Hawthorn 13.16 (94) d Footscray 7.9 (51))
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- For an extensive coverage see 1961 in football (soccer)
Men's professional
Men's amateur
Women's professional
Awards
Births
January
- January 1 — Maurits Hendriks, Dutch field hockey coach
- January 1 — Albin Killat, German diver
- January 2 — Alberto Mercado, Puerto Rican boxer
- January 2 — Carole Teffri, French field hockey player
- January 4 — John Brenner, American shot putter
- January 6 — Harriet van Ettekoven, Dutch rower
- January 7 — Enrique Campos, Venezuelan road bicycle racer
- January 11 — Graham Welbourn, Canadian swimmer
- January 13 — Joaquim Silva, Portuguese long-distance runner
- January 15 — Jerry Page, American boxer
- January 17 — Adriana Barbu, Romanian long-distance runner
- January 22 — Dan Frost, Danish track cyclist
- January 23 — Jörg Müller, Swiss track cyclist and road bicycle racer
- January 26 — Francisco Centelles, Cuban high jumper
- January 26 — Wayne Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey player
- January 31 — Miguel de Paz, Spanish field hockey player
February
- February 1 — Stan van Belkum, Dutch water polo player
- February 1 — Volker Fried, German field hockey player
- February 6 — Bernd Dittert, German cyclist
- February 11 — Mary Docter, American speed skater
- February 14 — Iginia Boccalandro, Venezuelan luger
- February 15 — Marc Benninga, Dutch field hockey player
- February 18 — Harold Arroyo, Puerto Rican boxer
- February 20 — Steve Lundquist, American swimmer
- February 21 — Davey Allison, American automobile racer (d. 1993)
- February 21 — Marívi González, Spanish field hockey player
- February 23 — Sylvie Ruegger, Canadian long-distance runner
- February 24 — Tyke Peacock, American high jumper
- February 28 — János Váradi, Hungarian boxer
- February 28 — Biljana Petrović, Croatian high jumper
March
- March 2 — Ken Goodwin, Canadian field hockey goalkeeper
- March 4 — René Klaassen, Dutch field hockey defender
- March 4 — Ray Mancini, Italian-American boxer
- March 8 — Federico Moreira, Uruguayan road bicycle racer and track cyclist
- March 10 — Mitch Gaylord, American gymnast
- March 10 — Bobby Petrino, American college football coach
- March 10 — Ben Spijkers, Dutch judoka
- March 12 — Mary Nevill, British field hockey player
- March 21 — Daniel Castellani, Argentine volleyball player
- March 21 — Lothar Matthäus, German football player
- March 24 — Maureen O’Toole, American water polo player
- March 24 — Pat Turner, Canadian rower
April
May
- May 2 — Ronnie Baxter, English darts player
- May 2 — Peter Doohan, Australian tennis player
- May 4 — Luis Herrera, Colombian cyclist
- May 7 — Diana Elliott, British high jumper
- May 8 — Andrea Pollack, East German butterfly swimmer
- May 10 — Viktor Deputatov, Soviet field hockey player
- May 13 — Dennis Rodman, American NBA player
- May 15 — Isidro Rico, Mexican marathon runner
- May 20 — Adauto Domingues, Brazilian middle-distance runner
- May 21 — Viktor Kuznetsov, Soviet backstroke swimmer
- May 24 — Trevor Porritt, Canadian field hockey player
- May 27 — Jill Sterkel, American freestyle swimmer
June
- June 1 — Werner Günthör, Swiss track and field athlete
- June 3 — Peter Vidmar, American gymnast
- June 5 — Ramesh Krishnan, Indian tennis player
- June 9 — Andreas Berger, Austrian track and field sprinter
- June 14 — Mihai Cioc, Romanian judoka
- June 16 — Marjolein Eijsvogel, Dutch field hockey forward
- June 16 — Stuart Grimshaw, New Zealand field hockey player
- June 23 — Stanley Floyd, American track and field sprinter
- June 24 — Juan Arnoldo Cayasso, Costa Rican soccer player
- June 26 — Greg LeMond, American cyclist, three-time Tour de France winner
July
- July 1 — Carl Lewis, American athletics legend, nine-time Olympic gold medalist
- July 7 — Steve Brace, Welsh long-distance runner
- July 7 — Chun Chil-Sung, South Korean boxer
- July 17 — Blair Horn, Canadian rower
- July 20 — Ria Visser, Dutch ice speed skater
- July 22 — Patrick McDonough, American track cyclist
- July 24 — Brian McMahon, Canadian coxswain
- July 26 — Danie Visser, South African tennis player
- July 28 — Alexander Kurlovitch, Soviet weightlifter
- July 28 — Yannick Dalmas, French Formula One driver
August
- August 1 — Peter Evans, Australian breaststroke swimmer
- August 3 — Ken Wark, Australian field hockey player
- August 12 — Peter Szmidt, Canadian swimmer
- August 16 — Sandy Lister, British field hockey player
- August 19 — Danuta Bartoszek, Polish-Canadian long-distance runner
- August 20 — Lizanne Bussieres, Canadian long-distance runner
- August 23 — Eloína Echevarría, Cuban long jumper
- August 24 — Ingrid Berghmans, Belgian judoka
- August 29 — Carsten Fischer, German field hockey player
- August 29 — Armando Martínez, Cuban boxer
- August 30 — Salvatore Todisco, Italian boxer
September
- September 1 — Karen Smyers, American triathlete
- September 2 — Carlos Valderrama, Colombian football player
- September 3 — Nick Brown, British tennis player
- September 6 — Akira Kuroiwa, Japanese ice speed skater
- September 7 — Deb Covey, Canadian field hockey player
- September 7 — Donald Curry, American boxer
- September 10 — Jörg and Uwe Freimuth, East German track and field athletes
- September 15 — Dan Marino, American football player
- September 18 — Denis Lambert, Canadian boxer
- September 20 — Juan de la Garza, Mexican javelin thrower
- September 24 — Nancy Garapick, Canadian backstroke swimmer
- September 25 — Eduardo Martínez, Argentine beach volleyball player
- September 25 — Frankie Randall, American boxer
- September 28 — Yordanka Donkova, Bulgarian hurdling athlete
- September 28 — Shannon Smith, Canadian freestyle swimmer
- September 30 — Hidde Kruize, Dutch field hockey striker
October
- October 2 — Nico Verhoeven, Dutch cyclist
- October 9 — Osmiro de Souza Silva, Brazilian long-distance runner
- October 10 — Ferdinando De Giorgi, Italian volleyball player and coach
- October 10 — Gary Hurring, New Zealand swimmer
- October 10 — Michael Omondi, Kenyan field hockey midfielder (d. 2008)
- October 11 — Steve Young, American football player
- October 12 — Diego García, Spanish long-distance runner
- October 15 — Jon Uriarte, Argentine volleyball player
- October 17 — Vaclavas Kidykas, Lithuanian discus thrower
- October 21 — Pablo Arraya, Peruvian tennis player
- October 21 — Douglas Partie, American volleyball player
- October 21 — Manuel Vilchez, Venezuelan boxer
- October 22 — Barbara Potter, American tennis player
- October 25 — Alison Webb, Canadian judoka
- October 26 — Manuel Estiarte, Spanish water polo player
- October 28 — Biaggio Chianese, Italian boxer
November
December
- December 2 — Kim Hagger, English track and field athlete
- December 8 — Stephane Bonneau, Canadian tennis player
- December 9 — Kerstin Brandt, East German high jumper
- December 10 — Mark McKoy, Canadian hurdler
- December 13 — Ranza Clark, Canadian middle distance runner
- December 19 — Reggie White, American football player
- December 19 — Juan Martin Coggi, Argentine boxer
- December 20 — Freddie Spencer, American motorcycle racer
- December 27 — Tomi Poikolainen, Finnish archer
- December 27 — Harbhajan Rai, Indian-born Canadian field hockey player
- December 31 — Shelley Fruin, New Zealand cricketer
Deaths
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