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Athletes Born on November 23

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  • 1755 Thomas Lord, English cricket batsman (founder of Lord's cricket ground; Middlesex CCC), born in Thirsk, England (d. 1832)
  • 1842 James Lillywhite, English cricket slow bowler (1st England Test captain; 2 Tests, 8 wickets; Sussex CCC) and umpire (6 Tests 1881–99), born in Westhampnett, England (d. 1929)
  • 1858 Frank Hearne, English cricket batsman (2 Tests England, 4 South Africa; Kent, Western Province), born in Ealing, England (d. 1949)
  • 1865 Howard Taylor, American tennis player (US National C'ships doubles 1879; singles 1884, 86, 87, 88 runner-up), born in New York City (d. 1920)
  • 1878 Holcombe Ward, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1904; President USLTA 1937-47), born in New York, NY (d. 1967)
  • 1889 Harry Sunderland, Australian rugby league administrator (manager 1929–30 Kangaroo tour of GB; Queensland RFL secretary 1913-22; inspired establishment RL in France), born in Gympie, Australia (d. 1964)
  • 1910 Hal Schumacher, American baseball pitcher (World Series 1933; MLB All-Star 1933, 35; New York Giants), born in Hinkley, New York (d. 1993)
  • 1914 Emmett Ashford, American baseball umpire (first certified black umpire), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1980)
  • 1923 Billy Haughton, American harness driver and trainer (Hambletonian x 4; Little Brown Jug x 5; Messenger Stakes x 7), born in Gloversville, NY (d. 1986)
  • 1929 Maurice Flitcroft, British golfer known as "the world's worst golfer", born in Manchester, England (d. 2007)
  • 1930 Dick Kazmaier, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1951; Unanimous All-American 1951; Princeton), born in Maumee, Ohio (d. 2013)
  • 1930 Jack McKeon, American baseball manager (World Series 2003, Florida Marlins; 2 × NL Manager of the Year 1999, 2003), born in South Amboy, New Jersey
  • 1931 Yevgeny Grischin, Russian 500m/1500m speed skater (Olympic gold 1956, 60), born in Tula, Soviet Union (d. 2005)

Lew Hoad (1934-1994)

Australian tennis player (Wimbledon 1956-57, Australian C'ships 1956, French C'ships 1956)), born in Sydney, NSW

Lew Hoad
  • 1935 Steve Burtenshaw, English soccer manager (Sheffield Wednesday, Everton, QPR, Arsenal) and midfielder (Brighton & HA 237 games), born in Portslade, England (d. 2022)
  • 1937 Bev Risman, English rugby union fly-half (8 Tests England, 4 British & Irish Lions; University of Oxford RFC) and rugby league fullback (5 Tests GB, 1 England; Leigh RLFC, Leeds RLFC), born in Salford, England (d. 2023)
  • 1940 Gene Visscher, American college basketball coach (Weber State University 1971-74; Northern Arizona University 1981-83), born in Muskegon, Michigan (d. 2022)
  • 1940 Luis Tiant, Cuban baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1968, 74, 76), born in Marianao, Cuba
  • 1941 Alan Mullery, English soccer player (Fulham, Spurs), manager and pundit, born in London, England
  • 1941 Simon Nolet, French Canadian ice hockey right winger (Philadelphia Flyers, 1967-74), born in Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne, Quebec, Canada
  • 1943 Petar Skansi, Croatian basketball center (Olympic silver Yugoslavia 1968; Jugoplastika) and coach (Yugoslavia, Croatia, Jugoplastika, Benetton Treviso), born in Sumartin, Croatia (d. 2022)
  • 1946 Giorgos Koudas, Greek footballer, born in Thessaloniki, Greece
  • 1948 Frank Worthington, English soccer forward (8 caps; Huddersfield Town, Leicester City, Bolton Wanderers) and manager (Tranmere Rovers), born in Halifax, England (d. 2021)
  • 1951 Bernd Landvoigt, German coxless pairs rower (Olympic gold 1976), born in Brandenburg an der Havel, German Democratic Republic
  • 1951 Jorg Landvoigt, German coxless pairs rower (Olympic gold 1976), born in Brandenburg an der Havel, German Democratic Republic
  • 1952 Francie Larrieu Smith, American 1.5/3/10K track runner (AAU 1 mile-1979), born in Palo Alto, California
  • 1953 Martin Kent, Australian cricketer (Queensland batsman, Australia)
  • 1954 Glenn Brummer, American baseball player, born in Olney, Illinois
  • 1954 Ken Schrom, American MLB player, born in Grangeville, Idaho
  • 1956 Bruce Edgar, New Zealand cricketer (NZ opener through the 80's), born in Wellington, New Zealand

Shane Gould (67 years old)

1956 Australian freestyle swimmer (Olympic-3 gold-1972), born in Sydney, Australia

Shane Gould
  • 1958 Martin Snedden, New Zealand cricket seam bowler (25 Tests, 58 wickets, BB 5/68; Auckland) and executive (CEO NZC 2001-11), born in Auckland, New Zealand
  • 1959 Brook Jacoby, American baseball third baseman, 1981-92 (Cleveland Indians and 2 other teams), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 1960 Jayananda Warnaweera, Sri Lankan cricketer (Sri Lankan fastish off-spin bowler), born in Matara, Sri Lanka
  • 1961 Merv Hughes, Australian cricket fast bowler (53 Tests, 212 wickets; 33 ODIs), born in Euroa, Australia
  • 1963 Dale Sveum, American MLB player and coach, born in Richmond, California
  • 1964 Dan Snyder, American NFL team owner (Washington Football Team), born in Silver Spring, Maryland
  • 1964 Frank Rutherford, Bahamian athlete
  • 1964 Jose Gonzales, baseball MLB player, born in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
  • 1964 Kapila Wijegunewardene, Sri Lankan cricketer (fast-medium bowler), born in Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • 1965 Rodion Gataullin, Uzbekistan pole vaulter (Olympic silver 1988)
  • 1966 Jerry Kelly, American golfer (3 PGA Tour titles), born in Madison, Wisconsin
  • 1967 Brian Glynn, German NHL defenseman (Hartford Whalers), born in Iserlohn, West Germany
  • 1967 Gary Kirsten, South African cricket batsman and coach (101 Tests, 7,289 runs @ 45.27, 21 x 100s), born in Cape Town, South Africa
  • 1971 Jim Pyne, American NFL guard/corner (Tampa Bay Bucs), born in Milford, Massachusetts
  • 1971 Vin Baker, American NBA forward (Seattle Supersonics, Milwaukee Bucks), born in Lake Wales, Florida
  • 1973 Joeli Vidiri, Fijian rugby union winger (7 Tests Fiji, 2 New Zealand; Auckland RU, Barbarian FC), born in Nausori, Fiji (d. 2022)
  • 1973 Reggie Green, NFL guard (Seattle Seahawks), born in Chattanooga, Tennessee
  • 1974 Jamie Sharper, linebacker (Baltimore Ravens), born in Richmond, Virginia
  • 1974 Malik Rose, NBA forward (San Antonio Spurs), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 1974 Saku Koivu, NHL left wing (Montreal Canadiens, Olympic bronze 1998), born in Turku, Finland
  • 1974 Tora Suber, WNBA guard (Charlotte Sting), born in Coatesville, Pennsylvania
  • 1974 Tyrus McCloud, American football linebacker (Baltimore Ravens), born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  • 1977 Adam Eaton, American baseball player, born in Springfield, Ohio
  • 1977 Myriam Boileau, Canadian diver, born in Montreal, Quebec
  • 1980 Jonathan Papelbon, American baseball player, born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  • 1982 Asafa Powell, Jamaican sprinter, born in Spanish Town, Jamaica
  • 1982 Colby Armstrong, Canadian ice-hockey player, born in Lloydminster, Canada
  • 1984 Justin Turner, American baseball 3rd baseman (MLB All-Star 2017, 21; World Series 2020; NLCS MVP 2017; Los Angeles Dodgers), born in Long Beach, California
  • 1985 Ahn Hyun-Soo, South Korean short track skater, born in Seoul, South Korea
  • 1987 Nicklas Backstrom, Swedish ice hockey player, born in Valbo, Sweden
  • 1992 Gabriel Landeskog, Swedish ice hockey left wing (captain Colorado Avalanche Stanley Cup 2022; World C'ship gold 2013, 17; Calder Trophy 2012; NHL All Star 2019), born in Stockholm, Sweden
  • 1995 Ariya Jatanugarn, Thai golfer (British Open 2016, US Open 2018), born in Bangkok, Thailand


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