentine football (soccer) player and coachOctober 13 — Jerry Rice , American football playerOctober 14 — Shahar Perkiss , Israeli tennis playerOctober 19 — Evander Holyfield , American heavyweight boxerOctober 20 — Jan Goessens , Belgian road racing cyclistOctober 21 — Lev Shatilo , Soviet javelin throwerOctober 26 — Luis Pizarro , Puerto Rican boxerOctober 26 — Wilbert Suvrijn , Dutch football (soccer) midfielder October 27 — Ang Peng Siong , Singaporean swimmerOctober 30 — Courtney Walsh , Jamaican cricketerOctober 30 — Jorge Mondragón , Mexican diverOctober 31 — Hiroshi Yamamoto , Japanese archer
November
November 1 — Sharron Davies , British swimmerNovember 5 — Zheng Meizhu , Chinese volleyball player November 5 — Abédi Pelé , Ghanaian football (soccer) playerNovember 6 — Joan Hodson , New Zealand netball playerNovember 6 — Ana Hernández , Cuban basketball player November 14 — Morgan Reeser , American sailorNovember 19 — Glenn Buchanan , Australian butterfly swimmer November 24 — Karen Marsden , Australian field hockey goalkeeperNovember 24 — Tracey Wickham , Australian middle distance swimmerNovember 30 — Bong-Soo Kim , South Korean tennis player
December
December 4 — Nixon Kiprotich , Kenyan athleteDecember 10 — John de Wolf , Dutch football (soccer) playerDecember 12 — Tracy Austin , American tennis playerDecember 12 — Arturo Barrios , Mexican long-distance runnerDecember 13 — Roger Ilegems , Belgian track cyclist and road bicycle racerDecember 13 — Kendra Slewenski , English netballerDecember 14 — Redzep Redzepovski , Yugoslav-Macedonian boxerDecember 16 — Charly Mottet , French cyclistDecember 19 — Markus Weise , German field hockey player and coachDecember 24 — Juan Hernández , Cuban boxerDecember 27 — Mark Few , American college basketball coachDecember 27 — Bill Self , American college basketball coachDecember 27 — Sherri Steinhauer , American golfer
Deaths
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