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  • 1856 George Vernon, English cricket batsman (1 Test; Middlesex CCC, MCC), born in London, England (d. 1902)
  • 1860 Jack Worrall, Australian cricket batsman (11 Tests, 5 x 50s; Victoria CA) and VFL premiership coach (Carlton 1906, 07, 08; Essendon 1911, 12), born in Maryborough, Australia (d. 1937)
  • 1890 Cum Posey, American Baseball HOF executive (owner NgL Homestead Grays; 9 x consecutive NL pennants 1937–45); and Basketball HOF guard (5 x Coloured World C'ships), born in Homestead, Pennsylvania (d. 1946)
  • 1897 Cyril Francois, South African cricket all-rounder (5 Tests, 252 runs, 6 wickets), born in Lewisham, England (d. 1944)
  • 1903 Glenna Collett-Vare, American golfer (6-time US Amateur champion), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 1989)
  • 1903 Sam Rabin [Rabinowitz], British sculptor, artist, actor and freestyle wrestler (Olympic bronze middleweight 1928), born in Cheetham, North Manchester, England (d. 1991)
  • 1908 Billy Werber, American baseball third baseman (World Series 1940; AL stolen base leader 1934, 35, 37; Cincinnati Reds), born in Berwyn Heights, Maryland (d. 2009)
  • 1922 Tommy Mont, American football quarterback (Washington Redskins) and coach (University of Maryland 1956-58, DePauw University 1959-76), born in Mount Savage, Maryland (d. 2012)

Doris Hart (1925-2015)

American tennis player (6 x Grand Slam singles titles; 29 x GS doubles titles), born in St Louis, Missouri

Doris Hart
  • 1930 Paul Pender, American boxer (World Middleweight Champion 1960–61; The Ring Middleweight Champion 1962–63 Retired; Lineal Middleweight Champion 1962–63 Retired), born in Brookline, Massachusetts (d. 2003)
  • 1933 Jean Boiteux, French swimmer (Olympic gold 400m freestyle, bronze 4×200m freestyle 1952), born in Marseilles, France (d. 2010)
  • 1934 Horst Mahseli, Polish soccer striker (9 caps; Legia Warsaw), born in Bytom, Poland (d. 1999)
  • 1934 José Villegas, Mexican soccer defender (6 caps; CD Guadalajara), born in La Experiencia, Mexico (d. 2021)
  • 1935 Len Dawson, American Pro Football HOF quarterback (Super Bowl MVP 1970 KC Chiefs; AFL Championship MVP 1966; AFL MVP 1962; First-team All-AFL 1962, 66) and broadcaster (HBO, NBC), born in Alliance, Ohio (d. 2022)
  • 1939 Budge Rogers, British rugby flanker (34 Tests England [7 as captain], 2 British & Irish Lions; Bedford RFC), born in Bedford, England
  • 1939 Ramakant Desai, Indian cricket fast bowler (28 Tests, 74 wickets, 1 x 50; Bombay), born in Bombay, India (d. 1998)
  • 1941 Marius Frattini, French rugby league halfback (6 Tests; Avignon, Cavaillon, Entraigues), born in Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue, France (d. 2023)
  • 1943 Andy Etchebarren, American baseball catcher (Baltimore Orioles - World Series champion 1966, 1970; MLB All Star 1966,1967), born in Whittier, California (d. 2019)
  • 1944 Dave Nelson, American baseball infielder (MLB All Star 1973 Washington Senators/Texas Rangers) and broadcaster (Milwaukee Brewers Fox Sports Wisconsin), born in Fort Sill, Oklahoma (d. 2018)
  • 1953 Raúl Ramírez, Mexican tennis player (French Open mixed doubles 1975, 77; Wimbledon 1976; World #1 doubles 1976), born in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
  • 1954 Alan Lamb, South African cricket batsman (79 Tests England, 14 x 100, HS 142; Western Province; Northamptonshire CCC, Orange Free State), born in Langebaanweg, Cape Province, South Africa
  • 1956 Peter Reid, English soccer midfielder (13 caps; Bolton Wanderers, Everton, Manchester City) and manager (Manchester City, Sunderland, England U21, Leeds United), born in Huyton, England
  • 1958 Dickie Thon, Puerto Rican-American baseball player, born in South Bend, Indiana
  • 1958 Ron Hornaday, American racecar driver
  • 1960 Donna Mayhew, Taylor Penn, javelin thrower
  • 1961 Gary Varsho, baseball player
  • 1961 Karin Enke, German speed skater (3 Olympic gold 1980, 84), born in Dresden, Germany
  • 1963 Matt Anger, American tennis star, born in Walnut Creek, California
  • 1964 Andy Coen, American college football coach (Lehigh University Mountain Hawks 2006-18; record 85-64), born in Cherry Hill, New Jersey (d. 2022)
  • 1964 Carlos Lee, Panamanian baseball player
  • 1964 Najee Mustafaa, NFL cornerback (Oakland Raiders)
  • 1964 Paul Goydos, American golfer (4th 59 in PGA history 2010), born in Long Beach, California
  • 1964 Pierfrancesco Chili, Italian motorcycle racer
  • 1967 Anthony Smith, American NFL defensive end (Oakland Raiders), born in Elizabeth City, North Carolina
  • 1967 Pat Jablonski, American NHL goalie, 1989-98 (Montreal Canadiens, and 4 other teams), born in Toledo, Ohio
  • 1968 Fred McAfee, American football running back (First-team All-Pro & Pro Bowl 2002 New Orleans Saints), born in Philadelphia, Mississippi
  • 1968 Mike McCarthy, American pursuit cyclist (Olympics 1988, 96), born in Brooklyn, New York
  • 1969 Gerald Dixon, NFL linebacker (Cleveland Browns, Cincinnati Bengals), born in Rock Hill, South Carolina
  • 1969 Malivai Washington, American tennis player (Wimbledon 1998 runner-up), born in Glenn Cove, New York
  • 1971 Rodney Rogers, American basketball small forward (NBA Sixth Man of the Year 2000 Phoenix Suns), born in Durham, North Carolina
  • 1971 William Gaines, NFL defensive tackle (Washington Redskins)
  • 1972 Jozef Stümpel, Slovakian NHL forward (Team Slovakia, Boston), born in Nitra, Czechoslovakia
  • 1972 Juan Castro, Sinaloa Mexico, infielder (LA Dodgers)
  • 1972 Martin Keino, Nyeri Kenya, 1.5k runner
  • 1972 Paras Mhambrey, Indian cricket pace bowler (Test v England 1996)
  • 1972 Paul Bako, American baseball player
  • 1975 Daniel Zítka, Czech footballer
  • 1976 Juliano Belletti, Brazilian footballer
  • 1976 Rob Mackowiak, American baseball player
  • 1977 Gordan Giriček, Croatian basketball player
  • 1978 Frank Lampard, English footballer
  • 1978 Jan-Paul Saeijs, Dutch footballer
  • 1978 LaVar Arrington, American football player
  • 1979 Cael Sanderson, Olympic Wrestler
  • 1979 Charles Howell III, American golfer (3 PGA Tour titles, Rookie of the Year 2001), born in Augusta, Georgia
  • 1980 Carlo Festuccia, Italian rugby union hooker (54 Tests; Amatori Parma Rugby, Racing 92 RFC, Wasps RFC), born in L'Aquila, Italy
  • 1980 Fabian Wegmann, German road racing cyclist (Giro d'Italia Mountains classification 2004), born in Münster, Germany
  • 1980 Franco Semioli, Italian soccer midfielder (3 caps; Chievo, Fiorentina, Sampdoria) and manager (Novara), born in Cirié, Italy
  • 1981 Ardian Gashi, Albanian-Norwegian footballer
  • 1983 Darren Sproles, American football player
  • 1983 Josh Childress, American basketball player
  • 1985 Darko Miličić, Serbian basketball player (Detroit Pistons), born in Novi Sad, Serbia, Yugoslavia
  • 1985 Souleymane Mamam, Togolese footballer
  • 1997 Bálint Kopasz, Hungarian canoeist (Olympic gold men's K-1 1000m 2020; World C'ship gold 2019), born in Szeged, Hungary
  • 2001 Yuka Saso, Filipino golfer (US Women's Open 2021), born in San Ildefonso, Bulacan, Philippines


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