1966 in sports

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Deaths

• January 4 - Inga Artamonova, world speed-skating champion
• February 1 - Nicholas Piantanida, balloonist. Died after suffering from a pressurization failure during an attempt at an altitude record.
• March 11 - "Sunny Jim" Fitzsimmons, Horse Racing Hall of Fame trainer
• May 4 - Bob Elliott, Major League Baseball player (1939-1953)
• June 30 - Giuseppe Farina, F1 champion race car driver
• July 6 - Sam Jones, baseball player, Major League Baseball pitcher (1914-1935)
• July 24 - Tony Lema, U.S. golf champion, died in a Munster, Indiana plane crash.
• August 1 - Hank Gowdy, MLB player, manager