Deaths
- March 27 — Percy Beard (82), American hurdler (b. 1908)
- April 10 — Fortune Gordien (77), American athlete (b. 1922)
- August 29 — Luigi Beccali (82), Italian athlete (b. 1907)
- December 31 — Robina Higgins (75), Canadian athlete (b.1915)
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