Athletes Born on September 28

  • 1887 Avery Brundage, American businessman (5th President International Olympic Committee 1952-72), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1975)
  • 1889 Jack Fournier, American baseball player, 1912-27 (White Sox; Cardinals; Brooklyn Robins), born in Au Sable, Michigan (d. 1973) [1]
  • 1895 Whitey Witt, American baseball player (NY Yankees, 1922-25), born in Orange, Massachusetts (d. 1988)
  • 1905 Bill Northam, Australian yachtsman (Olympic gold 5.5m class 1964; Sport Australia HOF), born in Torquay, England (d. 1988)

Max Schmeling (1905-2005)

German boxer (world heavyweight champion 1930-32), born in Klein Luckow, Germany

  • 1907 Glen "Turk" Edwards, American College-Pro Football HOF tackle (Washington State Uni; NFL C'ship 1937; 3 × First-team All-Pro; NFL All-Star 1939; Washington Redskins) and coach (Washington Redskins 1946-48), born in Mold, Washington (d. 1973)
  • 1907 Heikki Savolainen, Finnish pommel horse gymnast (Olympic medalist, 1928-52, including gold, 1948), and medical doctor, born in Joensuu, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire (d. 1997)

Ellsworth Vines (1911-1994)

American tennis player (US Open 1931-32; Wimbledon 1932), golfer (3 PGA Tour titles), born in Los Angeles, CA

Alice Marble (1913-1990)

American tennis player (US Open 1936, 1938-40), born in Beckwourth, California

Tom Harmon (1919-1990)

American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1940, Michigan; LA Rams) and broadcaster (CBS 1950-62), born in Rennselaer, Indiana

  • 1930 Doug Holden, English soccer winger (5 caps; Bolton Wanderers, Preston North End), born in Manchester, England (d. 2021)

Bruce Crampton (88 years old)

1935 Australian golfer (14 PGA Tour wins), born in Sydney, New South Wales

  • 1938 Peter Grosser, German soccer midfielder (2 caps; Bayern Munich, 1860 Munich, Austria Salzburg), born in Munich, Germany (d. 2021)
  • 1940 Marcel Puget, French rugby union halfback and captain (17 Tests; CA Brive, Stade Toulousain, Stade Rodez Aveyron), born in Limoux, France (d. 2021)
  • 1941 Charley Taylor, American Pro Football HOF wide receiver and running back (8 × Pro Bowl; First-team All-Pro 1967; Washington Redskins), born in Grand Prairie, Texas (d. 2022)
  • 1942 Grant Jackson, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1969; World Series 1979; Philadelphia Phillies; Baltimore Orioles; Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Fostoria, Ohio (d. 2021)
  • 1943 Bobby Hope, Scottish soccer midfielder (7 caps; West Bromwich Albion 336 games, Birmingham City, Sheffield Wednesday), born in Bridge of Allan, Scotland (d. 2022)
  • 1943 Gertrud "Traudl" Hecher, Austrian downhill skier (Olympic bronze 1960)
  • 1945 Marielle Goitschel, French alpine skier (Olympic gold 1964, 68), born in Sainte-Maxime, France
  • 1946 Majid Khan, Pakistani cricketer (great Pakistani batsman 1964-82), born in Ludhiana, Punjab, British India
  • 1947 Volodymyr Troshkin, Ukrainian soccer defender (31 caps, USSR; Dynamo Kiev 205 games), born in Yenakiieve, Ukraine (d. 2020)
  • 1954 Steve Largent, American politician (US Rep-R-Oklahoma 1994-2002) and NFL player (Seattle Seahawks), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
  • 1956 Bob Miller, American ice hockey center (47 games USA; Boston Bruins, Colorado Rockies, LA Kings), born in Medford, Massachusetts (d. 2020)
  • 1958 Angella Issajenko, Jamaica, 4X100m relayer (Olympic silver 1984)
  • 1959 Ron Fellows, Canadian auto racer (24 Hours of Le Mans GTS Class 2002, 02; 4 x NASCAR), born in Windsor, Ontario
  • 1959 Todd Worrell, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1988, 95, 96; NL Rookie of the Year 1986; St. Louis Cardinals, LA Dodgers), born in Arcadia, California
  • 1960 Gus Logie, Trinidadian cricketer (WI batsman 1983-91, great fielder), born in Sobo, Trinidad and Tobago
  • 1961 Anne White, American tennis player (famously wares spandex Wimbledon 1985), born in Charleston, West Virginia
  • 1961 Ed Vosberg, American pitcher (Texas Rangers), born in Tucson, Arizona
  • 1961 Yordanka Donkova, Bulgarian 100m hurdler (world record)

Grant Fuhr (61 years old)

1962 Canadian NHL goalie (Oilers), born in Spruce Grove, Alberta

  • 1962 Irving Fryar, American NFL wide receiver (5-time Pro Bowl, #1 pick 1984 Draft), born in Mount Holly Township, New jersey
  • 1962 Laurie Rinker-Graham, American golfer (Women's PGA C'ship 1987 3rd), born in Stuart, Florida
  • 1963 Johnny Dawkins, American basketball guard (NBA: San Antonio Spurs, Philadelphia 76ers; Detroit Pistons) and coach (Stanford, UCF), born in Washington, D.C.
  • 1964 Paul Jewell, English football manager
  • 1966 Scott Adams, American NFL offensive linesman (Chicago Bears), born in Lake City, Florida (d. 2013)
  • 1967 Darion Conner, American NFL linebacker (Carolina Panthers), born in Macon, Mississippi
  • 1967 Jason Dungjen, American pairs skater (Olympics 1994), born in Detroit, Michigan
  • 1969 Nico Vaesen, Belgian footballer
  • 1970 Kimiko Date, Japanese professional tennis player (Japan Open, 1996), born in Kyoto, Japan
  • 1971 Alan Wright, English footballer
  • 1971 Marcus Spears, American NFL/WLAF guard/tackle (Chicago Bears, Amsterdam Admirals)
  • 1971 Matthew Elliott, Australian cricket batsman (21 Tests, 3 x 100, HS 199; Victoria CA, Glamorgan CCC, South Australia CA), born in Melbourne, Australia
  • 1972 Cathy Caverzasio, Swiss tennis star
  • 1973 Brian Rafalski, American international and NHL ice hockey player, 1999-2011 (New Jersey Devils, Detroit Red Wings), born in Dearborn, Michigan
  • 1974 Joonas Kolkka, Finnish footballer
  • 1974 Mariya Kiselyova, Russian swimmer
  • 1975 Lenny Krayzelburg, American swimmer
  • 1977 Se-ri Pak, South Korean golfer (5 LPGA major titles; US Open 1998, British Open 2001), born in Daejeon, South Korea
  • 1979 Bam Margera, American skateboarder
  • 1981 Jorge Guagua, Ecuadorian soccer defender (63 caps; El Nacional), born in Esmeraldas, Ecuador
  • 1981 José Calderón, Spanish basketball point guard (captain Spain gold FIBA World C'ship 2006; Olympic silver 08, 12; NBA: Toronto, Detroit, Dallas, NY Knicks; Cleveland), born in Villanueva de la Serena, Spain
  • 1982 Abhinav Bindra, Indian shooter
  • 1982 Anderson Varejão, Brazilian basketball player
  • 1982 Dustin Penner, Canadian hockey player
  • 1982 Emeka Okafor, American basketball player,
  • 1982 Ray Emery, Canadian hockey player
  • 1983 Stefan Moore, English footballer (Aston Villa), born in Birmingham, England
  • 1984 Ryan Zimmerman, American baseball player
  • 1986 Andrés Guardado, Mexican soccer midfielder (158 caps; Deportivo La Coruña, Valencia, PSV), born in Guadalajara, Jalisco
  • 1987 Terence Crawford, American boxer (WBO welterweight title 2018-), born in Omaha, Nebraska
  • 1988 Aleks Vrteski, Australian footballer
  • 1988 Marin Čilić, Croatian tennis player (US Open 2014), born in Medjugorje, Bosnia & Herzegovina
  • 1989 Mark Randall, English footballer, born in Milton Keynes
  • 1992 Tyler Lockett, American NFL player (Seattle Seahawks), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
  • 2002 Yin Ruoning, Chinese professional golfer (2023 Women's PGA Championship), born in Kunming, China