Athletes and Sports Stars Born in March 1972

Shaquille O'Neal (52 years old)

Mar 6 American Basketball Hall of Fame center (4-time NBA champion, 3-time NBA Finals MVP, Olympic gold 1996), born in Newark, New Jersey

Mar 8 Georgios Georgiadis, Greek soccer winger (61 caps; Panathinaikos, PAOK, Olympiacos), born in Kavala, Greece
Mar 8 Pat Riley, NFL defensive end (Chicago Bears, Seattle Seahawks)
Mar 10 Matt Kenseth, American race car driver
Mar 11 Carl Greenwood, American NFL cornerback (NY Jets), born in Fort Ord, California
Mar 11 Jamal Duff, NFL defensive end (NY Giants, Wash Redskins)
Mar 13 Avrom Smith, American football player (London Monarchs)
Mar 13 Brian Saxton, NFL tight end (NY Giants), born in Whippany, New Jersey
Mar 13 Trent Dilfer, American NFL quarterback (Tampa Bay Bucs), born in Santa Cruz, California
Mar 14 Antowain Smith, American NFL running back (Buffalo Bills), born in Millbrook, Alabama
Mar 14 Aris Brimanis, American NHL defenseman (Philadelphia Flyers), born in Cleveland, Ohio
Mar 14 Clover Maitland, Australian field hockey goal keeper (Olympic gold 1996, 2000; World Cup gold 1998; Champions Trophy gold 1995, 97, 99), born in Maryborough, Australia
Mar 15 Filip Dewulf, Belgian tennis star
Mar 15 Mike Tomlin, American football coach (Super Bowl XLIII Pittsburgh Steelers; most consecutive non-losing seasons to begin NFL coaching career: 17), born in Hampton, Virginia
Mar 15 Oliver Gibson, NFL defensive tackle (Pittsburgh Steelers)
Mar 17 Mia Hamm, Anerican soccer forward (276 caps; FIFA Women's World Cup gold 1991, 99; Olympic gold 1996, 2004; Washington Freedom), born in Selma, Alabama
Mar 19 Nate Quarry, American mixed martial arts fighter (The Ultimate Fighter; co-host MMA Uncensored Live), born in Arcata, California
Mar 21 Boris Mironov, Russian ice hockey defenseman (Olympic silver 1998, bronze 2002; Edmonton Oilers, Chicago Blackhawks), born in Moscow, Russia

Elvis Stojko (52 years old)

Mar 22 Canadian figure-skater (World C'ship gold singles 1994, 95, 97; Olympic silver 94, 98), born in Richmond Hill, Ontario

Mar 22 Shawn Bradley, German American NBA center 7ft 6 in tall (Dallas Mavericks, NJ Nets, Space Jams), born in Landstuhl, West Germany
Mar 23 Joe Calzaghe, Welsh boxer, (unified & lineal world super-middleweight title 2007; Ring magazine light-heavyweight title 2008), born in Hammersmith, London, England
Mar 23 Jonas Bjorkman, Swedish tennis player (World #1 doubles 2001; 9 x Grand Slam doubles titles; Davis Cup 1994, 97, 98; Tour Finals 1994, 2006), born in Vaxjo Sweden
Mar 24 Steve Karsay, American baseball player
Mar 25 Howard Battle, American MBA player (Philadelphia Phillies), born in Biloxi, Mississippi
Mar 25 Phil O'Donnell, Scottish soccer midfielder (1 cap; Motherwell, Celtic, Sheffield Wednesday; PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year 1992, 94; dies while playing), born in Bellshill, Scotland (d. 2007)
Mar 27 Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Dutch soccer striker who played 23 internationals; Leeds United, Atlético Madrid, Chelsea, Middlesbrough, born in Paramaribo, Suriname
Mar 28 Keith Tkachuk, Melrose MA, NHL left wing (Winnipeg Jets, Phoenix, USA)
Mar 28 Mike Morton, linebacker (Oakland Raiders)
Mar 29 Paul Kent, New Zealand swimmer (World C'ship SC gold 4x100m medley 1995), born in Auckland, New Zealand
Mar 29 Rui Costa, Portuguese soccer midfielder (94 caps; Benfica, Fiorentina, AC Milan) and executive (President SL Benfica), born in Amadora, Portugal
Mar 30 Brenden Stai, American NFL guard (Pittsburgh Steelers), born in Phoenix, Arizona