Athletes and Sports Stars Born on August 7

Abebe Bikila (1932-1973)

Ethiopian distance athlete (Olympic gold marathon 1960 WR [barefoot], 64 WR; Africa's first WR breaking athlete in any sport), born in Jato, Ethiopia

1932 Bubba Cascio, American race horse trainer (All American Futurity 1968, 70), born in Houston, Texas (d. 2022)
1937 Don McKay, New Zealand rugby union winger (5 Tests; Auckland RU), born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 2024)
1937 Don Wilson, English cricket fast bowler (6 Tests, 11 wickets; Yorkshire CCC), born in Settle, England (d. 2012)
1938 Dewi Bebb, Welsh rugby union winger (34 Tests Wales, 8 British & Irish Lions; Swansea RFC) and journalist, born in Bangor, Wales (d. 1996)
1941 Ken Jones, Welsh rugby union centre (14 caps Wales, 6 British Lions; Cardiff RFC, London Welsh RFC, Barbarian FC), born in Cross Hands, Wales (d. 2022)
1942 Carlos Monzón, Argentine boxer (Undisputed world middleweight champion 1970-74, 76-77), born in San Javier, Argentina (d. 1995)
1943 Giorgio Alverà, Italian bobsledder (World C'ship gold Two-man 1975), born in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy (d. 2013)
1945 Alan Page, American football defensive tackle (NFL MVP 1971; 6×First-team All-Pro; 9×Pro Bowl; Minnesota Vikings) and Associate Justice Minnesota Supreme Court (1993–2015), born in Canton, Ohio
1947 Kerry Melville Reid, Australian tennis player (Australian Open 1977; Australian Open doubles 1968, 77; Wimbledon doubles 1978), born in Sydney, Australia

Greg Chappell (75 years old)

1948 Australian cricket batsman and captain (87 Tests; 7,110 runs @ 53.86, TS 247, 24 x 100s, 47 wickets; South Australia, Somerset CCC, Queensland)), born in Adelaide, Australia

1950 Dave Wottle, American athlete (Olympic gold 800m 1972), born in Canton, Ohio
1951 Gary Hall, American swimmer (Olympic silver 400m medley 1968, 200m butterfly 1972, bronze 100m butterfly 1976; 5 x WR), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
1957 Alexander Dityatin, Russian gymnast (Olympic gold USSR Team, All-around, Rings 1980; World C'ship gold x 7), born in Leningrad, Russia

Alberto Salazar (65 years old)

1958 American track coach and long distance runner (NYC Marathon 1980-82, Boston 1982), born in Havana, Cuba

1958 Larisa Karlova, Ukrainian handball player (Olympic gold USSR 1976, 80; World C'ship gold 1982, 86), born in Kyiv, Ukraine
1958 Russell Baze, Canadian Racing Hall of Fame jockey (10 x US Champion Jockey by wins; 12,844 career victories; US Racing HOF), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1959 Ali Shah, Zimbabwean cricket all-rounder (3 Tests, HS 62; 28 ODIs, 18 wickets; Mashonaland), born in Harare, Zimbabwe
1961 Walter Swinburn, English jockey (Epsom Derby 1981, 86, 95; Irish Derby 1983, 86; Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe 1983), born in Oxford, England (d. 2016)
1961 Yelena Davydova, Russian gymnast (Olympic gold USSR All-round, Team 1980), coach (Canadian Women's Artistic Team 2012) and international judge (Rio Olympics 2016), born in Voronezh, Russia
1965 Elizabeth Manley, Canadian figure skater (Olympic silver, 1988), born in Quinte West, Ontario
1967 Jason Grimsley, American baseball pitcher (California Angels), born in Cleveland, Texas
1968 Tomas Carbonell, Spanish tennis player, born in Barcelona, Spain
1970 Joe Cocozzo, American NFL guard (San Diego Chargers), born in Mechanicville, New York
1971 Chris T. Jones, American NFL wide receiver (Philadelphia Eagles), born in West Palm Beach, Florida
1971 Dominic Cork, British cricketer (England all-rounder Hat-trick v WI 1995), born in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire
1972 Tony Bouie, American NFL safety (Tampa Bay Bucs), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1973 Bo Hanson, Australian rower (Olympics 3 x bronze 1996, 2000, 04), born in Port Kembla, Australia
1973 Danny Graves, American baseball player, born in South Vietnam
1973 Kevin Muscat, Australian soccer defender (Olyroos, Olympics 1996), born in Crawley, United Kingdom
1973 Kimmo Rinatnen, Finnish hockey forward (Team Finland Olympic bronze 1998), born in Rauma, Finland
1974 Philippe De Rouville, Canadian NHL goalie (Pitts Penguins), born in Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada
1975 Alshermond Singleton, American NFL linebacker (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), born in Newark, New Jersey
1975 Edgar Renteria, Colombian baseball player (Florida Marlins), born in Barranquilla, Colombia
1975 Jimmy van Fessem, Dutch football goalkeeper (Willem II), born in Tilburg, Netherlands
1976 Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos, Greek footballer, born in Piraeus, Greece
1976 Shane Lechler, American football player, born in East Bernard, Texas
1982 Vasileios Spanoulis, Greek basketball player, born in Larissa, Greece
1982 Yana Klochkova, Ukrainian swimmer, born in Simferopol, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
1987 Sidney Crosby, Canadian hockey player, born in Nova Scotia, Canada
1997 Kyler Murray, American football quarterback (Heisman Trophy 2018, U of Oklahoma; 2019 NFL Draft #1 pick Arizona Cardinals), born in Bedford, Texas
1998 Jalen Hurts, American football quarterback (NCAA C'ship 2018 University of Alabama; University of Oklahoma; Philadelphia Eagles), born in Houston, Texas
1999 Sydney McLaughlin, American hurdler and sprinter, born in New Brunswick, New Jersey