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Months in Year 1944: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Results 1 - 114 of 114

Jan 1st - Charlie Davis, cricketer (WI batsman in 15 Tests 1968-73)
Jan 3rd - Christina von Saltza, US, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold/silver-1960)
Jan 5th - Tommie Smith, US, 200m dash (Olympic-gold-1968) [or Jun 5]
Jan 6th - Robert Landers, Tarrant County TX, PGA golfer (Fort Worth-1976, 78, 80)
Jan 6th - Terry Venables, British soccer player/manager [or 1943]
Jan 7th - Arne Scheie, Norwegian sports commentator
Jan 12th - Joe Frazier, Beaufort SC, HW boxer (Olympic-gold-1964)/champ (1968-73)
Jan 14th - Graham Vivian Marsh, Kalgoorlie Australia, PGA golfer (1977 Heritage)
Jan 18th - Carl Morton, American baseball player (d. 1983)
Jan 19th - Dan Reeves, NFL Coach (NY Giants, Denver Broncos, Atlanta Falcons)
Jan 20th - Isao Okano, Japan, Middleweight Judo (Olympic-gold-1964)
Jan 23rd - Sergey Belov, USSR, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1972)
Jan 31st - John Inverarity, cricketer (Australian batsman 1968-72)
Feb 8th - Bunky Henry, golfer
Feb 11th - Bert Greene, golfer
Feb 12th - Charles Pasarell, tennis pro
Feb 13th - Sal Bando, baseball player (Oakland A's)
Feb 14th - Bruce Summerhays, St Louis MO, PGA golfer (Provo Open-1966, 91 93)
Feb 14th - Ronnie Peterson, Swedish racing driver (d. 1978)
Feb 16th - Richard Ford, US author (Sportswriter)
Feb 20th - Willem van Hanegem, Dutch soccer champ/coach (Feyenoord)
Feb 22nd - Ranjit Fernando, Sri Lankan cricket wicketkeeper (1975 World Cup)
Feb 22nd - Tom Okker, tennis star
Feb 27th - Graeme Pollock, cricketer (South African batting prodigy)
Feb 28th - Sepp Maier, German footballer
Mar 2nd - Pam Barnett, LPGA golfer
Mar 9th - Geoff Arnold, cricketer (England medium-pacer in 34 Tests 1967-75)
Mar 9th - Lee Irvine, cricketer (South African batsman, only Tests in 1970)
Mar 14th - Clyde Lee, NBAer
Mar 15th - Chi Cheng, Taiwan, sprinter/80m hurdler (Oly-Bronze-68)
Mar 17th - Cito Gaston, MLB manager (Toronto Blue Jays)
Mar 23rd - Salim Altaf, cricketer (Pakistan medium-pacer in 21 Tests 1967-78)
Mar 24th - Denny McLain, baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers, 31 wins in 1968)
Mar 25th - Ross Duncan, cricketer (one Test Australia v England 1971, 0-30)
Mar 28th - Rick Barry, ABA/NBA forward (NY Nets, Golden State Warriors)
Apr 1st - Rusty Staub, American baseball player
Apr 4th - Lawrence A Hough, US, rower (Pairs w/o cox-1968 olympic silver)
Apr 7th - Bill Stoneman, American baseball player and manager
Apr 18th - Irvine Shillingford, cricketer (cousin of Grayson, 4 Tests for WI)
Apr 21st - Adrian Hurley, Australian basketball coach
Apr 29th - Jim Hart, Evanston, Ill, NFL quarterback (St Louis Cardinals)
May 5th - Bo Larsson, Swedish footballer
May 6th - Masanori Murakami, First Japanese baseball player in major leagues
May 10th - Abdul Kadir, cricketer (Pakistani batsman-keeper in 4 Tests 1964-65)
May 10th - Kathy Farrer, LPGA golfer
May 11th - John Benaud, cricketer (brother of Richie, Australian bat 1972-73)
May 13th - Clive Radley, cricketer (England batsman in 8 Tests 1978)
May 15th - Miruts Yifter, Ethiopia, 5K/10K runner (Olympic-gold-1980)
May 17th - Arif Butt, cricketer (pace bowler for Pakistan in three Tests 1964-65)
May 20th - Keith Fletcher, cricket captain (Essex & England)
May 21st - Mike Degett, horse trainer
May 26th - Sam Posey, American race car driver, TV commentator and author
Jun 2nd - Garo Yepremian, NFL place kicker (Miami Dolphins)
Jun 2nd - Poul Jensen, Denmark, yachting (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
Jun 3rd - Edith McGuire, US 200m sprinter (Olympic-gold-1964)
Jun 5th - Chris Finnegan, UK, Middleweight boxing champ (Olympic-gold-1968)
Jun 5th - Tommie Smith, US sprinter (Olympic-gold-1968) [or Jan 5]
Jun 8th - Mark Belanger, American baseball player (d. 1998)
Jun 15th - Inna Ryskai, USSR, Volleyball player (Olympic-2 gold/2 silver-1964-76)
Jun 20th - Dave Nelson, baseball player
Jun 22nd - Michael Obst, German FR, coxsman (Olympic-gold-1960)
Jun 27th - Patrick Sercu, Belgium, 1K time trial (Olympic-gold-1964)
Jun 30th - Ron Swoboda, baseball outfielder/sportscaster (NY Yankees, NY Mets)
Jul 7th - Tony Jacklin, Scunthorpe England, PGA golfer (1970 US Open)
Jul 13th - Eric Freeman, Australian Cricket pace bowler (late 60's)
Jul 14th - Billy McCool, American baseball player
Jul 17th - Mark Burgess, cricketer (NZ batsman of the 70's)
Jul 18th - David Hemery, English 400m-hurdler (Oly-gold-1968) [or 1948]
Jul 22nd - Sparky Lyle, relief pitcher (NY Yankees, Cy Young)
Jul 22nd - Dennis Firestone, Australian racing driver
Jul 26th - Micki J King, springboard diver (Olympic-gold-1972)
Jul 27th - Jean-Marie Leblanc, French cyclist
Jul 28th - Daniel Morelon, France, 1K speed skater (Olympic-gold-1968, 72)
Jul 29th - Terry Jarvis, NZ cricket opener (387 partnership w/Turner v WI 1972)
Aug 1st - Mervyn Kitchen, cricket umpire
Aug 9th - Terry Jenner, cricketer (Australian leg-spinner 1971-75)
Aug 13th - Divina Galica, British athlete and racing driver
Aug 14th - Robyn Smith Astaire, jockey/wife of Fred Astaire
Aug 16th - Mufasir-ul-Haq, cricketer (Pakistan left-arm quick, 1 Test)
Aug 20th - Graig Nettles, 3rd baseman (NY Yankees, SD Padres, Cleve Indians)
Aug 24th - Bill Goldsworthy, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1996)
Aug 30th - Tug McGraw, American baseball player (d. 2004)
Aug 31st - Clive Hubert Lloyd, cricketer ("Supercat", 110 Tests 1966-85)
Sep 4th - Ron Ward, Canadian ice hockey player
Sep 11th - Everaldo, Brazilian footballer
Sep 16th - Ard Schenk, Holland 1500m, 5K, 10K speed skater (Olympic-gold-1972)
Sep 17th - Mary Lou Crocker, LPGA golfer
Sep 19th - Ard Schenk, 500, 1500, 5000k speed skater (Olympics-gold-1972)
Sep 25th - Grayson Shillingford, cricket bowler (WI 1969-71, 7 Tests 15 wickets)
Oct 6th - José Carlos Pace, Brazilian racing driver (d. 1977)
Oct 11th - Mike Fiore, American baseball player
Oct 13th - Buddy Allin, Bremerton WA, PGA golfer (1980 NZ Open)
Oct 16th - Bob Cottam, cricketer (England fast-medium on 2 India/Pakistan tours)
Oct 24th - Viktor Prokopenko, Ukranian footballer and coach (d. 2007)
Oct 29th - Claude Brochu, Major League Baseball executive (Montreal Expos)
Nov 2nd - Liesel Westermann, German FR, discus thrower (Olympic-silver-1968)
Nov 7th - Joe Niekro, baseball knuckler (NY Yankees)
Nov 7th - Luigi Riva, Italian footballer
Nov 13th - Ken Shuttleworth, cricketpaceman (England on 1970-71 Ashes tour)
Nov 16th - David O'Sullivan, NZ cricket left-arm spinner (in 11 Tests 1973-76)
Nov 17th - Tom Seaver, pitcher (NY Met, 300 game winner, Cy Young '69 '73 '75)
Nov 17th - Tom Seaver, baseball player
Nov 19th - Dennis Hull, Canadian ice hockey player
Nov 20th - Anthea Stewart, Zimbabwe, field hockey coach/player (Olympic-1980)
Nov 21st - Earl "the Pearl" Monroe, Phila Pa, NBA Guard (NY Knicks, Balt Bullets)
Dec 4th - François Migault, French racing driver
Dec 15th - Stan Bahnsen, pitcher (NY Yankee, 1968 AL Rookie-of-year)
Dec 17th - Ference Bene, Hungary, record 12 soccer goals (Olympic-gold-1964)
Dec 21st - Bill Atkinson, English footballer
Dec 22nd - Steve Carlton, Phillies' pitcher (Cy Young '72, '77, '80, '82)
Dec 23rd - U C Joshi, cricketer (Sussex off-spinner 1970-74 from India)
Dec 24th - Erhard Keller, German FR, 500m speed skater (Olympic-gold-1968, 72)
Dec 25th - Jairzinho, Brazilian footballer
Dec 29th - Rodney Redmond, NZ cricket (opener scored century in Test v Pak 1973)