Athletes and Sports Stars Born on May 6

Willie Mays (92 years old)

1931 American Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder (24 x MLB All Star; 12 x Gold Glove Award; 660 career HRs, NL MVP 1954, 65; SF Giants, NY Mets), born in Westfield, Alabama

1932 John Bond, English cricketer (Lancashire), born in Kearsley, Lancashire, England
1936 Pat Walsh, New Zealand rugby union utility back (13 Tests; Auckland, Counties) and All Black selector 1969-71, born in Kaitaia, New Zealand (d. 2007)
1937 Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, American boxer (famous murder conviction overturned after 19 years imprisonment), born in Clifton, New Jersey (d. 2014)
1941 Ivan Osim, Bosnian soccer midfielder (19 caps Yugoslavia; FK Željezničar, RC Strasbourg, CS Sedan) and manager (Yugoslavia, Sturm Graz, Japan), born in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina (d. 2022)

Masanori Murakami (79 years old)

1944 Japanese baseball player in major leagues, born in Ōtsuki, Yamanashi, Japan

1944 Mike Coulman, English rugby union prop (9 Tests England, 1 British & Irish Lions; Moseley RUFC) and rugby league front rower (3 Tests GB, 5 England; Salford RLFC), born in Stafford, England (d. 2023)
1947 Andy Roberts, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (7 Tests, 1 x 50, 4 wickets; Northern Districts, Waikato, Hamilton & Bay of Plenty), born in Te Aroha, New Zealand (d. 1989)
1951 Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov, Kazakh Greco-Roman wrestler (Olympic gold, light-flyweight 1980; World C'ship gold 1981), born in Tegistik, Kazakhstan (d. 2020)
1953 Graeme Souness, Scottish soccer midfielder (54 caps; Middlesbrough FC, Liverpool FC 247 games) and manager (FA Cup: 1991–92 Liverpool; 3 x SPD Rangers), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
1955 Ron Fawcett, British rock climber, born in Embsay, North Riding of Yorkshire, England
1956 Tim Simpson, American golfer (4 PGA Tour titles, born in Atlanta, Georgia
1962 Neil Foster, English cricket fast bowler (29 Tests, 88 wickets, BB 8/107; Essex CCC), born in Colchester, England
1964 Kim Oden, US Olympic volleyball player (NCAA Play of Decade-80s), born in Birmingham, Alabama
1964 Mike McGruder, American NFL cornerback (Tampa Bay Bucs), born in Cleveland, Ohio
1965 Bob Bassen, NHL center (Dallas Stars), born in Calgary, Alberta
1965 Ken Harvey, American NFL linebacker (Washington Redskins), born in Austin, Texas
1965 Norman Whiteside, Northern Ireland football player, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
1965 Paul Frase, American NFL defensive end (Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl 31), born in Elmira, New York
1965 Zahid Sadiq, Kenyan cricketer, born in Nairobi, Kenya
1968 Andy Kelly, American football quarterback (Nashville Kats, Rhein Fire), born in Dayton, Tennessee
1969 Jim Magilton, Northern Irish footballer
1969 Mark Thomas, NFL defensive end (Carolina Panthers, Packers, Bears)
1970 Emerson Martin, NFL guard (Pittsburgh Steelers, Carolina Panthers, Packers)
1971 Rob Holmberg, NFL linebacker (Oakland Raiders)

Martin Brodeur (51 years old)

1972 Canadian NHL goalie (NJ Devils, Team Canada), born in Montreal, Quebec

1973 Clay Williams, OL (Indianapolis Colts)
1973 Joe Spiteri, Australian soccer striker (Olyroos, Olympics 1996)
1973 Wendy Ward, American golfer (Women's PGA C'ship 2000-01 3rd), born in San Antonio, Texas
1976 Lindsay Page, figure skater (1997 E Great Lakes Sr-3rd), born in Madison, Wisconsin
1977 Christophe Brandt, Belgian cyclist
1978 John Abraham, American football player, born in Timmonsville, South Carolina
1980 Brooke Bennett, American swimmer (3 Olympic golds), born in Tampa, Florida
1980 Mario Stojić, Croatian basketball player
1980 Ricardo Oliveira, Brazilian footballer (Clube Atlético Mineiro), born in São Paulo, Brazil
1982 David Vencl, Czech free-diver (record ice dive without a wetsuit), born in Vrchlabí, Czechoslovakia
1983 Dani Alves da Silva, Brazilian football player (Paris Saint-Germain, Brazil national team), born in Juazeiro, Brazil
1985 Chris Paul, American basketball point guard (9-time NBA All Star), born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
1989 Dominika Cibulková, Slovakian tennis player (WTA Finals champion 2016), born in Bratislava, Slovakia