Birthdays in Sport on 29th December
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1869 - Bill Howell, cricketer (Australian bowler at turn of century)
1881 - Jess Willard, American boxer (d. 1968)
1915 - Bill Osmanski, American football player (d. 1996)
1925 - Pete Dye, American golf course architect
1927 - Jim Simpson, Wash DC, sportscaster (Monday Night Baseball)
1936 - Ray Nitschke, NFL linebacker (Green Bay Packers)
1938 - Wayne Huizenga, CEO (Waste Management, Blockbuster, Miami Dolphins)
1944 - Rodney Redmond, NZ cricket (opener scored century in Test v Pak 1973)
1946 - Laffit Pincay Jr, jockey (Ky Derby 1984, Belmont 1982-84, Swale)
1949 - Syed Kirmani, cricketer (Indian keeper after Engineer)
1952 - Nikolai Andrianov, USSR, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1972, 76, 80)
1953 - Kate Schmidt, US javelin thrower (Olympic-bronze-1972)
1954 - Glenn Myernick, Trenton NJ, US soccer coach (Olympics-gold-96)
1958 - Curt Allen Byrum, Onida SD, PGA golfer (1989 Hardee's Golf Classic)
1960 - Dave Gilbert, cricketer (Aussie pace bowler in 9 Tests 1985-86)
1960 - David Boon, cricketer (short backward square from Tasmania)
1962 - Devon White, Kingston Jamacia, outfielder (Florida Marlins)
1963 - Sean Payton, American football coach
1964 - Craig Grebeck, Cerritos CA, infielder (Florida Marlins)
1966 - Bruce Bulina, Vancouver BC, Canadian Tour golfer (1990 Alberta Open)
1966 - Drew Hartt, Calgary Alta, Canadian Tour golfer (1995 Desert Tour)
1966 - Stefano Eranio, Italian footballer
1967 - Henry Jones, NFL safety (Buffalo Bills)
1967 - Kevin Toth, Cleveland Ohio, shot putter
1967 - Tony Tolbert, NFL defensive end (Dallas Cowboys)
1968 - Darren Perry, NFL free safety (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1968 - James Mouton, Denver CO, outfielder (Houston Astros)
1969 - Allan McNish, Scottish race car driver
1970 - Hidetoshi Mitsusada, Japanese racing driver
1971 - Jay Fiedler, NFL quarterback (Philadelphia Eagles)
1971 - Jay Fiedler, WLAF QB (Amsterdam Admirals)
1971 - Margot Thien, SD California, synchronized swimmer (Olympics-gold-96)
1971 - Mark Montreuil, NFL cornerback (San Diego Chargers)
1971 - Toby Mills, WLAF corner (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1972 - Malcolm Seabron, NFL wide receiver (Houston Oilers)
1972 - Randy Neal, NFL linebacker (Cin Bengals)
1973 - Tomas Perez, Barquisimeto Venezuela, infielder (Toronto Blue Jays)
1973 - Theo Epstein, American baseball general manager
1974 - Brad Hodge, cricketer (promising Victorian middle-order batsman)
1974 - James Darling, linebacker (Philadelphia Eagles)
1974 - Tom Knight, cornerback (Arizona Cardinals)
1974 - Richie Sexson, American baseball player
1975 - Jaret Wright, American baseball player
1977 - Jimmy Journell, American baseball player
1978 - Kieron Dyer, English footballer
1988 - Agnes Szavay, Hungary tennis player
1989 - Nathan Forbes, British footballer
