Athletes and Sports Stars Born in October 1951

Dave Winfield (72 years old)

Oct 3 American Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder (12 x MLB All Star; 7 x Gold Glove; 6 x Silver Slugger; SD Padres; NY Yankees), born in St. Paul, Minnesota

Oct 4 Norbert Sattler, Austrian slalom canoeist (World C'ship gold K-1 team 1971, K-1 1973; Olympic silver K-1 1972), born in Mauthen, Kärnten, Austria (d. 2023)
Oct 4 Truck Robinson, American basketball forward (NBA All-Star 1978, 81; New Orleans Jazz; NBA rebound leader 1978), born in Jacksonville, Florida
Oct 5 Leah Poulos-Mueller, American speed skater (Olympic gold 1980), born in Berwyn, Illinois
Oct 9 Greg Robinson, American football coach (Syracuse University 2005-08; Super Bowl 1997, 98 DC Denver Broncos), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2022)
Oct 11 Miroslav Dvořák, Czech ice hockey defenseman (World C'ship gold 1976, 77; Olympic silver 1976; Philadelphia Flyers, TJ Motor České Budějovice), born in Hluboká nad Vltavou, Czech Republic (d. 2008)
Oct 12 Bernie Ruoff, CFL kicker (Winnipeg, Hamilton), born in West Germany

Sally Little (72 years old)

Oct 12 South African/American golfer (PGA 1980, du Maurier 1988), born in Cape Town, South Africa

Roscoe Tanner (72 years old)

Oct 15 American tennis player (Australian Open 1977; Wimbledon 1979 runner-up; World #4 1979), born in Kiawah Island, South Carolina

Oct 20 Claudio Ranieri, Italian football manager (Leicester City) and player, born in Rome
Oct 23 David Johnson, English soccer forward (8 caps; Liverpool FC, Ipswich Town, Everton, Manchester City), born in Liverpool, England (d. 2022)
Oct 31 François Bracci, French soccer defender (18 caps; Olympique de Marseille, RC Strasbourg, FC Bordeaux), born in Beinheim, France (d. 2023)
Oct 31 Nick Saban, American football coach (National NCAA C'ships 2003, 09, 11-12, 15, 17; LSU, Alabama, Miami Dolphins), born in Fairmont, West Virginia