Athletes Born on December 6

  • 1889 George Street, English cricket wicket-keeper (1 Test, 1 dismissal; Surrey CCC, MCC), born in Charlwood, England (d. 1924)
  • 1893 Lou Little [Luigi Piccolo], American college football hall of fame coach (elected 1960), born in Leominster, Massachusetts (d. 1979)
  • 1896 George Trafton, American NFL center (Chicago Bears), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1971)
  • 1899 John "Jocko" Conlan, American Baseball HOF umpire (National League 1941-65), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1989)

Tony Lazzeri (1903-1946)

American Baseball HOF second baseman (World Series x 5; only player to complete natural cycle with grand slam; NY Yankees), born in San Francisco, California

James J. Braddock (1905-1974)

American boxer (World Heavyweight champion 1935-37), born in New York City

  • 1907 Giovanni Ferrari, Italian soccer midfielder (44 caps; US Alessandria, Juventus, Internazionale) and manager (Italy 1958–59, 1960–62), born in Alessandria, Italy (d. 1982)
  • 1909 Alan McGilvray, Australian cricketer (20 games for NSW mid 1930's) and commentator (ABC), born in Paddington, Sydney, Australia (d. 1996)
  • 1913 Eleanor Holm, American 100m backstroke swimmer (Olympic gold 1932), born in New York City (d. 2004)
  • 1913 John Mikaelsson, Swedish race walker (Olympic gold 10k 1948, 52), born in Kristinehamn, Sweden (d. 1987)
  • 1914 Cyril Washbrook, English cricket batsman (37 Tests, 6 x 100, HS 195; Lancashire CCC), born in Barrow, England (d. 1999)
  • 1919 Jimmy Bivins [James], Hall of Fame heavyweight boxer, born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2012)

Otto Graham (1921-2003)

American NFL Quarterback (Cleveland Browns), born in Waukegan, Illinois

  • 1925 Andy Robustelli, American NFL defensive end (LA Rams, NY Giants), born in Stamford, Connecticut (d. 2011)
  • 1930 Wojciech Zabłocki, Polish fencer (4 x World C'ship gold team; Olympic silver team sabre 1956, 60; bronze 1964), born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 2020)
  • 1933 Jim Pothecary, South African cricket medium pace bowler (3 Tests, 9 wickets; Western Province), born in Cape Town, South Africa (d. 2016)
  • 1934 Nick Bockwinkel, American professional wrestler (WCW/AWA), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2015)
  • 1937 Alberto Spencer, Ecuadorian soccer forward (11 caps; 5 caps Uruguay; most goals in Copa Libertadores, 54 goals 1960-72), born in Ancón, Santa Elena, Ecuador (d. 2006)
  • 1945 Larry Bowa, American 2nd baseman (Phillies), born in Sacramento, California
  • 1946 Frank Hayes, English cricket batsman (9 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 106no; Lancashire CCC), born in Preston, England
  • 1946 Salif Keïta, Malian soccer striker (28 caps; African Footballer of the Year 1970; Saint-Étienne, Valencia CF, Sporting CP), born in Bamako, Mali (d. 2023)
  • 1946 Willy van der Kuijlen, Dutch soccer forward (22 caps; PSV 528 games), born in Helmond, Netherlands (d. 2021)
  • 1948 Eigil Nielsen, Danish soccer midfielder (10 caps; Basel), born in Tårs, Denmark (d. 2019)
  • 1948 Keke Rosberg, Finnish auto racer (World F1 Champion 1982), born in Solna, Sweden
  • 1949 Peter Willey, English cricketer (England batsman late 70's early 80's), born in Sedgefield, County Durham, England
  • 1951 Gerry Francis, English footballer and manager, born in Chiswick, London
  • 1953 Gary Ward, American baseball player, born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1955 Malcolm Jarvis, Zimbabwean cricket fast bowler (5 Tests including Zimbabwe's 1st Test side, 11 wickets), born in Fort Victoria, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
  • 1957 Luis Delís, Cuban discus thrower (Olympic bronze 1980), born in Guantánamo, Cuba
  • 1960 Jasmina Perazić, Serbian-American basketball guard and forward (NY Liberty), born in Novi Sad, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
  • 1964 Will Johnson, CFL defensive end (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
  • 1965 Gordon Durie, Scottish footballer, born in Paisley, Scotland
  • 1966 Natascha Badmann, Swiss triathlete (6-time winner of the Ironman World Championships), born in Basel, Switzerland
  • 1967 Kevin Appier, American MLB baseball pitcher, 1989-94 (Kansas City Royals, and three others), born in Lancaster, California
  • 1969 Elmore Spencer, American NBA center (Portland Trail Blazers), born in Atlanta, Georgia
  • 1969 Greg Knox, Canadian CFL football safety (Calgary Stampeders), born in Toronto, Ontario
  • 1970 Eric Mahlum, American NFL guard (Indianapolis Colts), born in San Diego, California
  • 1970 Isabelle Arnould, Belgian swimmer, born in Liège, Belgium
  • 1971 José Contreras, Cuban baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 2006; World Series 2005; Olympic gold 1996; Chicago White Sox), born in Las Martinas, Pinar del Río, Cuba
  • 1971 Richard Krajicek, Dutch tennis player (Wimbledon 1996), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands
  • 1971 Rika Hiraki, Japanese tennis star (1992 Japan doubles), born in Beirut, Lebanon
  • 1972 Gary Bandy, American NFL defensive end (Atlanta Falcons), born in Kansas City, Missouri
  • 1972 James Logan, American NFL linebacker (Seattle Seahawks), born in Opp, Alabama
  • 1972 Mike Gruttadauri, American football center (St Louis Rams), born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  • 1974 Arjan Ebbinge, Dutch soccer player (FC Groningen), born in Veendam, Netherlands
  • 1975 Natalie Titcume, Australian softball catcher (Olympic bronze 1996), born in Sydney, Australia
  • 1977 Andrew Flintoff, English cricketer, born in Preston, Lancashire, England
  • 1977 Kevin Cash, American baseball catcher (World Series 2007, 09; Boston Red Sox; New York Yankees) and manager (AL Manager of the Year 2020; TB Rays), born in Tampa, Florida
  • 1977 Paul McVeigh, Irish footballer (Norwich City), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
  • 1978 Chris Başak, American baseball player, born in North Platte, Nebraska
  • 1978 Darrell Jackson, American NFL wide receiver, born in Dayton, Ohio
  • 1979 Tim Cahill, Australian soccer forward (108 caps, 50 goals; Everton), born in Sydney, New South Wales
  • 1980 Ehren Wassermann, American baseball player, born in Sylacauga, Alabama
  • 1980 Steve Lovell, British footballer (Dundee), born in Amersham, England
  • 1982 Alberto Contador, Spanish cyclist and Tour de France winner (2007, 09), born in Pinto, Madrid, Spain
  • 1982 Robbie Gould, American football player (San Francisco 49ers), born in Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania
  • 1982 Sean Ervine, Zimbabwean cricketer (played for Zimbabwe in the 2003 Cricket World Cup), born in Harare, Zimbabwe
  • 1985 R. P. Singh, Indian cricketer, born in Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • 1986 Matt Niskanen, American NHL player (Philadelphia Flyers), born in Virginia, Minnesota
  • 1991 CoCo Vandeweghe, American tennis player (US Open doubles 2018; US Federation Cup 2017), born in Rancho Santa Fe, California
  • 1992 Johnny Manziel, American football quarterback (Heisman Trophy 2012, Texas A&M; NFL: Cleveland Browns), born in Tyler, Texas
  • 1993 Jasprit Bumrah, Indian cricketer and fast bowler (Mumbai Indians, India), born in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Giannis Antetokounmpo (29 years old)

1994 Greek basketball forward (NBA C'ship, Finals MVP 2021 Milwaukee Bucks), born in Athens, Greece