Athletes Born on July 28

  • 1888 Sidney Pegler, South African cricket leg spinner (16 Tests), (d. 1972)
  • 1891 Ron Oxenham, Australian cricketer (Australian all-rounder 1928-32), born in Nundah, Queensland (d. 1939)
  • 1893 Wilbur "Bullet" Rogan, American Baseball HOF pitcher, outfielder, manager (Kansas City Monarchs NgL 1920-38), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (d. 1967)
  • 1901 Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball pitcher (MLB record career double plays [79] 1938-64) and manager (Philadelphia Phillies), born in Mishawaka, Indiana (d. 1979)
  • 1902 Vibart Wight, West Indian cricket batsman (2 Tests; v/c WI first touring team v England 1928), born in Georgetown, British Guiana (d. 1969)
  • 1903 Colin Gregory, English tennis player (Australian C'ship 1929, chairman All-England Club, Wimbledon), born in Beverley, England (d. 1959)
  • 1911 Gerhard Stöck, German athlete (Olympic gold javelin, bronze shot put 1936), born in Kaiserswalde, Germany (d. 1985)
  • 1929 Shozo Sasahara, Japanese freestyle wrestler (World C'ship gold featherweight 1954; Olympic gold 1956), born in Yamagata, Japan (d. 2023)
  • 1931 Johnny Martin, Australian cricket left-arm bowler (1960's), born in Wingham, Australia (d. 1992)
  • 1933 Charlie Hodge, French Canadian ice hockey goaltender (Montreal Canadiens), born in Lachine, Quebec (d. 2016)
  • 1934 Ron Flowers, English soccer midfielder (49 caps; Wolverhampton Wanderers 467 games), born in Doncaster, England (d. 2021)

Garfield Sobers (87 years old)

1936 West Indian cricket all-rounder and captain (93 Tests, 57.78 batting average), born in Bridgetown, Barbados

  • 1936 Russ Jackson, Canadian football player, born in Hamilton, Ontario
  • 1938 Luis Aragonés, Spanish soccer forward (11 caps; Atlético Madrid) and manager (Spain 2004-08; Atlético Madrid, Barcelona), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 2014)
  • 1942 John Sattler, Australian rugby league prop (4 Tests; NSWRL Premiership 1967, 68, 70, 71 South Sydney), born in Maitland, Australia (d. 2023)
  • 1942 Marty Brennaman, American sportscaster, born in Portsmouth, Virginia

Bill Bradley (80 years old)

1943 American Basketball Hall of Fame forward (NBA C'ship 1970, 73; NBA All-Star 1973; NY Knicks), and politician (Democratic US Senator 1979-97), born in Crystal City, Missouri

  • 1943 Larry Elkins, football player (Houston Oilers)
  • 1944 Daniel Morelon, French speed skater (Olympic gold 1968, 72), born in Bourg-en-Bresse, France
  • 1947 Barbara Ferrell, American runnerr (Olympic gold 1968), born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
  • 1947 Elena Belova, Russian foils fencer (Olympic gold 1968), born in Sovetskaya Gavan, Soviet Union
  • 1947 Miguelina Cobian, Cuban 4x100m runner (Olympic silver 1968), born in Santiago de Cuba
  • 1948 Ruud Geels, Dutch soccer striker (20 caps; Feyenoord, Go Ahead Eagles, Club Brugge, Ajax, Anderlecht, Sparta, PSV, NAC), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 2023)

Vida Blue (1949-2023)

American baseball pitcher (6 x MLB All-Star; Cy Young Award & AL MVP 1971; World Series 1972, 73, 74 Oakland A's; SF Giants, KC Royals), born in Mansfield, Louisiana

  • 1951 Doug Collins, American basketball shooting guard (NBA All-Star 1976–79; Philadelphia 76ers), coach (Chicago, Detroit, Washington, Philadelphia) and broadcaster (CBS, NBC, TNT, TBS, ABC/ESPN), born in Christopher, Illinois
  • 1951 Ray Kennedy, English soccer midfielder, forward (17 caps; Arsenal, Liverpool), born in Seaton Delaval, England (d. 2021)
  • 1954 Mikey Sheehy, Irish Gaelic football right corner-forward (11 x Munster titles, 8 x All-Ireland, 3 x NFL, 7 x All Star; Kerry), born in Tralee, Ireland

Terry Fox (1958-1981)

Canadian one-legged distance runner (Marathon of Hope, 1980), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba

  • 1961 Alexander Kurlovitch, Soviet weightlifter, born in Grodno, Soviet Union
  • 1964 Dave Alexander, American NFL center (NY Jets), born in Silver Spring, Maryland
  • 1967 Alex Galtcheniouk, American hockey forward (Team Belarus, Olympics 1998), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • 1969 Dana White, American Ultimate Fighting Championship President, born in Manchester, Connecticut
  • 1969 Garth Snow, American hockey goalie (Olympics 1994, Flyers), born in Wrentham Massachusetts
  • 1969 Jarrod Hanks, American gymnast (Olympic-92, 96), born in Lafayette Louisiana
  • 1970 Paul Strang, Zimbabwean cricketer (Zimbabwe's 1st Test match leg-spinner), born in Bulawayo, Rhodesia
  • 1972 Ed Templeton, American skateboarder (Toy Machine), born in Garden Grove, California
  • 1973 Nixon A. McNamara McClean, West Indies cricket fast bowler (ODI 1996)
  • 1977 Aki Berg, Finnish NHL defenseman (LA Kings), born in Raisio, Finland
  • 1977 Manu Ginóbili, Argentine basketball player, born in Bahía Blanca, Argentina
  • 1981 Michael Carrick, English footballer, born in Wallsend, England
  • 1984 DeMeco Ryans, American football player, born in Bessemer, Alabama
  • 1984 John David Washington, American football player and actor (BlacKkKlansman), born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1984 Zach Parise, American ice hockey player, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • 1987 Pedro [Pedro Eliezer Rodríguez Ledesma], Spanish footballer (Barcelona), born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
  • 1988 Casper Johansen, Danish footballer
  • 1989 Adrien Broner, American professional boxer (world champion across four weight classes), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
  • 1989 Amy Yang, South Korean golfer (US Open 2012, 15 runner-up), born in Seoul, South Korea

Harry Kane (30 years old)

1993 English footballer (Tottenham Hotspur, captain of England), born in London

  • 1998 Nelly Korda, American golfer (US Women's PGA C'ship 2021; Olympic gold 2021), born in Bradenton, Florida