Athletes Born on July 11

  • 1869 Percy McAlister, Australian cricket batsman (8 Tests; Big Six cricket dispute 1912), born in Williamstown, Australia (d. 1938)
  • 1893 Jack Durston, English cricket fast bowler (1 Test, 5 wickets; Middlesex CCC) and soccer goalkeeper (Queens Park Rangers, Brentford), born in Clophill, England (d. 1965)
  • 1924 Charlie Tully, Northern Irish footballer (d. 1971)
  • 1928 (Carl) "Bobo" Olson, American boxer World Middleweight Champion, 1953-55), born in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii (d. 2002)
  • 1928 Marcos Calderón, Peruvian soccer coach (Peru 1975-79; Copa América 1975), born in Lima, Peru (d. 1987)
  • 1930 Gregory Bell, American long jumper (Olympic gold 1956), born in Terre Haute, Indiana
  • 1930 Jack Alabaster, New Zealand cricket spin bowler (21 Tests, 49 wickets; Otago), born in Invercargill, New Zealand (d. 2024)
  • 1932 Jean-Guy Talbot, Canadian ice hockey defenceman (7 x Stanley Cup Montreal Canadiens; 6 x NHL All Star) and coach (St. Louis Blues, NY Rangers), born in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec (d. 2024)
  • 1936 Jerry Richardson Sr., American businessman and NFL team owner (Carolina Panthers 1995-2018), born in Spring Hope, North Carolina (d. 2023)
  • 1939 Larry Laoretti, American golfer (US Senior Open 1992), born in Mahopac, New Jersey
  • 1941 Clive Puzey, Zimbabwean racing driver
  • 1942 Aarón Padilla Gutiérrez, Mexican soccer striker (55 caps; Pumas, Atlante, Veracruz), born in Mexico City (d. 2020)
  • 1942 Len Hauss, American football center (5 x Pro Bowl; Washington Redskins), born in Jesup, Georgia (d. 2021)
  • 1943 Rolf Stommelen, German auto racer (24 Hours of Daytona 1968, 78, 80, 82; 61 x F1 GP), born in Siegen, Germany (d. 1983)
  • 1947 Jaroslav Pollák, Slovak soccer midfielder (49 caps, Czechoslovakia; Sparta Prague, Austria Salzburg), born in Nižný Medzev, Slovakia (d. 2020)
  • 1950 Jim Higgs, Australian cricket spin bowler (22 Tests, 66 wickets, BB 7/143; Victoria), born in Kyabram, Australia
  • 1951 Sridharan Jeganathan, cricketer (two Tests for Sri Lanka v NZ 1983)

Leon Spinks (1953-2021)

American boxer (WBC, WBA heavyweight champion 1978; Olympic gold light heavyweight 1976), born in St. Louis, Missouri

  • 1955 Sergey Babinov, USSR, ice hockey star (Olympic gold 1972)
  • 1958 Hugo Sánchez, Mexican soccer forward (58 caps; Real Madrid 207 games 164 goals, UNAM, Atlético Madrid) and manager (UNAM, Necaxa, Mexico, Almería), born in Mexico City
  • 1962 Dale Hellestrae, NFLer (Dallas Cowboys)
  • 1963 Al MacInnis, Canadian NHL defenseman (Team Canada, St Louis), born in Inverness, Nova Scotia
  • 1964 Earl Jones, Inkster Mich, 800m runner (Olympic bronze 1984)
  • 1965 Ernesto Hoost, Dutch kickboxer
  • 1965 Tony Cottee, English footballer
  • 1966 Rod Strickland, NBA guard (Portland Trail Blazers, Wash Wizards)
  • 1967 Andy Ashby, pitcher (San Diego Padres), born in Kansas City, Missouri
  • 1967 Donne Wall, Potosi MO, pitcher (Houston Astros)
  • 1968 Esera Tuaolo, NFL defensive tackle (Minnesota Vikings)
  • 1970 Pubudu Dissanayake, Sri Lanka cricket wicket-keeper (1993)
  • 1971 Brett Hauer, NHL defenseman (Edmonton Oilers), born in Edina, Minnesota
  • 1972 Jerrott Willard, NFL linebacker (KC Chiefs)
  • 1972 Joe Johnson, American NFL defensive end (Pro Bowl 1998, 2000; All-Pro 2000; New Orleans Saints), born in Cleveland, Ohio
  • 1972 Steven Richards, Australian racing driver
  • 1973 Christine Monge, female pitcher (Colo Silver Bullets), born in San Francisco, California
  • 1973 Konstantinos Kenteris, Greek athlete
  • 1974 André Ooijer, Dutch soccer defender (55 caps; PSV, Blackburn Rovers), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • 1974 Hermann Hreiðarsson, Icelandic footballer
  • 1975 Rubén Baraja, Spanish footballer and coach (Valencia), born in Valladolid, Spain
  • 1975 Willie Anderson, American football player
  • 1979 Éric Abidal, French footballer (Lyon, Barcelona), born in Saint-Genis-Laval, France
  • 1981 Andre Johnson, American Pro Football HOF wide receiver (First-team All-Pro 2008, 09; 7 × Pro Bowl; NFL receptions leader 2006, 08 Houston Texans), born in Miami, Florida
  • 1981 Mary Beth Arnold, American gymnast (World-bronze-95), born in Reno, Nevada
  • 1982 Chris Cooley, American NFL tight end (2-time Pro Bowl; Washington Redskins), born in Powell, Wyoming
  • 1984 Tanith Belbin White, Canadian-American ice dancer and TV commentator, born in Kingston, Ontario
  • 1984 Yorman Bazardo, Venezuelan MLB player (Detroit Tigers), born in Maracay, Venezuela
  • 1986 Yoann Gourcuff, French footballer (AC Milan, Lyon), born in Ploemeur, France

Caroline Wozniacki (33 years old)

1990 Danish tennis player (Australian Open 2018), born in Odense, Denmark