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See also:
1978 in sports,
other events of 1979,
1980 in sports and the
list of 'years in sports'.
Men's Golf
Women's Golf
- February 21 - Glendon Gibbs[?], Australian cricketer
- April 6 - M Marie Widlow[?], Hall of Fame softball pitcher
- May 31 - Nigel Howard[?], English cricketer
- July 5 - Elizabeth Ryan[?], tennis star, won 19 Wimbledon titles
- July 9 - Betty Evans Grayson[?], Hall of Fame softball pitcher
- July 21 - Sandor Kocsis[?], Hungarian soccer star
- July 22 - Tony "Two-Ton" Galento[?], boxer/actor
- August 2 - Thurman Munson[?], New York Yankees catcher (1969-1979), plane crash
- August 21 - Giuseppe Meazza[?], Italian, soccer star
- October 22 - Clint Hodgins[?], Hall of Fame harness-racing driver
- December 15 - Stan Hack[?], Major League Baseball player (1932-1947)
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