Birthdays in Sport
- 1920-01-31 Bert Williams MBE, English soccer goalkeeper (24 caps; Wolverhampton Wanderers 381 games), born in Bradley, Staffordshire (d. 2014)
- 1923-06-14 Jack Hayward, British financier (owner Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 1990-2007), born in Wolverhampton, England (d. 2015)
- 1924-02-06 Billy Wright, English soccer defender (105 caps, captain x 90; Wolverhampton Wanderers 490 games) and manager (Arsenal 1962-66), born in Ironbridge, England (d. 1994)
- 1934-07-28 Ron Flowers, English soccer midfielder (49 caps; Wolverhampton Wanderers 467 games), born in Doncaster, England (d. 2021)
- 1959-09-18 Ian Arkwright, English footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers), born in Shafton, Barnsley, England
- 1962-12-10 John de Wolf, Dutch soccer centre-back (6 caps; Sparta Rotterdam, FC Groningen, Feyenoord, Wolverhampton Wanderers) and manager (SVVSMC, Haaglandia, FC Türkiyemspor, Excelsior Maassluis), born in Schiedam, Netherlands
- 1976-07-07 Dominic Foley, Irish soccer forward (6 caps Republic of Ireland; Wolverhampton Wanderers, Watford, Gent, Cercle Brugge), born in Cork, Ireland
- 1978-01-06 Cédric Roussel, Belgian soccer forward (3 caps; KAC Gent, Coventry City, Wolverhampton Wanderers, RAEC Mons, KRC Genk), born in Mons, Belgium (d. 2023)
- 1984-12-21 Darren Potter, Irish soccer midfielder (5 caps Northern Ireland; Wolverhampton Wanderers, Sheffield Wednesday, Milton Keynes Dons 229 games), born in Liverpool, England
- 1986-02-03 David Edwards, Welsh soccer midfielder (43 caps; Wolverhampton Wanderers 284 games), born in Pontesbury, England
- 1986-05-16 Andy Keogh, Irish soccer striker (30 caps Republic of Ireland; Wolverhampton Wanderers, Millwall), born in Dublin, Ireland
- 1986-10-24 John Ruddy, English footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers), born in St Ives, Cambridgeshire, England
Deaths in Sport
- 1994-09-03 Billy Wright, English soccer defender (105 caps, captain x 90; Wolverhampton Wanderers 490 games) and manager (Arsenal 1962-66), dies at 70
- 2014-01-19 Bert Williams MBE, English soccer goalkeeper (24 caps; Wolverhampton Wanderers 381 games), dies at 93
- 2015-01-13 Jack Hayward, British financier (owner Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 1990-2007), dies at 91
- 2021-11-12 Ron Flowers, English soccer midfielder (49 caps; Wolverhampton Wanderers 467 games), dies at 87
- 2023-06-24 Cédric Roussel, Belgian soccer forward (3 caps; KAC Gent, Coventry City, Wolverhampton Wanderers, RAEC Mons, KRC Genk), dies from cardiac arrest at 45