Today's Birthdays in Sport

  • 1859 Edward J. McKeever, American baseball executive (co-owner Brooklyn Dodgers), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1925)
  • 1871 Schofield Haigh, English cricket fast bowler (11 Tests, 24 wickets, BB 6/11; Yorkshire CCC), born in Berry Brow, Yorkshire, England (d. 1921)
  • 1888 Léon Scieur, Belgian cyclist (d. 1969)
  • 1909 Attilio Demaria, Argentinian footballer (d. 1990)
  • 1914 Jay Berwanger, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (1st Heisman Trophy winner 1935, Chicago), born in Dubuque, Iowa (d. 2002)
  • 1915 Norman Yardley, English cricket batsman and captain (20 Tests; Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1948), born in Barnsley, Yorkshire (d. 1989)
  • 1917 Laszlo Szabo, Hungarian chess player (d. 1998)
  • 1923 Bobby Brown, Scottish soccer goalkeeper (5 caps; Rangers, Falkirk) and manager (St Johnstone; Scottish national team 1967-71), born in Dunipace, Scotland (d. 2020)

Richie Ashburn (1927-1997)

American Baseball Hall of Fame infielder (6 × MLB All-Star; NL batting champion 1955, 58; Philadelphia Phillies) and sportscaster (Phillies TV 1963-71), born in Tilden, Nebraska

  • 1928 Clive Van Ryneveld, cricketer (South African all-rounder 1951-58)
  • 1929 Jim Phelan, American college basketball coach (Mount Saint Mary's University 1954–2003), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2021)
  • 1932 Gay Brewer, American golfer (US Masters 1967), born in Middletown, Ohio (d. 2007)
  • 1936 Ben Lexcen, Australian yacht designer (Australia II 1983 America's Cup), born in Boggabri, Australia (d. 1988)
  • 1937 Carlo Mazzone, Italian soccer manager (Ascoli, Fiorentina, Roma, Napoli, Bologna, Cagliari) and centre-back (AS Roma, SPAL, Ascoli), born in Rome, Italy (d. 2023)
  • 1939 Abbas Ali Baig, cricketer (Indian bat 112 on debut v England 1959)
  • 1939 Joe Kapp, American College / Canadian Football HOF quarterback (UC Berkeley; NFL C'ship & Pro Bowl 1969 Minnesota Vikings; CFL Grey Cup 1964 BC Lions; CFL All-Star 1963, 64), born in Santa Fe, New Mexico (d. 2023)
  • 1939 Peter Thorburn MNZM, New Zealand rugby union coach (North Harbour, NZ sevens, Bristol RFC, United States), born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 2021)
  • 1943 Vern Schuppan, Australian racing driver
  • 1946 Mohammad Ilyas, cricketer (Pakistani batsman in ten Tests 1964-69)
  • 1947 Earlie Fires, American jockey (Hialeah Park), born in Rivervale, Arkansas
  • 1947 Marinho Peres, Brazilian soccer defender & captain (15 caps; Portuguesa, Santos, FC Barcelona, Inter Milan, Galícia) and manager (Botafogo, El Salvador, Belenenses, Sporting, Santos), born in Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil (d. 2023)
  • 1952 Warren Lees, NZ cricket wicket-keeper (late 70's)
  • 1953 Hans Rinn, German DR, 2 man lugist (Olympic gold 1976, 80)
  • 1958 Andy Reid, American football coach (Philadelphia Eagles 1999–2012; Super Bowl 2020, 23 Kansas City Chiefs), born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1961 Jos Lansink, Dutch-Belgian equestrian
  • 1962 Ivan Calderón, Puerto Rican baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1991; Chicago White Sox, Montreal Expos), born in Fajardo, Puerto Rico (d. 2003)
  • 1964 Sergey Dmitriyev, Russian soccer striker (6 caps USSR; Zenit Saint Petersburg, CSKA Moscow), born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 2022)
  • 1966 Andy Sinton, English footballer
  • 1967 Vladimir Konstantinov, Russian ice hockey player
  • 1968 Tyrone Hill, American NBA forward (Cleveland Cavaliers, Milwaukee Bucks), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
  • 1969 Arjan Vermeulen, soccer player (Vitesse)
  • 1970 Errol Refos, soccer player (Feyenoord)
  • 1970 Janne Laukenen, Lahti FIN, NHL defenseman (Finland Olympic bronze 1998, Senators)
  • 1970 Rick Mirer, NFL quarterback (Seattle Seahawks, Chicago Bears)
  • 1970 Sean Fleming, CFL placekicker & punter (Grey Cup 1993, 2003, 05; CFL All-Star 2002, 04 Edmonton Eskimos), born in Burnaby, British Columbia
  • 1971 Kirk Botkin, NFL tight end (New Orleans Saints, Pittsburgh Steelers)
  • 1971 Louie Debrusk, Canadian NHL left wing (Edmonton Oilers, and three other teams), born in Cambridge, Ontario
  • 1971 Marty Moore, NFL inside linebacker (NE Patriots)
  • 1971 Taase Faumui, Samoan-American NFL defensive linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers, 1994-95; Oakland Raiders, 1997), born in Western Samoa
  • 1971 Whitney Hedgepeth, American swimmer - 100m/200m backstroke (2 Olympic silver medals 1996), born in Charlottesville, Virgina
  • 1972 Nate Quarry, American mixed martial arts fighter (The Ultimate Fighter; co-host MMA Uncensored Live), born in Arcata, California
  • 1973 John Michels, American NFL tackle, 1996-99 (Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl XXXI, Philadelphia Eagles), and radiologist, born in La Jolla, California
  • 1974 John Coppinger, pitcher (Baltimore Orioles), born in El Paso, Texas
  • 1975 Antonio Daniels, NBA guard (Vancouver Grizzlies)
  • 1976 Alessandro Nesta, Italian footballer
  • 1979 Christos Patsatzoglou, Greek footballer
  • 1979 Hedo Türkoğlu, Turkish basketball player
  • 1979 Hee-Seop Choi, Korean baseball player
  • 1979 Ivan Ljubičić, Croatian tennis player
  • 1981 Kolo Touré, Ivorian footballer
  • 1982 Brad Jones, Australian footballer
  • 1982 Jonathan Fanene, American football player
  • 1985 Ernesto Viso, Venezuelan racing driver
  • 1987 Michal Švec, Czech footballer


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