Athletes and Sports Stars Born on July 7

1902 Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe, American baseball player (d. 2005)

Satchel Paige (1906-1982)

American Baseball HOF pitcher (6 x Negro League, 2 x MLB All Star; World Series 1948 Cleveland Indians), born in Mobile, Alabama

1909 Billy Herman, American Baseball HOF second baseman (10 x MLB All Star; Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs), born in New Albany, Indiana (d. 1992)
1909 Gottfried von Cramm, German tennis player (French C'ship 1934, 36), born in Nettlingen, Germany (d. 1976)

Ezzard Charles (1921-1975)

American world heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51), born in Lawrenceville, Georgia

1933 Murray Halberg, New Zealand athlete (Olympic gold 5000m 1960; WR 2 miles: 8:30.0 1961; WR 3 miles: 13.10.0 1961), born in Eketāhuna, New Zealand (d. 2022)
1941 Lennart Söderberg, Swedish soccer manager (Gefle IF, Västerås SK, IFK Eskilstuna) and defender (2 caps; AIK), born in Torpshammar, Sweden (d. 2022)
1941 Marco Bollesan, Italian rugby union number 8 (47 caps; CUS Genova, Partenope) and coach (Italy 1985-88), born in Venice, Italy (d. 2021)
1944 Jürgen Grabowski, German footballer (44 caps West Germany; Eintracht Frankfurt 441 games), born in Wiesbaden, Germany (d. 2022)
1944 Tony Jacklin, English golfer (British Open 1969, US Open 1970), born in Scunthorpe, England
1946 Jim Day, Canadian equestrian show jumper (Olympic gold, 1968), born in Thorn Hill, Ontario
1948 Fred Brown, American basketball guard (NBA C'ship 1979; NBA All-Star 1976; NBA Three-Point % Leader 1980; Seattle SuperSonics), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1955 Len Barker, American baseball player, born in Fort Knox, Kentucky
1958 Michael Marx, American foil and epee fencer (Olympic-84, 88, 92, 96), born in Portland, Oregon
1960 Ralph Sampson, American College/Basketball HOF center (NBA All-Star 1984–87; Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets), born in Harrisonburg, Virginia
1963 Lance Johnson, American baseball outfielder (NY Mets), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
1963 Naved Anjum, Pakistani cricketer (Pakistani all-rounder, two Tests 1989-90), born in Lahore, Pakistan
1966 Hector Burba, American baseball pitcher (Cincinnati Reds), born in Dayton, Ohio
1966 Jeff Shaw, American baseball pitcher (Cincinnati Reds), born in Washington Court House, Ohio
1967 Erik van der More, football player (FC Utrecht)
1967 Tom Kristensen, Danish race car driver, born in Hobro, Denmark
1968 Chuck Knoblauch, American baseball shortstop (NY Yankees, Minnesota Twins), born in Houston, Texas

Joe Sakic (54 years old)

1969 Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame center (Colorado Avalanche, Canada 1998-2002) and executive (GM Colorado Avalanche), born in Burnaby, British Columbia

1969 Sylke Otto, German luger, born in Chemnitz, Germany
1970 Erik Zabel, German cyclist, born in East Berlin
1970 Michael McCrary, American NFL defensive end (Seattle Seahawks), born in Vienna, Virginia
1970 Min Patel, English cricket all-rounder (2 Tests, 1 wicket; Kent CCC, Central Districts CA), born in Mumbai, India
1970 Wayne McCullough, Irish boxer, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
1972 Aldi Henry, Canadian CFL defensive back (Calgary Stampeders), born in Montreal, Quebec
1972 Lisa Leslie, American WNBA center (LA Sparks)/forward (Olympic gold 1996), born in Gardena, California
1972 Manfred Stohl, Austrian rally driver, born in Vienna, Austria
1972 Michael Westbrook, American College Football HOF wide receiver (University of Colorado; Washington Redskins), born in Detroit, Michigan
1972 Stoney Case, American NFL quarterback (Arizona Cardinals), born in Odessa, Texas
1973 Kārlis Skrastiņš, Latvian ice hockey player, born in Riga, Latvia (d. 2011)
1973 Matt Mantei, American baseball player, born in Tampa, Florida
1974 Patrick Lalime, Canadian NHL goalie (Pitts Penguins), born in Saint-Bonaventure, California
1975 Tony Benshoof, American luger, born in Saint Paul, Minnesota
1976 Dominic Foley, Irish soccer forward (6 caps Republic of Ireland; Wolverhampton Wanderers, Watford, Gent, Cercle Brugge), born in Cork, Ireland
1978 Leonardo Morales, Venezuelan soccer goalkeeper (26 caps; Carabobo, Zulia), born in El Tigre, Venezuela
1979 Anastasios Gousis, Greek sprinter, born in Corfu, Greece
1979 Carl Breeze, British racing driver, born in King's Lynn, United Kingdom
1980 John Buck, American MLB baseball catchrr, 2004-14 (Kansas City Royals, and six other teams), born in Kemmerer, Wyoming
1980 Michelle Kwan, American figure skater (World C'ship gold women's singles 1996, 98, 2000, 01, 03; Olympic silver 1998; bronze 2002), born in Torrance, California

MS Dhoni (42 years old)

1981 Indian cricket wicket-keeper and captain (90 Tests, 6 x 100, HS 224, 294 dismissals; Bihar, Jharkhand, Chennai Super Kings), born in Jharkhand, India

1982 George Owu, Ghanaian footballer, born in Accra, Ghana
1984 Minas Alozidis, Greek-Cypriot hurdler
1984 Mohammad Ashraful, Bangladeshi cricketer, born in Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh
1995 Ko Jin-young, South Korean golfer (ANA Inspiration, Evian C'ship 2019), born in Seoul, South Korea