1973 in sports
- For an extensive coverage see 1973 in athletics (track and field)
- March 10 - In an international women's hockey match at Wembley Stadium,England. England are beaten by Ireland 2-1.
- O.J. Simpson becomes the first player in NFL history to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a single season.
- For an extensive coverage see 1973 in football (soccer)
Men's professional
Men's amateur
Women's professional
General sporting events
Awards
Births
January
- January 2 — Roman Karmazin, Russian boxer
- January 3 — Robert Baird, Canadian medley swimmer
- January 3 — Chris Woodruff, American tennis player
- January 5 — Giacomo Giretto, Italian volleyball player
- January 6 — Vasso Karadassiou, Greek beach volleyball player
- January 7 — Marek Bílek, Czech discus thrower
- January 7 — Rafael Dudamel, Venezuelan football (soccer) goalkeeper
- January 8 — Robert Braknis, Canadian backstroke swimmer
- January 10 — Keiichi Kawanaka, Japanese butterfly swimmer
- January 11 — Sarah Forbes, Canadian field hockey goalkeeper
- January 11 — Rahul Dravid, Indian cricketer
- January 13 — Dana Anderson, Canadian field hockey player
- January 14 — Giancarlo Fisichella, Italian Formula 1-driver
- January 14 — Clarinda Sinnige, Dutch field hockey goalkeeper
- January 15 — Tomá? Galásek, Czech football (soccer) player
- January 16 — Nathalie Gigučre, Canadian breaststroke swimmer
- January 16 — Somluck Kamsing, Thai boxer
- January 17 — Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Mexican football (soccer) player
- January 17 — Katrin Meißner, East German freestyle swimmer
- January 18 — Erle Wiltshire, Australian-Burmese boxer
- January 19 — Wang Junxia, Chinese long-distance runner
- January 19 — Yevgeny Sadovyi, Russian swimmer
- January 21 — Liset Castillo, Cuban basketball player
- January 22 — Mukhran Vakhtangadze, Georgian wrestler
- January 23 — Federico de Beni, Italian road bicycle racer
- January 24 — Ralf Braun, German backstroke swimmer
- January 25 — Nagore Gabellanes, Spanish field hockey player
- January 25 — Irina Lashko, Russian-born Australian diver
- January 25 — Elsbeth Vink, Dutch cyclist
February
- February 1 — Michael Joyce, American tennis player
- February 2 — Jaros?aw Lewak, Polish judoka
- February 4 — Oscar de la Hoya, American boxer
- February 5 — Marty O'Donnell, Canadian boxer
- February 5 — Deng Yaping, Chinese table tennis player
- February 10 — Gunn-Rita Dahle, Norwegian mountain biker
- February 12 — Laurens Looije, Dutch athlete
- February 12 — Gianni Romme, Dutch speed skater
- February 13 — Bas Roorda, Dutch football goalkeeper
- February 15 — Francesco Ingargiola, Italian long-distance runner
- February 15 — Amy Van Dyken, American swimmer
- February 16 — Cathy Freeman, Australian athlete
- February 18 — Claude Makélélé, French football (soccer) player
- February 19 — Robert Grzegorczyk, Polish figure skater
- February 19 — Trine Hansen, Danish rower
- February 22 — Shota Arveladze, Georgian football player
- February 22 — Philippe Gaumont, French professional road cyclist
- February 24 — Alexei Kovalev, Russian ice hockey rightwinger
- February 24 — Vsevolods Ze?onijs, Latvian judoka
- February 25 — Gerard Wiekens, Dutch football player
- February 26 — Jenny Thompson, American swimmer
- February 26 — Marshall Faulk, American football player
- February 28 — Eric Lindros, Canadian ice hockey player
- February 28 — Natalya Safronnikova, Belarusian athlete
March
- March 1 — Herbert Dercksen, Dutch sailor
- March 2 — Max van Heeswijk, Dutch cyclist
- March 2 — Rom?ns Vain?teins, Latvian cyclist
- March 3 — Sean Campbell, Canadian field hockey player
- March 6 — Silvia Manrique, Spanish field hockey player
- March 7 — Wang Manli, Chinese speed skater
- March 8 — Jill Brukman, South African backstroke and medley swimmer
- March 8 — Jeroen Delmee, Dutch field hockey player
- March 9 — Maximiliano Caldas, Argentine field hockey defender
- March 9 — Danny Green, Australian boxer
- March 9 — Jakob Piil, Danish cyclist
- March 13 — Edgar Davids, Dutch football player
- March 13 — Allison Higson, Canadian breaststroke and freestyle swimmer
- March 13 — Nicole Schnyder-Benoit, Swiss beach volleyball player
- March 16 — Fernando Platas, Mexican diver
- March 17 — Daniel Ballart, Spanish water polo player
- March 20 — Javier Arnau, Spanish field hockey player
- March 24 — Mette Jacobsen, Danish freestyle and butterfly swimmer
- March 27 — Rui Jorge, Portuguese football player
- March 28 — Luis Adrian Morejon, Ecuadorian tennis player
- March 29 — Brad Bridgewater, American swimmer
- March 29 — Marc Overmars, Dutch football player
- March 30 — Simon Mason, English field hockey goalkeeper
April
- April 3 — Christopher Reitz, German field hockey goalkeeper
- April 4 — Peter Hoekstra, Dutch football (soccer) player
- April 5 — Kristin Topham, Canadian freestyle and butterfly swimmer
- April 6 — Edith van Dijk, Dutch long distance swimmer
- April 8 — Patrik Isaksson, Swedish breaststroke swimmer
- April 8 — Nicholas Tongue, New Zealand freestyle swimmer
- April 9 — Bart Goor, Belgian football player
- April 10 — Roberto Carlos, Brazilian football player
- April 10 — Andrew Clayton, British freestyle swimmer
- April 11 — Jerine Fleurke, Dutch volleybal player
- April 11 — Olivier Magne, French rugby union player
- April 11 — Vasa Miji?, Serbian volleyball player
- April 12 — Roberto Ayala, Argentine football player
- April 12 — Lionel Roux, French tennis player
- April 13 — Nicolas Jalabert, French cyclist
- April 15 — Jeroen Dubbeldam, Dutch horse rider
- April 15 — Emanuel Rego, Brazilian beach volleyball player
- April 17 — Leandro Baccaro, Argentine field hockey player
- April 17 — Kenneth Carlsen, Danish tennis player
- April 18 — Haile Gebreselassie, Ethiopian long distance track and road running athlete
- April 19 — Carlos Carreńo, Spanish volleyball player
- April 19 — George Gregan, Zambia-born Australian rugby union scrum half
- April 19 — Tzipora Obziler, Israeli tennis player
- April 22 — Mohamed Elsayed, Egyptian boxer
- April 22 — Christian Giantomassi, Italian boxer
- April 24 — Sachin Tendulkar, Indian cricketer
- April 25 — Paige Gordon, Canadian diver
- April 26 — Stephanie Graf, Austrian middle distance athlete
- April 26 — Lee Woon-Jae, South Korean football (soccer) player
- April 29 — Tessa Appeldoorn, Dutch rower
- April 29 — Miguel Ángel Falasca, Spanish volleyball player
- April 30 — Michael Blaudzun, Danish cyclist
May
- May 1 — Oliver Neuville, German football player
- May 2 — Richard Schuil, Dutch volleybal player
- May 3 — Michael Reiziger, Dutch football player
- May 3 — Peter Windt, Dutch field hockey player
- May 4 — Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Argentine football player
- May 5 — Jana Vollmer, Czech-German beach volleyball player
- May 6 — Zsuzsanna Szabó, Hungarian pole vaulter
- May 7 — Paolo Savoldelli, Italian cyclist
- May 8 — Wolf Wigo, American water polo player
- May 9 — Tegla Loroupe, Kenyan long-distance track and road runner
- May 9 — Oscar Ortiz, Mexican tennis player
- May 9 — Kellie Suttle, American pole vaulter
- May 10 — Wayne Mardle, English darts player
- May 10 — R?zvan Petcu, Romanian swimmer
- May 10 — Rü?tü Reçber, Turkish football player
- May 11 — Britta Becker, German field hockey player
- May 12 — Kira Bulten, Dutch swimmer
- May 13 — Mike Beres, Canadian badminton player
- May 14 — Mike van de Goor, Dutch volleybal player
- May 17 — Frédéric Havas, French volleyball player
- May 19 — Dario Franchitti, Scottish automobile racer
- May 22 — Tatiana Petrova, Russian water polo player
- May 24 — Karim Alami, Moroccan tennis player
- May 25 — Josée Corbeil, Canadian volleyball player
- May 25 — Daniel Málek, Czech breaststroke swimmer
- May 25 — Marco Meoni, Italian volleyball player
- May 28 — Alberto Berasategui, Spanish tennis player
- May 28 — Nery Kennedy, Paraguayan javelin thrower
- May 29 — Malcolm Allen, Australian freestyle swimmer
- May 31 — Dominique van Roost, Belgian tennis player
- May 31 — Kate Howey, British judoka
June
- June 1 — Fred Deburghgraeve, Belgian swimmer
- June 1 — Jeff Schiebler, Canadian long-distance runner
- June 2 — Teófilo Ferreira, Brazilian freestyle swimmer
- June 2 — Marko Kristal, Estonian football midfielder
- June 4 — Lourdes Becerra, Spanish swimmer
- June 4 — Greg van Hest, Dutch athlete
- June 5 — Gella Vandecaveye, Belgian judoka
- June 7 — Luizăo Correa, Brazilian beach volleyball player
- June 10 — Natalia Via Dufresne, Spanish sailor
- June 10 — Aleksey Khovrin, Kazakhstani freestyle swimmer
- June 12 — Daron Rahlves, American alpine skier
- June 13 — Gabriella Csépe, Hungarian breaststroke swimmer
- June 14 — Alex Calatrava, German-born tennis player from Spain
- June 15 — Vanina Oneto, Argentine field hockey player
- June 16 — Jan Maarten Heideman, Dutch marathon skater
- June 16 — Nikos Machlas, Greek football player
- June 17 — Leander Paes, Indian tennis player
- June 18 — Baljit Singh Dhillon, Indian field hockey midfielder
- June 21 — Alyson Annan, Australian field hockey player
- June 27 — Simon Archer, British badminton player
- June 28 — Brian Maisonneuve, American soccer player
- June 29 — George Hincapie, American cyclist
- June 30 — Koichi Nishimura, Japanese volleyball player
July
- July 1 — Denislav Kalchev, Bulgarian swimmer
- July 5 — Marcus Allbäck, Swedish football player
- July 8 — Hideko Hiranaka, Japanese medley swimmer
- July 11 — Albert Guardado, American boxer
- July 11 — Konstantinos Kenteris, Greek athlete
- July 12 — Christian Vieri, Italian football player
- July 13 — Craig Parnham, English field hockey defender
- July 13 — Kátia Lopes, Brazilian volleyball player
- July 14 — Halil Mutlu, Bulgaria-born Turkish weightlifter
- July 14 — Maider Tellería, Spanish field hockey player
- July 16 — Stefano Garzelli, Italian cyclist
- July 20 — Peter Forsberg, Swedish ice hockey player
- July 21 — Sun Caiyun, Chinese pole vaulter
- July 21 — Stephen Clarke, Canadian swimmer
- July 21 — Mandy Wötzel, German figure skater
- July 26 — Jean-François Bergeron, Canadian boxer
- July 27 — Niki Jenkins, Canadian judoka
- July 27 — David McLellan, Canadian freestyle swimmer
- July 30 — Andrea Gaudenzi, Italian tennis player
August
- August 1 — Veerle Dejaeghere, Belgian athlete
- August 2 — Daniele Nardello, Italian cyclist
- August 2 — Karina Hab?udová, Slovak tennis player
- August 2 — Susie O'Neill, Australian swimmer
- August 4 — Oscar Cortínez, Argentine marathon runner
- August 4 — Xavier Marchand, French medley swimmer
- August 6 — Alexander Lüderitz, German freestyle swimmer
- August 7 — Michael Barnes, American judoka
- August 7 — Larissa Loukianenko, Belarusian rhythmic gymnast
- August 9 — Filippo Inzaghi, Italian soccer player (footballer)
- August 12 — Joseba Beloki, Spanish cyclist
- August 12 — Roman Volodkov, Ukrainian diver
- August 14 — Jared Borgetti, Mexican football (soccer) player
- August 14 — Jay-Jay Okocha, Nigerian football (soccer) player
- August 14 — Kieren Perkins, Australian freestyle swimmer
- August 14 — Nancy Sweetnam, Canadian medley swimmer
- August 16 — Tracy Looze, Australian-born triathlete
- August 19 — Vania Ishii, Japanese-Brazilian judoka
- August 20 — Scott Goodman, Australian butterfly swimmer
- August 21 — Nikolay Valuev, Russian heavyweight boxer
- August 22 — Okkert Brits, South African pole vaulter
- August 22 — Eurelijus ?ukauskas, Lithuanian basketball player
- August 22 — Mark Hickman, Australian field hockey goalkeeper
- August 24 — Inge de Bruijn, Dutch swimmer
- August 25 — Bernard Inom, French boxer
- August 27 — Karim Tulaganov, Uzbek boxer
- August 29 — Olivier Jacque, French motorcyclist
September
- September 1 — Trent Bray, New Zealand freestyle swimmer
- September 1 — Eiko Koizumi, Japanese beach volleyball player
- September 2 — Matthew Dunn, Australian swimmer
- September 4 — Lidia Simon, Romanian long-distance runner
- September 5 — Jennifer Whittle, Australian basketball player
- September 6 — Nikola Grbic, Serbian volleyball player
- September 6 — Greg Rusedski, Canadian-born tennis player
- September 7 — Svetlana Koroleva, Kazakhstani waterpolo player
- September 9 — Vesa Hanski, Finnish butterfly swimmer
- September 10 — Mark Huizinga, Dutch judoka
- September 12 — Jack Rosendaal, Dutch athlete
- September 13 — Christine Arron, French sprint athlete
- September 13 — Fabio Cannavaro, Italian football player
- September 15 — Cristina Pomacu, Romanian long-distance runner
- September 16 — Alexander Vinokourov, Kazach cyclist
- September 18 — Dario Frigo, Italian cyclist
- September 19 — José Azevedo, Portuguese cyclist
- September 21 — Virginia Ruano-Pascual, Spanish tennis player
- September 21 — Andrei Kivilev, Kazach cyclist (d. 2003)
- September 23 — Heike Koerner, Mexican backstroke swimmer
- September 25 — Manuel Mantilla, Cuban boxer
- September 28 — Mohamed Allalou, Algerian boxer
- September 28 — Kathryn Leng, English cricketer
- September 28 — Diederik van Weel, Dutch field hockey player
October
- October 1 — Jana Henke, German freestyle swimmer
- October 1 — Marijan Kanjer, Croatian freestyle swimmer
- October 5 — Jacqueline Poelman, Dutch athlete
- October 6 — Anna Gomis, French wrestler
- October 8 — Toby Haenen, Australian backstroke swimmer
- October 12 — Marcio Araujo, Brazilian beach volleyball player
- October 12 — Freeman Barr, Bahamian boxer
- October 19 — Hicham Arazi, Moroccan tennis player
- October 19 — Hanneke Smabers, Dutch field hockey player
- October 20 — Malin Nilsson, Swedish freestyle swimmer
- October 22 — Marten Eikelboom, Dutch field hockey player
- October 22 — Fleur van de Kieft, Dutch field hockey player
- October 22 — Ichiro Suzuki, Japanese baseball player
- October 22 — Mark van der Zijden, Dutch swimmer
- October 23 — David Beard, Australian volleyball player
- October 23 — Scott Mosher, Canadian field hockey player
- October 23 — Semmy Schilt, Dutch kickboxer and mixed martial artist
- October 23 — Conrad Stoltz, South African athlete
- October 25 — Michihiro Ogasawara, Japanese baseball player
- October 26 — Rosario Sánchez, Mexican race walker
- October 27 — Shina Matsudo, Japanese freestyle swimmer
- October 28 — Brent Cooper, American boxer
- October 28 — Mirko Corsano, Italian volleyball player
- October 28 — Bing Chao Lin, Taiwanese tennis player
- October 29 — Modesto Lara, Dominican Republic judoka
- October 30 — Harry van der Meer, Dutch waterpolo player
November
- November 1 — Magdalena Aicega, Argentine field hockey defender
- November 1 — Dawn Burrell, American long jumper
- November 1 — Iris Falcón, Peruvian volleyball player
- November 1 — Leonardo Sottani, Italian water polo player
- November 2 — John "Bull" Hayes, Irish rugby union footballer
- November 2 — Dina Myftakhutdinova, Ukrainian rower
- November 5 — Koos Moerenhout, Dutch cyclist
- November 12 — Sandra Azon, Spanish sailor
- November 12 — Colin and Keith Morgan, Canadian twins and judoka's
- November 13 — Serrana Fernández, Uruguayan backstroke swimmer
- November 13 — Sam Soliman, Australian boxer
- November 14 — Darren Smith, New Zealand field hockey player
- November 15 — Mahammatkodir Abdoollayev, Uzbek boxer
- November 15 — Albert Portas, Spanish tennis player
- November 15 — Robert Sycz, Polish rower
- November 16 — Joe Hudepohl, American swimmer
- November 17 — Alexei Urmanov, Russian figure skater
- November 20 — Matthew Smith, Australian field hockey player
- November 23 — Claudia Zwiers, Dutch judoka
- November 25 — Tamara Larrea, Cuban beach volleyball player
- November 25 — Steven de Jongh, Dutch cyclist
- November 27 — Mike Oliver, Canadian field hockey player
- November 29 — Ryan Giggs, Welsh football player
- November 30 — Carla Somerville, Canadian field hockey player
December
- December 2 — Monica Seles, Yugoslavia-born American tennis champion
- December 2 — Jan Ullrich, German cyclist
- December 9 — Vénuste Niyongabo, Burundian middle distance runner
- December 11 — Petteri Lehtinen, Finnish medley swimmer
- December 12 — Josephat Kiprono, Kenyan long-distance runner
- December 12 — Ji Sang-Jun, South Korean backstroke swimmer
- December 12 — Moges Taye, Ethiopian long-distance runner
- December 14 — Sue Armstrong, Canadian field hockey player
- December 14 — Falk Balzer, German hurdler
- December 14 — Jean-Paul Mendy, French boxer
- December 15 — Marcel Matanin, Slovak long-distance runner
- December 16 — Kristie Boogert, Dutch tennis player
- December 16 — Tomasz Czubak, Polish athlete
- December 17 — Paula Radcliffe, English athlete
- December 19 — Marc Herremans, Belgian triathlete
- December 19 — Heike Lätzsch, German field hockey player
- December 20 — Antti Kasvio, Finnish swimmer
- December 22 — Annie Pelletier, Canadian diver
- December 24 — Frédéric Demontfaucon, French judoka
- December 26 — Ryan Berube, American freestyle swimmer
- December 27 — Tsutomu Nakano, Japanese freestyle swimmer
- December 28 — Ids Postma, Dutch speed skater
- December 28 — Garth da Silva, New Zealand boxer
- December 30 — Ato Boldon, Trinidadian athlete
- December 31 — Curtis Myden, Canadian medley swimmer
Deaths
- February 8 — Herbie Taylor, South African cricketer
- March 12 — Frankie Frisch, Major League Baseball player (1919-1937)
- March 26 — George Sisler, Major League Baseball hall of famer (1915-1930)
- July 2 — Swede Savage (26), USAC race car driver
- July 7 — Fred Fulton (82), American heavyweight boxer (b. 1891)
- July 8 — Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer
- July 29 — Roger Williamson, Formula One driver
- July 29 — Cecil Griffiths, British athlete (b. 1901)
- August 7 — Wilbur Cooper, Major League Baseball pitcher (1912-1926)
- August 9 — Charles Daniels (88), American freestyle swimmer (b. 1885)
- October 2 — Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner
- October 25 — Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian long-distance runner (b. 1932)
- December 3 — Count Fleet, thoroughbred racehorse and Triple Crown champion
- December 16 — Syd Barnes, Australian cricketer
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