1940 in sports

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Births

• February 25 - Ron Santo, baseball player
• January 20 - Jack Nicklaus, American golfer.
• March 6 - Willie Stargell, baseball player
• April 15 - Willie Davis, baseball player
• April 15 - Woody Fryman, baseball player
• April 25 ? Maribel Yerxa Owen, U.S. figure skating champion (d. 1961)
• May 20 - Sadaharu Oh, Japanese baseball legend
• May 20 - Stan Mikita, Hockey Hall of Famer
• June 23 - Wilma Rudolph (+1994), American runner.
• July 3 - César Tovar, baseball player
• July 18 - Joe Torre, baseball player and manager
• July 20 - Tony Oliva, baseball player
• September 12 - Mickey Lolich, baseball player
• October 9 - Joe Pepitone, baseball player
• October 23 - Pelé, Brazilian soccer player.
• November 23 - Luis Tiant, baseball player