Athletes Born on April 5

  • 1868 Flooi Du Toit, South African cricketer (one Test South Africa 1892), born in Jacobsdal, Orange Free State (d. 1909)
  • 1882 Don Blackie, Australian cricket spin bowler (3 Tests, 14 wickets, BB 6/94; Victoria), born in Bendigo, Australia (d. 1955)

Clas Thunberg (1893-1973)

Finnish speed skater (Olympic gold 1500m, 5000m, allround 1924; 500m, 1500m 1928), born in Helsinki, Finland

  • 1896 Norman Callaway, Australian cricket batsman (207 in only FC innings), born in Hay, Australia (d. 1917)
  • 1909 Gerald Bond, South African cricketer (one Test South Africa v England 1938, 0 & 0-16), born in Cape Town (d. 1965)
  • 1911 Johnny Revolta, American golfer (PGA C'ship 1935; 18 PGA Tour titles), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1991)
  • 1921 Les Jackson, English cricket fast bowler (2 Tests, 7 wickets; Derbyshire), born in Whitwell, England (d. 2007)
  • 1922 Tom Finney, English football player (Preston North End), born in Preston, Lancashire (d. 2014)
  • 1933 Larry Felser, American sports columnist (Buffalo Courier-Express, The Buffalo Evening News, The Sporting News), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 2013)
  • 1938 Colin Bland, South African cricket batsman (21 Tests, 3 x 100, HS 144no; Eastern Province, Orange Free State), born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (d. 2018)
  • 1938 Ron Hansen, American baseball shortstop (MLB All Star 1960, 60²; AL Rookie of the Year 1960; Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox), born in Oxford, Nebraska
  • 1941 Viktor Kurentsov, Belarusian weightlifter (Olympic gold middleweight 1968; silver 1964; 5 x World C'ship gold middleweight), born in Tukhinka, Belarus (d. 2021)
  • 1942 Antonio Fernández, Spanish soccer manager (CD Málaga), born in Alicante, Spain (d. 2022)
  • 1942 Arthur Barrett, West Indian cricketer (WI leggie early 70's), born in Kingston, Jamaica
  • 1942 Peter Magowan, American businessman (CEO Safeway 1979-93) and sports executive (owner SF Giants 1993-2008), born in New York City (d. 2019)
  • 1943 Masahiko 'Fighting' Harada, Japanese boxer (world flyweight, bantamweight champion), born in Tokyo, Japan
  • 1945 Tommy Smith, English soccer defender (1 cap; Football League Div 1 1966, 73, 76, 77; FA Cup 1965, 74; European Cup 1977; Liverpool 467 games), born in Liverpool, Merseyside (d. 2019)
  • 1951 Rennie Stennett, Panamanian baseball infielder (World Series 1979; SF Giants; one of 3 players to collect 7 hits in a MLB game), born in Colón, Panama (d. 2021)
  • 1952 Sandy Mayer, American tennis player (Wimbledon doubles 1975; French Open doubles 1979), born in Portola Valley, California
  • 1953 John Buchanan, Australian cricketer (Qld batsman 78-79, Shield coach 1995), born in Ipswich, Queensland
  • 1958 Johan Kriek, South African-American, tennis player (US Indoor 1982), born in Pongola, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
  • 1964 Robert "Bob" Kaehler, American rower (Olympic 5th 1992, 96), born in Burlingame California
  • 1965 Adrie Bogers, Dutch soccer defender (RKC Waalwijk) and manager (NEC Nijmegen, Sparta Rotterdam, NAC Breda), born in Breda, Netherlands
  • 1966 Brent Hughes, American NHL left wing (Buffalo Sabres), born in New Westminster, California
  • 1966 Scott Dill, American NFL tackle and guard (Tampa Bay Bucs, Minnesota Vikings), born in Birmingham, Alabama
  • 1971 Finidi George, soccer player (Ajax)
  • 1972 Paul Okon, Australian former footballer
  • 1972 Tim Coronel, Dutch racing driver and twin to fellow racing driver Tom Coronel, born in Naarden, Netherlands
  • 1972 Tom Coronel, Dutch racing driver and twin to fellow racing driver Tim Coronel, born in Naarden, Netherlands
  • 1973 Spencer Folau, Tongan, American football offensive lineman (Baltimore Ravens), born in Nukuʻalofa, Tonga
  • 1973 Tony Banks, quarterback (St Louis Rams)
  • 1974 Mike DuHaney, soccer defender (Olympic gold 1996), born in New Haven, Connecticut
  • 1974 Rick Terry, NFL defensive tackle (NY Jets)
  • 1975 John Hartson, Welsh footballer
  • 1976 Fernando Morientes, Spanish footballer
  • 1976 Henrik Stenson, Swedish golfer (British Open 2016), born in Gothenburg, Sweden
  • 1976 Ike Hilliard, NFL wide receiver (NY Giants)
  • 1976 Kim Collins, Nevisian athlete (World C'ship gold men's 100m 2003), born in Saint Peter Basseterre Parish, Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • 1976 Ross Gload, American baseball player
  • 1976 Ryan Drese, baseball pitcher (Olympic bronze 1996), born in San Francisco, California
  • 1976 Simone Inzaghi, Italian footballer
  • 1978 Franziska van Almsick, German swimmer
  • 1978 Stephen Jackson, American basketball player
  • 1979 Timo Hildebrand, German footballer
  • 1982 Alexandre Prémat, French racing driver, born in Juvisy-sur-Orge, Essonne, France
  • 1982 Matt Pickens, American professional soccer goalkeeper, 2002-19, and coach (Nashville), born in Washington, Missouri
  • 1982 Thomas Hitzlsperger, German footballer, 2001-13, and football director (VfB Stuttgart), born in Munich, West Germany