Athletes and Sports Stars Born in 1904

Red Ruffing (1904-1986)

May 3 American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (6 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1932, 36–39, 41; NY Yankees), born in Granville, Illinois

May 5 Gordon Richards, British jockey (26 x British flat racing Champion Jockey; 4,870 race wins), born in Donnington Wood, Telford (d. 1986)
May 13 Tim Wall, Australian cricket fast bowler (18 Tests, 56 wickets, BB 5/14; South Australia), born in Semaphore, Australia (d. 1981)
May 15 Gustav-Adolf Boltenstern, Swedish equestrian (Olympic gold team dressage 1952, 56; silver 1932, bronze 1948), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1995)
May 16 Hugh Plaxton, Canadian ice hockey left wing (Olympic gold 1928; Montreal Maroons) and politician (House of Commons of Canada 1935-40), born in Barrie, Ontario (d. 1982)
May 19 Sven Thofelt, Swedish athlete (Olympic gold pentathlon 1928; silver team épée 1936, bronze 1948), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1993)
May 27 Chūhei Nambu, Japanese athlete (Olympic gold triple jump 1932; only person to have held WRs in both long jump & triple jump), born in Sapporo, Japan (d. 1997)
May 29 Hubert Opperman, Australian road cyclist, politician (multi-distance world records), born in Rochester, Victoria (d. 1996)

Johnny Weissmuller (1904-1984)

Jun 2 Romanian-American actor (Tarzan) and swimmer (5 Olympic gold 1924, 28), born in Freidorf, Austria-Hungary (now Romania)

Jun 3 Jan Peerce [Jacob Pincus Perelmuth], American tenor (NBC Symphony, 1938-55; NY Metropolitan Opera, 1941-67; "Bluebird of Happiness"), born in New York City (d. 1984)
Jun 12 Bill Foster, American Baseball HOF pitcher (NgL All-Star 1933, 34; NgL World Series 1926, 27; Chicago American Giants), born in Calvert, Texas (d. 1978)
Jun 23 Quintin McMillan, South African cricket spin bowler (13 Tests, 36 wickets; Transvaal), born in Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa (d. 1948)

René Lacoste (1904-1996)

Jul 2 French tennis player (7 Grand Slam titles, Lacoste clothing), born in Paris, France

Jul 31 Arthur Daley, American sportswriter (NY Times-Pulitzer 1956), born in New York City (d. 1974)
Aug 4 Joe Tate, English footballer, born in Old Hill, Cradley Heath, England (d. 1973)
Aug 6 Henry Iba, American Basketball HOF coach (Olympic gold 1964, 68; NCAA C'ship 1945, 46 Oklahoma State Uni) and executive (AD Oklahoma State 1935-70), born in Easton, Missouri (d. 1993)
Aug 8 Achille Varzi, Italian auto racer (14 Grand Prix wins), born in Galliate, Italy (d. 1948)
Sep 1 Ray Flaherty, American Pro Football Hall of Fame end (NFL C'ship 1934 NY Giants; First-team All-Pro 1928, 29, 32) and coach (NFL C'ship 1937, 42 Washington Redskins), born in Lamont, Washington (d. 1994)
Sep 4 Sabin Carr, American athlete (Olympic gold pole vault 1928; WR 4.27m 1927), born in Santa Barbara, California (d. 1983)
Sep 9 Feroze Khan, Pakistani field hockey player (d. 2005)
Sep 15 Philip Lee, Australian cricket all-rounder (2 Tests, 5 wickets; South Australia), born in Gladstone, Australia (d. 1980)

Chuck Klein (1904-1958)

Oct 7 American Baseball Hall of Fame right fielder (Triple Crown 1933; MLB All-Star 1933, 34; NL MVP 1932; Philadelphia Phillies), born in Indianapolis, Indiana

Oct 23 Harvey Penick, American golfer, coach, author (World Golf Hall of Fame), born in Austin, Texas (d. 1995)

Denny Shute (1904-1974)

Oct 25 American golfer (British Open 1933, PGA C'ship 1936-37), born in Cleveland, Ohio

Oct 27 Ernő Schwarz, Hungarian-American soccer forward (2 caps Hungary; Ferencváros, NY Giants, NY Americans) and coach (United States [men] 1953-56), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1974)
Nov 5 Cooney Weiland, Canadian ice hockey coach (Stanley Cup 1941 Boston Bruins; Harvard Uni) and NHL forward (Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings), born in Seaforth, Ontario (d. 1985)
Nov 14 Harold Larwood, England cricket fast bowler (21 Tests, Bodyline Series v Australia 1932-33), born in Nuncargate, England (d. 1995)
Nov 25 Lillian Copeland, US discus thrower (Olympic gold 1932), born in New York City (d. 1964)
Dec 3 Edgar Moon, Australian tennis player (Australian C'ships 1930), born in Forest Hill NSW (d. 1976)
Dec 8 Wilmer Allison, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1935), born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 1977)
Dec 12 Jim Christy, South African cricket batsman (10 Tests; top score 103 1932; Transvaal, Queensland), born in Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa (d. 1971)
Dec 14 Jack Westland, American politician (US House of Representatives 1953-65) and golfer (US Amateur C'ship 1952), born in Everett, Washington (d. 1982)
Dec 26 Young Stribling, American boxer (vs Max Schmeling, Ring Magazine fight of the year 1931), born in Bainbridge, Georgia (d. 1933)
Dec 31 Chuck Gardiner, Canadian NHL goalie (Vezina winner), born in Edinburgh, United Kingdom (d. 1934)