Athletes and Sports Stars Born in January 1949

George Foreman (75 years old)

Jan 10 American boxer (world heavyweight champion 1973-74, 95), born in Marshall, Texas

Jan 10 Walter S. Browne, Australian-born American chess Grandmaster (1974-78, 1980-84), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 2015)
Jan 11 Chris Ford, American basketball guard (NBA C'ship 1971 Detroit Pistons; Boston Celtics) and coach (Boston Celtics, Milwaukee Bucks, LA Clippers), born in Atlantic City, New Jersey (d. 2023)
Jan 12 Ottmar Hitzfeld, German football manager, born in Lörrach, Germany
Jan 15 Howard Twitty, American golfer, course designer (3 PGA Tour titles), born in Phoenix, Arizona
Jan 15 Luis Alvarado, Puerto Rican baseball player, born in Lajas, Puerto Rico (d. 2001)
Jan 17 Heini Hemmi, Swiss giant slalom (Olympic gold 1976), born in Churwalden, Switzerland
Jan 19 Dennis Taylor, British professional snooker player and snooker commentator (1985 World Championship), born in Coalisland, United Kingdom
Jan 22 Mike Caldwell, American baseball player
Jan 23 Thomas Forsyth, Scottish soccer defender (22 caps; Motherwell, Rangers), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2020)
Jan 27 Per Røntved, Danish soccer defender (75 caps; Werder Bremen, Brønshøj BK, Randers SK Freja), born in Frederiksberg, Denmark (d. 2023)
Jan 28 Gregg Popovich, American Basketball HOF coach and executive (NBA C'ship 1999, 2003, 05, 07, 14; NBA Coach of the Year 2003, 12, 14; San Antonio Spurs; Olympic gold 2020), born in East Chicago, Indiana
Jan 31 Johan Derksen, Dutch footballer and sports journalist, born in Heteren, Netherlands