Athletes and Sports Stars Born in December 1942

Alex Johnson (1942-2015)

Dec 7 American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star, AL batting champion 1970, California Angels), born in Helena, Arkansas

Dec 8 Hemant Kanitkar, cricketer (batted in two Tests India v WI 1974)
Dec 9 Billy Bremner, Scottish footballer (Leeds United), born in Stirling, Scotland (d. 1997)
Dec 9 Dick Butkus, American College-Pro Football HOF linebacker (Uni of Illinois; NFL Defensive Player of the Year 1969, 70; 5×First-team All-Pro; 8xPro Bowl; Chicago Bears), sportscaster (CBS, ESPN) and actor (My Two Dads), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2023) [1]
Dec 11 Karen Susman, American tennis player (Wimbledon 1962), born in San Diego, California

Ferguson Jenkins (81 years old)

Dec 13 Canadian Baseball HOF pitcher and coach (NL Cy Young Award 1971; MLB All-Star 1967, 71-72; Chicago Cubs; 3,000+ career strikeouts), born in Chatham, Ontario

Dec 20 Bob Hayes, American athlete (Olympic gold 100m, 4x100m relay 1964) and Pro Football Hall of Fame receiver (3 x Pro Bowl; Dallas Cowboys), born in Jacksonville, Florida (d. 2002)
Dec 23 Jerry Koosman, American pitcher (NY Mets), born in Appleton, Minnesota
Dec 25 Françoise Dürr, French tennis player (French C'ships 1967; 11 Grand Slam doubles titles; Tour Finals doubles 1979), born in Algiers, French Algeria
Dec 26 Alain Plantefol, French rugby union second rower (11 Tests; Racing CF, SU Agen), born in Colombes, France (d. 2022)
Dec 26 Antonio Juliano, Italian soccer midfielder (13 caps; Napoli 394 games, Bologna), born in Naples, Italy (d. 2023)
Dec 26 Barry Wood, English cricketer (England opener in early 70's)
Dec 27 Byron Browne, baseball player
Dec 28 Arild Hetleøen, Norwegian soccer central defender (4 caps; SK Brann), born in Bergen, Norway (2023)