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Athletes Born on January 13

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  • 1886 Art Ross, Canadian ice hockey player and executive (d. 1964)
  • 1892 Paul Smart, American yachtsman (Olympic gold star class 1948), born in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia (d. 1979)
  • 1919 Army Archerd, American Hollywood columnist (Variety) and TV host (Movie Game), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2009)
  • 1933 Tom Gola, American basketball player and NBA Hall-of-Famer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2014)
  • 1938 Tord Grip, Swedish football manager
  • 1939 Jacek Gmoch, Polish footballer and coach
  • 1941 Meinhard Nehmer, German DR, 2 man bobsledder (Olympic gold 1976)
  • 1944 Christina von Saltza, American swimmer (Olympic gold 400m, 4x100m freestyle, 4x100m medley 1960), born in San Francisco, California
  • 1947 Carles Rexach, former Spanish-Catalan footballer and coach
  • 1947 Peter Sundelin, Swedish yachtsmen (Olympic gold 5-5m class 1968; World C'ship gold Dragon class 1971), Nacka, Sweden
  • 1948 Kenia Jayantilal, cricketer (5 at Kingston 71 his only inns for India)

Bob Forsch (1950-2011)

American MLB baseball pitcher, 1974-1989 (St. Louis Cardinals, Houston Astros), born in Sacramento, California

Bob Forsch
  • 1953 Bob Baffert, American Racing Hall of Fame trainer (Triple Crown 2015, 18), born in Nogales, Arizona
  • 1953 Luann Ryon, American archer (Olympic gold women's individual 1976), born in Long Beach, California (d. 2022)
  • 1957 Christina Seufert, Sacraento California, diver (Olympic bronze 1984)

Mark O'Meara (67 years old)

1957 American golfer (US Masters, British Open 1988), born in Goldsboro, North Carolina

Mark O'Meara
  • 1958 Ricardo Acuna, Chile, tennis star
  • 1960 Takis Lemonis, Greek footballer and coach
  • 1961 Kelly Hrudey, Canadian NHL goalie, 1983-98 (NY Islanders; LA Kings), and broadcaster, born in Edmonton, Alberta
  • 1961 Kent Hull, American football center (First-team All-Pro 1990, 91; Pro Bowl 1988, 89, 90; Buffalo Bills), born in Pontotoc, Mississippi (d. 2011)
  • 1962 Kevin Mitchell, American baseball outfielder (NL MVP 1989; MLB All Star 1989, 90; SF Giants), born in San Diego, California
  • 1968 Kelly Boucher, Canadian basketball forward (first Canadian to play in WNBA 1998 Charlotte Sting), born in Calgary, Alberta
  • 1969 Andre Cason, American athlete (World C'ship gold 4 x 100m relay 1991 WR 37.50s, 1993; WR 60m indoor 6.41s 1992), born in Virginia Beach, Virginia
  • 1969 Stephen Hendry, Scottish snooker player (record 7 World Championships), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
  • 1970 Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (Tour de France 1998), born in Cesena, Italy (d. 2004)
  • 1972 Vitaly Scherbo, Belarusian gymnast (6 x Olympic gold CIS 1992; World C'ship gold x 12), born in Minsk, Belarus
  • 1973 Nikolai Khabibulin, Russian ice hockey goalie (Olympic gold 1992, bronze 2002; Stanley Cup 2004 TB Lightning; NHL All-Star 1998, 99, 2002, 03; Winnipeg Jets/Phoenix Coyotes, Chicago Blackhawks), born in Yekaterinburg, Russia
  • 1974 Sergei Brylin, Russian ice hockey center (Stanley Cup 1995, 2000, 03 NJ Devils), born in Moscow, Russia
  • 1977 James Posey, American basketball small forward (NBA C'ship 2006 Miami Heat, 2008 Boston Celtics, 2016 Cleveland Cavaliers [assistant coach]), born in Cleveland, Ohio
  • 1980 Akira Kaji, Japanese soccer defender (64 caps; Oita Trinita, FC Tokyo, Gamba Osaka 225 games, Fagiano Okayama), born in Minamiawaji, Japan
  • 1980 Michael Rupp, American ice hockey center (Stanley Cup 2003 New Jersey Devils; Pittsburgh Penguins, NY Rangers) and broadcaster (NHL Network, SportsNet Pittsburgh), born in Cleveland, Ohio
  • 1980 Nils-Eric Johansson, Swedish soccer defender (3 caps; 1. FC Nürnberg, Blackburn Rovers, Leicester City, AIK 297 games), born in Stockholm, Sweden
  • 1982 Guillermo Coria, Argentine tennis player (World #3 2004; French Open singles 2004 runner-up), born in Venado Tuerto, Argentina
  • 1986 Joannie Rochette, Canadian figure skater (Canadian C'ship gold singles 2005–10; Olympic bronze 2010; World C'ship silver 2009), born in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Quebec
  • 1997 Connor McDavid, Canadian ice hockey centre (#1 pick 2015 NHL Draft by Edmonton Oilers; Hart Memorial Trophy 2017, 21, 23; Art Ross Trophy 2017, 18, 21, 22, 23), born in Richmond Hill, Ontario
  • 1997 Egan Bernal, Colombian road cyclist (Tour de France 2019; Giro d'Italia 2021), born in Bogotá, Colombia
  • 1999 Nasa Hataoka, Japanese golfer (Women's PGA C'ship 2018 runner-up), born in Ibaraki, Japan


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