1972 in sports

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Births

• January 3 - Steph Cook, modern pentathlon star
• January 11 - Julia Price, Australian cricketer
• February 11 - Dennis Iliohan, Dutch football player
• February 15 - Jaromir Jagr, ice hockey star
• February 17 - Philippe Candeloro, figure skater
• February 19 - Lucy Pearson, English cricketer
• February 24 - Richard Chelimo, Kenyan athlete, former world record holder, 10,000m (d. 2001)
• March 6 - Shaquille O'Neal, basketball player
• March 14 - Clover Maitland, Australian field hockey goalkeeper
• March 17 - Mia Hamm, soccer player
• March 18 - Carolyn Reid, British field hockey goalkeeper
• March 22 - Elvis Stojko, figure skating champion
• March 23 - Jonas Bjorkman, Swedish tennis player
• March 25 - Nina Bonner, Australian field hockey goalkeeper
• April 8 - Katrina Powell, Australian field hockey international
• April 17 - Muttiah Muralitharan, Sri Lankan cricketer
• June 23 - Zinedine Zidane, French football star
• July 8 - Saurav Ganguly, Indian cricketer
• August 11 - Melanie Jones, Austaralian cricketer
• August 27 - Denise Lewis,British athlete
• August 30 - Pavel Nedved, Czech football star
• September 1 - Louise Dobson, Australian field hockey international
• November 4 - Luis Figo, Portuguese football star
• November 4 - Olivia Magno, Australian cricketer
• November 9 - Sophie Blake, British television sports presenter