Athletes Born in November 1935

Gary Player (88 years old)

Nov 1 South African golfer (9-time major title winner), born in Johannesburg, South Africa

  • Nov 2 Mohammad Munaf, Pakistan cricket fast bowler (4 Tests, 11 wickets; Karachi, Sind), born in Mumbai, India (d. 2020)
  • Nov 5 Lester Piggott, English jockey (11 x British flat racing C'ship Jockey; record 9 x Epsom Derby; 30 x British Classic Race wins), born in Wantage, Berkshire, England (d. 2022)
  • Nov 9 Bob Gibson, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (NL Cy Young Award 1968, 70; NL MVP 1968; 9 x MLB All Star; St. Louis Cardinals), born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 2020)
  • Nov 17 Anton Sailer, Austrian skier (Olympic-3 golds-1956)
  • Nov 17 Toni Sailer, Austrian alpine ski racer (Olympic gold Downhill, Giant slalom, Slalom 1956; 7 x World C'ship gold), born in Kitzbühel, Austria (d. 2009)
  • Nov 19 Niall Brophy, Irish rugby union wing (20 Tests Ireland, 2 British & Irish Lions; London Irish RFC, Barbarian FC, Leinster RFC), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 2023)
  • Nov 22 Bobby Wilson, English tennis player (Wimbledon doubles 1960 runner-up), born in Hendon, England (d. 2020)
  • Nov 22 Ludmila Belousova, Russian figure skater (Olympic gold USSR pairs 1964, 68; World C'ship gold pairs 1965, 66, 67, 68 [Oleg Protopopov]), born in Ulyanovsk, Russia (d. 2017)
  • Nov 23 Steve Burtenshaw, English soccer manager (Sheffield Wednesday, Everton, QPR, Arsenal) and midfielder (Brighton & HA 237 games), born in Portslade, England (d. 2022)
  • Nov 27 Prakash Bhandari, Indian cricketer (3 Tests for India in mid-50's, 77 runs), born in Delhi, British India

About November 1935

How Old? 88 years old
Generation: Silent Generation
Leap Year: No

Chinese Zodiac: Pig
Star Signs: Scorpio (Oct 23 - Nov 21), Sagittarius (Nov 22 - Dec 21)