Athletes Born on March 28

  • 1888 Jack Burke Sr., American golfer (US open 1920 runner-up; Senior PGA C'ship 1941), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1943)
  • 1897 Sepp Herberger, German soccer manager (Germany 1936–42; West Germany 1950-64) and striker (3 caps; SV Waldhof Mannheim 127 games), born in Mannheim, German Empire (d. 1977)
  • 1899 August A. "Gussie" Busch Jr., American brewing magnate (chairman Anheuser-Busch 1946-75) and baseball executive (owner St. Louis Cardinals 1953-89), born in St Louis (d. 1989)
  • 1899 Buck Shaw, American College Football HOF coach (NC State, Nevada, Santa Clara, California, Air Force; NFL: SF 49ers; NFL Championship 1960 Philadelphia Eagles), born in Mitchellville, Iowa (d. 1977)
  • 1915 Ray Emery, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (2 Tests, 2 wickets, BB 2/52; Auckland, Canterbury), born in Auckland (d. 1982)
  • 1919 Tom Brooks, Australian cricket umpire (23 Tests 1970-78), born in Paddington, Australia (d. 2007)
  • 1919 Vic Raschi, American baseball pitcher (4 × MLB All-Star; 6 × World Series; AL strikeout leader 1951; NY Yankees), born in West Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 1988)
  • 1922 Joey Maxim, American boxer (World Light Heavyweight Champion 1950-52), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2001)
  • 1926 Polly Umrigar, Indian cricket all-rounder & captain (59 Tests, 12 x 100, HS 223, 35 wickets; Bombay, Gujarat), born in Solapur, India (d. 2006)
  • 1931 Anatoly Lein, Soviet-American chess player (Grandmaster 1968; World Chess Hall of Fame), born in Leningrad, Russia (d. 2018)
  • 1940 Kevin Loughery, American NBA star and coach (Baltimore; Philadelphia), born in Brooklyn, New York
  • 1940 Michael Plumb, American equestrian (Olympic 2 gold/4 silver-1976,84), born in Islip, New York
  • 1941 Jim Turner, American football placekicker (Super Bowl 1969; Pro Bowl 1968, 69 NY Jets; Denver Broncos), born in Martinez, California
  • 1942 Jerry Sloan, American Basketball Hall of Fame coach (Utah Jazz 1988-2011) and shooting guard (NBA All-Star 1967, 69; Chicago Bulls), born in McLeansboro, Illinois (d. 2020)

Rick Barry (80 years old)

1944 Basketball forward (NY Nets, Golden State Warriors), born in Elizabeth, New Jersey

  • 1945 Johnny Famechon, Australian boxer (WBC featherweight champion 1969-70), born in Paris, France (d. 2022)
  • 1949 Paul Bayvel, South African rugby union scrum-half (10 caps; Transvaal), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 2020)
  • 1949 Ronnie Ray Smith, American athlete, 4 X 100m relay runner (Olympic gold 1968), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2013)
  • 1949 Shafiq Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer (Pakistani batsman during the 70's), born in Lahore, Pakistan
  • 1950 John Whittaker, New Zealand rugby league utility back (26 Tests; Wellington; Warrington), born in Wellington, New Zealand (d. 2020)
  • 1952 Tony Brise, English racing driver, born in Erith, Kent (d. 1975)
  • 1956 Asoka De Silva, Sri Lankan cricket leg-spinner (Sri Lanka in 10 Tests 1985-91), born in Kalutara, Sri Lanka
  • 1956 Evelin Jahl, German discus thrower (Olympic-2 gold-1976), born in Annaberg-Buchholz, Germany
  • 1956 T A Sekar, Indian cricket pace-bowler (2 Tests 1982-83 little impact), born in Chennai, India
  • 1957 Harvey Glance, American athlete (Olympic gold 4x100m relay 1976; World C'ship gold 4x100m relay 1987), born in Phenix City, Alabama (d. 2023)
  • 1958 Bart Conner, American gymnast (Olympic-2 gold-1984), born in Chicago, Illinois
  • 1958 Patrice Lecornu, French soccer striker (3 caps; Red Star FC, SC Angers, Nantes FC), born in Flers, France (d. 2023)
  • 1959 Petra Delhees, Swiss tennis star, born in Aarau, Switzerland
  • 1961 Byron Scott, American NBA guard (Vancouver Grizzlies), born in Ogden, Utah
  • 1962 Jure Franko, Slovenian-Yugoslav alpine skier, born in Nova Gorica, Slovenia
  • 1965 Jaime Alves, Portuguese soccer midfielder (3 caps; Boavista), born in Espinho, Portugal (d. 2020)
  • 1965 Jeff Beukeboom, Canadian ice hockey player, NHL defenseman (NY Rangers), born in Ajax, Canada
  • 1965 Steve Bull, English footballer, born in Tipton, Staffordshire
  • 1966 Jason Garrett, American NFL quarterback (Dallas Cowboys), born in Abington Township, Pennsylvania
  • 1966 Nathalie Herreman, French tennis star, born in Sainte-Adresse, France
  • 1967 David Lang, American NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys), born in Loma Linda, California
  • 1968 Nasser Hussain, English cricketer (Essex & England batsman), born in Chennai, India
  • 1968 Tim Lovejoy, British television presenter (Soccer AM with Helen Chamberlain), born in Northwood, London
  • 1969 Craig Paquette, infielder (KC Royals), born in Long Beach, California
  • 1969 Elliot Perry, NBA guard, 1991-92, 1994-2002 (Phoenix Suns, Milwaukee Bucks, and 5 other teams), born in Memphis, Tennessee
  • 1970 James Johnson, American NFL/WLAF running back (Tampa Bucs, Frankfurt Galaxy), born in Cheyenne, Wyoming
  • 1970 Jason B Gailes, American rower (Olympic silver 1996), born in Dighton, Massachusetts
  • 1972 Keith Tkachuk, Melrose MA, NHL left wing (Winnipeg Jets, Phoenix, USA)
  • 1972 Mike Morton, linebacker (Oakland Raiders)
  • 1973 Andrew Whittall, cricketer (cousin of Guy Zimbabwe off-spinner 1996)
  • 1974 K C Jones, NFL center (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32)
  • 1974 Mark King, English snooker player
  • 1975 Atta-ur-Rehman, Pakistani cricketer (quickie, debut v England, 1992 at age 17), born in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
  • 1975 Derek Hill, American racing driver, born in Santa Monica, California
  • 1975 Iván Helguera, Spanish footballer
  • 1980 Luke Walton, American basketball head coach (Sacramento Kings 2019; LA Lakers 2016-18; NBA C'ships 2009-10, LA Lakers), born in San Diego, California
  • 1980 Stiliani Pilatou, Greek long jumper
  • 1981 Edwar Ramirez, American baseball player
  • 1982 Luis Tejada, Panamanian soccer striker (108 caps; Juan Aurich SA 154 games), born in Panama City, Panama (d. 2024)
  • 1983 Ryan Ashington, English footballer
  • 1984 Christopher Samba, French-born footballer
  • 1984 Yordanos Abay, Ethiopian footballer
  • 1985 Stan Wawrinka, Swiss tennis player (3-time Grand Slam winner), born in Lausanne, Switzerland
  • 1986 Barbora Strýcová, Czech tennis player (Wimbledon doubles 2019; 6 x Federation Cup), born in Plzeň, Czechoslovakia
  • 1989 Lukas Jutkiewicz, English footballer
  • 1989 Marek Suchý, Czech footballer
  • 1989 Mira Leung, Canadian figure skater