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Athletes Born on October 14

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  • 1842 Joe Start, American baseball player, born in New York City (d. 1927)
  • 1872 Reginald "R.F." Doherty, British tennis player (Wimbledon 1897-1900), born in Wimbledon, England (d. 1910)
  • 1873 Ray Ewry, American track and field athlete (8 Olympic golds 1900, 04, 08), born in Lafayette, Indiana (d. 1937)
  • 1882 Charlie Parker, English cricketer (legend Gloucs SLA, but 2-32 in only Test), born in Prestbury, Gloucestershire (d. 1959)
  • 1896 Oscar Charleston, American Baseball HOF CF (NgL Triple Crown 1921 St. Louis Giants, 1924, 25 Harrisburg Giants) and manager (NgL WS 1933, 35, 36 Pittsburgh Crawfords), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1954)
  • 1899 Alan Washbond, American 2-man bobsledder (Olympic gold 1932), born in Essex County, New York (d. 1965)
  • 1900 Eddie McLeod, New Zealand cricketer (played in NZ's 2nd-ever Test 1930), born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 1989)
  • 1902 Learco Guerra, Italian road racing cyclist, born in Bagnolo San Vito, Italy (d. 1963)
  • 1902 Shunter Coen, South African cricket batsman (2 Tests, HS 41no, @ 50.50; Orange Free State), born in Heilbron, South Africa (d. 1967)
  • 1907 Barend Barendse, Dutch sports reporter and actor (Zeskamp, Oebele), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1981)
  • 1909 Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver (Indy 500), born in Lingen, Germany (d. 1938)
  • 1910 John Wooden, American basketball coach (UCLA-10 national championships), born in Hall, Indiana (d. 2010)
  • 1912 Jack Crapp, English cricketer (England batsman 1948-49), born in St Columb Major, Cornwall, England (d. 1981)
  • 1912 Jack Young, English cricketer (Middlesex & England slow left-armer post-WW2), born in Paddington, London (d. 1993)
  • 1913 Ginty Lush, Australian cricketer (NSW quick of the 30's who didn't play for Aust), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 1985)
  • 1918 Doug Ring, Australian cricketer (Australian leggie of the late 40's early 50's), born in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (d. 2003)
  • 1928 Héctor Rial, Spanish soccer striker (Real Madrid, 5 straight Euro Cup C'ships 1956-60), born in Pergamino, Argentina (d. 1991)
  • 1931 Rinus Bennaars, Dutch soccer midfielder (15 caps; Feyenoord Rotterdam), born in Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands (d. 2021)
  • 1934 Horacio Accavallo, Argentine boxer (undisputed WBA & WBC flyweight titles 1966-68), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 2022)
  • 1940 J. C. Snead, American golfer (8 PGA Tour titles; Masters 1973 runner-up), born in Hot Springs, Virginia
  • 1943 Lance Rentzel, American NFL receiver (Minn, LA) and ex-husband of Joey Heatherton, born in Flushing, New York
  • 1945 Allan Stone, Australian tennis player (Australian Open doubles 1968, 77; Wimbledon doubles & mixed doubles 1975 runner-up) and broadcaster (7 Network), born in Launceston, Australia
  • 1946 Al Oliver, American baseball outfielder (7-time MLB All Star; Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Portsmouth, Ohio
  • 1946 James Robert "Radio" Kennedy, American football coach, born in Anderson, South Carolina
  • 1947 Bob Kuechenberg, American football guard (6 x Pro Bowl; Super Bowl 1972, 73 Miami Dolphins; First-team All-Pro 1975, 78), born in Gary, Indiana (d. 2019)
  • 1947 Charlie Joiner, American NFL receiver (Houston, Cincinnati, San Diego), born in Many, Louisiana
  • 1948 André Guesdon, French soccer defender (Monaco, Nice) and manager (Viry-Châtillon, Angers, Brest), born in Benouville, France (d. 2020)
  • 1950 Sheila Young Ochowicz, American speed skater (1976 Olympic gold, silver, and bronze), and track cyclist, born in Birmingham, Michigan
  • 1952 Nikolai Adrianov, Soviet-Russian gymnast (Olympic-4 gold/2 silver/bronze-1976), born in Vladimir, Russia (d. 2011)
  • 1953 Roland Butcher, English cricket batsman (3 Tests; 1st cricketer of Caribbean descent to play for England; Middlesex CCC, Barbados, Tasmania, Suffolk CCC), born in Saint Philip Parish, Barbados

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1956 American golfer (Women's PGA C'ship 1990), born in Charleston, South Carolina

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  • 1960 John Aalberg, US cross country skier (Olympics 1994), born in Orland, Norway
  • 1960 Steve Cram, English runner (world record mile/2 km)
  • 1962 Jaan Ehlvest, Estonian chess player
  • 1962 Shahar Perkiss, Israeli tennis player, born in Haifa, Israel
  • 1963 Keith Byars, American College Football HOF running back (Ohio State Uni; Pro Bowl 1993 Miami Dolphins), born in Dayton, Ohio
  • 1964 Joe Girardi, American MLB catcher (4 teams, including NY Yankees, 1996-99), and manager (Yankees, 2006-17), born in Peoria, Illinois
  • 1967 Dave Hajek, infielder (Houston Astros), born in Roseville, California
  • 1967 Pat Kelly, American baseball player
  • 1967 Stephen A. Smith, American sports journalist
  • 1967 Sylvain Lefebvre, Canadian NHL defenseman (Colorado Avalanche), born in Richmond, Canada
  • 1968 Dwayne Schintzius, American NBA center (Indiana Pacers), born in Brandon, Florida (d. 2012)
  • 1968 Matthew Le Tissier, English footballer, born in Saint Peter Port, Guernsey
  • 1968 Rashid Latif, Pakistani cricket wicket-keeper (37 Tests, 130 dismissals, 1 x 100; 166 ODIs; Karachi), born in Karachi, Pakistan
  • 1968 Wanda Guyton, American WNBA forward (Houston Comets), born in Tampa, Florida
  • 1969 P J Brown, NBA center/forward (NJ Nets, Miami Heat)
  • 1970 Jim Jackson, NBA guard (Dallas Mavericks, Philadelphia 76ers)
  • 1970 Nina Kemppel, cross country skier (Olympics 1994), born in Anchorage, Alaska
  • 1970 Pär Zetterberg, Swedish football player
  • 1971 Frank Wycheck, American football tight end (Pro Bowl 1998, 99, 2000; Washington Redskins, Houston/Tennessee Oilers-Titans), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2023)
  • 1971 Jorge Costa, Portuguese soccer defender and manager (50 caps; FC Porto), born in Porto, Portugal
  • 1972 Erika de Lone, tennis star (1996 Futures-Wilmington DE), born in Boston, Massachusetts
  • 1972 J. J. Smith, American NFL running back (KC Chiefs), born in Kansas City, Missouri
  • 1972 Mike Archie, running back (Tennessee Oilers)
  • 1972 Nelson Van waes, CFL defensive linebacker (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
  • 1973 DeJuan Wheat, NBA guard (Minn Timberwolves)
  • 1973 Fabián O'Neill, Uruguayan soccer midfielder (19 caps; Nacional, Cagliari, Juventus), born in Paso de los Toros, Uruguay (d. 2022)
  • 1975 Floyd Landis, American cyclist (Tour de France, 2006 - finished 1st, later disqualified), born in Farmersville, Pennsylvania
  • 1976 Henry Mateo, Dominican baseball player
  • 1976 Nataša Kejžar, Slovenian swimmer
  • 1976 Tillakaratne Dilshan, Sri Lankan cricket all-rounder (87 Tests, 16 x 100, HS 193, 39 wickets; 330 ODIs; 80 T20Is), born in Kalutara, Sri Lanka
  • 1977 Kelly Schumacher, Canadian basketball player
  • 1978 Javon Walker, American football player
  • 1978 Paul Hunter, English snooker player (Masters 2001, 02, 04), born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England (d. 2006)
  • 1978 Ryan Church, American baseball player
  • 1978 Steven Thompson, Scottish footballer
  • 1980 Niels Lodberg, Danish footballer
  • 1980 Paul Ambrosi, Ecuadorian footballer
  • 1980 Terrence McGee, American football player
  • 1981 Boof Bonser, American baseball player
  • 1983 Lin Dan, Chinese badminton player (two-time Olympic champion, five-time World champion), born in Longyan, China
  • 1984 LaRon Landry, American NFL football player, 2007-14 (Washington Redskins, and 2 other teams), born in Metairie, Louisiana
  • 1985 Alexandre Sarnes Negrão, Brazilian racing driver
  • 1985 Digão, Brazilian footballer
  • 1986 Tom Craddock, English footballer
  • 1988 Glenn Maxwell, Australian cricket all-rounder (7 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 104, 8 wickets; ODI HS 201no 2023 WC; Victoria, Melbourne Stars, RC Bangalore), born in Melbourne, Australia
  • 1997 Lilia Vu, American golfer (Chevron Championship, British Open 2023), born in Fountain Valley, California


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