Athletes and Sports Stars Born on October 19

1860 Affie Jarvis, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (11 Tests, 18 dismissals; South Australia), born in Adelaide, Australia (d. 1933)
1873 Bart King, American cricket pioneer (North America's greatest all-rounder; helped develop art of swing bowling), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1965)

Jaap Eden (1873-1925)

Dutch athlete (World Cycling C'ship gold 10k 1894, sprint 1895; World Speed Skating C'ship gold allround 1893, 95, 96), born in Groningen, Netherlands

1876 Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown, American Baseball HOF pitcher (World Series 1907, 08; NL wins leader 1909; MLB ERA leader 1906; Chicago Cubs), born in Nyesville, Indiana (d. 1948)
1896 Bob O'Farrell, American baseball catcher (World Series, NL MVP 1926, St. Louis Cardinals) and manager (St.L Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds), born in Waukegan, Illinois (d. 1988)
1896 Nat Holman, American Basketball HOF coach (NCAA, NIT C'ships 1950 CCNY), born in New York City (d. 1995)

Bill Ponsford (1900-1991)

Australian cricket batsman (29 Tests @ 48 22, 7 x 100s; 1st-class 13,819 runs @ 65.18; Victoria), born in Melbourne, Australia

1900 Roy Worters, Canadian Hockey HOF goaltender (Hart Memorial Trophy 1929; Vezina Trophy 1931; NY Americans), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 1957)
1903 Tor Johnson [Tore Johansson], Swedish wrestler and actor (Bride of the Monster), born in Kalmar län, Sweden (d. 1971)
1910 Vic Ghezzi, American golfer (PGA C'ship 1941), born in Rumson, New Jersey (d. 1976)
1914 Harold Gimblett, English cricket batsman (3 Tests, 1 x 50; 265 career FC sixes; Somerset CCC), born in Bicknoller, England (d. 1978)
1921 Gunnar Nordahl, Swedish soccer striker (33 caps; AC Milan; Olympic gold 1948), born in Hörnefors, Sweden (d. 1995)
1929 Balbir Singh Snr., Indian field hockey centre forward (Olympic gold 1948, 52, 56) and coach (World Cup gold 1975), born in Haripur Khalsa, India (d. 2020)
1931 Atsushi Miyagi, Japanese tennis player (US Open doubles 1955 [with Kosei Kamo] first Japanese players to win a Grand Slam event), born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 2021)
1933 Brian Booth, Australian cricket batsman (29 Tests @ 42.21, 5 x 100s, 10 x 50s; NSW), born in Bathurst, Australia (d. 2023)
1933 Wilfried Dietrich, German FR, super-heavyweight (Olympic gold 1960)
1934 Des Hoare, cricketer (Australian quickie in Test in 1961 v W Indies)
1935 Agne Simonsson, Swedish soccer striker (51 caps; Örgryte IS, Real Madrid, Real Sociedad) and manager (Örgryte IS, BK Häcken), born in Göteborg, Sweden (d. 2020)
1936 Dimitrios Stefanakos, Greek soccer defender (7 caps; Olympiacos FC), born in Kalamata, Greece (d. 2021)
1937 Marilyn Bell, Canadian open water swimmer (first to swim across Lake Ontario), born in Toronto, Ontario
1940 Jerzy Kulej, Polish light welterweight boxer (Olympic gold 1964, 68), born in Częstochowa, Poland (d. 2012)
1943 Michael Findlay, cricket wicket-keeper (WI early 70's)
1943 Takis Ikonomopoulos, Greek footballer
1944 Vasilis Botinos, Greek soccer winger (12 caps; Olympiacos FC 140 games, 120 goals), born in Volos, Greece (d. 2022)
1946 Bob Holland, cricketer (Australian leg-spinner at age 38)
1949 Lynn Dickey, American NFL quarterback (All Pro 1983; Green Bay Packers 1976-85), born in Paola, Kansas
1954 Joe Bryant, American basketball player
1954 Sam Allardyce, English football manager
1955 Lonnie Shelton, NBA forward (NY Knick, Seattle Supersonics)
1956 Bruce Weber, American Basketball Coach, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1956 Didier Theys, Belgian racing driver
1960 Dawn Coe-Jones, Canadian golfer (3 LPGA titles), born in Campbell River, British Columbia (d. 2016)
1961 David Egerton, English rugby union #8 (7 caps; Bath Rugby) and broadcaster (BBC), born in Pinner, England (d. 2021)
1961 Tim Belcher, Sparta Ohio, baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers, KC Royals)

Evander Holyfield (61 years old)

1962 American boxer (Olympic bronze 1988) and world champion (1990-92), born in Atmore, Alabama

1963 Jim Dombrowski, NFL guard (New Orleans Saints)
1964 Webster Slaughter, NFL wide receiver (KC Chiefs)
1965 Brad Daugherty, American basketball center (5 x NBA All-Star; Cleveland Cavaliers), NASCAR team owner (JTG Daugherty Racing, winner Daytona 500 2023) and broadcaster (ESPN, NBC, CBS), born in Black Mountain, North Carolina
1966 Dave Veres, pitcher (Montreal Expos), born in Montgomery, Alabama
1969 Erwin Sánchez, Bolivian soccer midfielder (57 caps; Boavista, Benfica) and manager (Boavista, Bolivia, Oriente Petrolero, Blooming), born in Santa Cruz, Bolivia
1969 Zdeno Ciger, Slovak NHL player (Edmonton Oilers), born in Martin, Czechoslovakia
1970 Chamara Dunusinghe, cricket wicket-keeper (Sri Lanka 1995)
1972 Marc Newfield, outfielder (San Diego Padres), born in Sacramento, California
1972 Megan Still, Australian rower (Olympic gold coxless pair 1996; World C'ship gold 1995), born in Queanbeyan, Australia
1972 Reggie Rusk, cornerback (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1973 Robert Tate, wide receiver (Minnesota Vikings)
1973 Shi Ting Wang, Tainan Taiwan, tennis star (1994 Taipei)
1974 Percy Ellsworth, safety (NY Giants)
1976 Michael Young, baseball player
1977 Raúl Tamudo, Spanish footballer
1978 Enrique Bernoldi, Brazilian race car driver
1978 Zakhar Dubenskiy, Russian footballer
1979 José Luis "Parejita" López, Mexican footballer
1981 Heikki Kovalainen, Finnish race car driver
1982 Gonzalo Pineda, Mexican footballer