Athletes Born on December 13

  • 1850 Fred Grace, English cricket all-rounder (1 Test; first time 3 bros play a Test [with WG & EM Grace]; Gloucestershire CCC), born in Bristol, England (d. 1880)
  • 1911 Buzz Borries, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Navy 1932–34), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1969)

Archie Moore (1913-1998)

American light-heavyweight boxing champion (1952-60), born in Benoit, Mississippi,

  • 1918 Bill Vukovich, American auto racer (Indianapolis 500, 1953-4), born in Fresno, California (d. 1955)
  • 1921 Jackie Pung, American golfer (5 LPGA titles), born in Honolulu, Hawaii (d. 2017)

Larry Doby (1924-2003)

American Baseball HOF outfielder (MLB All-Star 1949–55; World Series 1948; AL HR leader 1952, 54; 1st African-American in AL; Cleveland Indians), born in Camden, South Carolina

  • 1926 Carl Erskine, American baseball player (Bkln Dodgers), born in Anderson, Indiana
  • 1926 George Rhoden, Jamaican athlete (Olympic gold 400m, 4 x 400m relay 1952), born in Kingston, Jamaica
  • 1928 Jutta Müller, German figure skating coach (GDR 3 x Olympic gold, 10 x World C'ship gold), born in Chemnitz, Germany (d. 2023)
  • 1935 Arthur Summons, Australian rugby union fly-half (10 Tests; Gordon RFC) and rugby league five-eighth (9 Tests; Western Suburbs RLFC), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 2020)
  • 1935 Joe Christopher, American baseball player, born in Frederiksted, U.S. Virgin Islands
  • 1935 Lindy McDaniel, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1960; NL saves leader 1959, 60, 63), born in Hollis, Oklahoma
  • 1936 J. C. Martin, American baseball player, born in Axton, Virginia
  • 1938 Tom Shaw, American golfer (The Tradition 1993), born in Wichita, Kansas

Ferguson Jenkins (81 years old)

1942 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

  • 1946 Pierino Prati, Italian soccer forward (14 caps; 3 goals in European Cup Final 1969, AC Milan; Roma, Savona), born in Cinisello Balsamo, Italy (d. 2020)
  • 1947 Les Joslin, Australian cricketer (Test as batsman for Australia 1968, made 7 & 2), born in Yarraville, Victoria
  • 1948 Lillian Board, British 400m athlete (Olympic silver 1968), born in Durban, South Africa (d. 1970)
  • 1949 Nana Alexandria, Georgian International Woman's Chess Grandmaster (1976), born in Poti, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
  • 1952 John Francome, English jockey, born in Swindon, Wiltshire, England
  • 1953 Bill Castro, Dominican baseball player, born in Santiago, Dominican Republic
  • 1953 Bob Gainey, Canadian NHL player and hockey bureaucrat, born in Peterborough, Canada
  • 1953 Zoltán Magyar, Hungarian side horse gymnast (Olympic gold 1976, 80), born in Budapest, Hungary
  • 1955 Glenn Roeder, English soccer defender (QPR, Newcastle United), and manager (Watford, West Ham, Newcastle, Norwich), born in Woodford, England (d. 2021)
  • 1956 Dale Berra, American baseball infielder (Pittsburgh Pirates, NY Yankees), born in Ridgewood, New Jersey
  • 1956 Phil Hubbard, American basketball player (Olympic gold 1976), born in Canton, Ohio
  • 1958 Detlef Macha, German track cyclist (World C'ship gold GDR 4000m individual pursuit 1978, 81, 82, team 1981), born in Greiz, Germany (d. 1994)
  • 1960 Randy Stoklos, American beach volleyballer (first player to earn $1m; 5 x World C'ship [with Sinjin Smith]), born in Pacific Palisades, California
  • 1960 Richard Dent, American football Hall of Fame defensive end, 1983-97 (MVP, Super Bowl XX - Chicago Bears; 3 other teams), born in Atlanta, Georgia
  • 1961 Gary Zimmerman, American NFL tackle (Denver Broncos - Super Bowl XXXII), born in Fullerton, California
  • 1962 Kendra Slawinski, English netball player
  • 1965 Stacy Sunny, female pro baseball infielder (Colorado Silver Bullets), born in San Bernardino, California
  • 1967 Bo Pelini, American football coach, born in Youngstown, Ohio
  • 1968 Carlos Hasselbaink, Dutch soccer player (VVV/FC Utrecht/Haarlem), born in Paramaribo, Suriname
  • 1968 Shaun Stafford, American tennis star (1992 Taipei), born in Ocala, Florida
  • 1969 Sergei Fedorov, Russian NHL forward (Detroit, Olympic silver 1998), born in Pskov, Russia
  • 1970 Basit Ali, Pakistani cricketer (exciting Pakistani batsman), born in Karachi, Sindh
  • 1971 Mike Pelton, American NFL defensive tackle (Indianapolis Colts), born in Goshen, Alabama
  • 1973 Shandon Anderson, American NBA forward (Utah Jazz), born in Atlanta, Georgia
  • 1975 Matt LeCroy, American baseball catcher (Olympic bronze 1996), born in Belton, South Carolina
  • 1976 Josh Fogg, American baseball player, born in Lynn, Massachusetts
  • 1976 Radosław Sobolewski, Polish footballer, born in Białystok, Poland
  • 1976 Søren Friis, Danish footballer (AC Horsens)
  • 1977 Peter Stringer, Irish rugby union footballer, born in Cork, Ireland
  • 1977 Sascha Kindred, British Paralympic swimmer, born in Münster, Germany
  • 1982 Dominik Werling, German footballer, born in Ludwigshafen, Germany
  • 1982 Ricky Nolasco, American baseball player, born in Corona, California
  • 1982 Tuka Rocha, Brazilian racing driver, born in São Paulo, Brazil
  • 1983 Otylia Jędrzejczak, Polish swimmer (Olympic gold 2004), born in Ruda Śląska, Śląskie, Poland
  • 1988 Darcy Blake, Welsh footballer, born in New Tredegar, Wales
  • 1988 Rickie Fowler, American golfer (US Masters 2018 runner-up; Ryder Cup 2010, 14, 16, 18), born in Murrieta, California
  • 1993 Danielle Collins, American tennis player (World #8 2022; Australian Open 2022 runner-up), born in St. Petersburg, Florida