Athletes and Sports Stars Born on June 6

Jock Hutchison (1884-1977)

Scottish golfer (PGA C'ship 1920, British Open 1921), born in St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland

1907 Bill Dickey, American Baseball HOF catcher (11 × MLB All-Star; 7 × World Series; NY Yankees) and manager (NY Yankees), born in Bastrop, Louisiana (d. 1993)
1909 M. J. Gopalan, Indian cricket fast bowler (1 Test, 1 wicket; Madras) and hockey representative, born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (d. 2003)
1917 Prior Jones, West Indian cricket fast bowler (9 Tests, 25 wickets; Trinidad), born in Princes Town, Trinidad (d. 1991)
1930 Frank Tyson, England Test cricket fast bowler/broadcaster (17 Tests, 76 wickets @ 18.56), born in Farnworth, Lancashire, (d. 2015)
1935 Bobby Mitchell, American Pro Football Hall of Fame running back (Pro Bowl 1960, 62–64; First-team All-Pro 1962–64; Cleveland Browns, Washington Redskins), born in Hot Springs, Arkansas (d. 2020)
1939 Doug Hart, American NFL defensive back (NFL champion 1965, 66, 67; Super Bowl 1967, 68; Green Bay Packers), born in Handley, Texas (d. 2020)
1940 Willie-John McBride, Irish rugby union lock (63 Tests Ireland, 17 British Lions; Ballymena RFC) and coach (1983 Lions tour to NZ), born in Toomebridge, Northern Ireland
1942 Sandra Morgan, Australian 4x100m freestyle swimmer (Olympic gold 1956), born in Tamworth, New South Wales
1943 Asif Iqbal, Pakistani cricketer (elegant Pakistani batsman 1964-80), born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
1943 Ken Hatfield, American football coach (Air Force, University of Arkansas, Clemson University, Rice University), born in Helena, Arkansas
1944 Bud Harrelson, American baseball shortstop (MLB All-Star 1970, 71; World Series 1969; Gold Glove 1971 New York Mets) and manager (NY Mets 1990, 91), born in Niles, California (d. 2024)

Tommie Smith (79 years old)

1944 American athlete and 200m sprinter who was the 1st to break the 20-second barrier (performed the black power salute while accepting his Olympic gold medal in 1968), born in Clarksville, Texas

1947 Ada Kok, Dutch swimmer (Olympic gold 200m butterfly 1968; silver 100m butterfly, 4×100m medley 1964), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
1947 Marion Coakes, English equestrian rider (World C'ship gold Individual Jumping 1965; Olympic silver 1968), born in New Milton, England
1948 Vladimir Shadrin, Russian Hockey HOF centre (Olympic gold Soviet Union 1972, 76; 5 x World C'ship gold; HC Spartak Moscow, Oji Seishi), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 2021)
1951 Noritake Takahara, Japanese auto racer (Japanese Formula 2000 1974, 76), born in Tokyo, Japan
1955 Theuns Stofberg, South African rugby union flanker (21 caps, captain 1980, 81, 84; Orange FS, Northern Transvaal, Western Province), born in Villiers, South Africa (d. 2023)
1956 Andy Pycroft, cricketer (Zimbabwe Test batsman)

Björn Borg (67 years old)

1956 Swedish tennis player (11-time Grand Slam winner), born in Stockholm, Sweden

1957 Mike Gatting, English cricket batsman (79 Tests, captain 1986-88), born in Kingsbury, England
1959 David Schultz, American wrestler (d. 1996)
1961 Aldo Costa, Italian engineer and the Engineering Director of the Mercedes Formula One team, born in Parma, Italy
1961 Bill Bates, American football safety (Super Bowl XXVII, XXVIII, XXX; Pro Bowl 1984; Dallas Cowboys), born in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
1963 Dannette Leininger, Kailua HA, team handball wing (Olympics 1992, 96)
1963 Vladimir Ruzicka, hockey forward (Team Czech Olympic gold 1998)

Cam Neely (58 years old)

1965 Canadian Hockey HOF right wing (5 x All Star; Vancouver Canucks, Boston Bruins) and executive (President Boston Bruins), born in Comox, British Columbia

1965 Sally McDermid, Australian softball outfielder (Olympic bronze 1996)
1965 Wendy Wiebe, Canadian rower (World C'ship LW2x 1993, 94, 95), born in St Catharines, Ontario
1966 Tony Yeboah, Ghanaian footballer
1967 Michael Timpson, NFL wide receiver (Chicago Bears, Philadelphia Eagles)
1967 Wasim Haider, cricketer (member Pakistan's 1992 World Cup squad)
1968 Edwin Vurens, Dutch soccer player (FC Twente)
1969 Mike Croel, NFL linebacker (NY Giants)
1969 Sunil Joshi, Indian cricket all-rounder (15 Tests, 41 wickets, 1 x 50; Karnataka, Royal Challengers Bangalore), born in Gadag, India
1970 Albert Ferrer, Spanish soccer defender, coach (Spain 36 caps, FC Barcelona, Chelsea), born in Barcelona, Catalonia
1972 Dulip Liyanage, Sri Lankan cricketer (right armed fast-medium Test bowler)
1972 Erin Woodley, Canadian synchronized swimmer (Olympic silver 1996), born in Mississauga, Ontario
1972 Frankie King, NBA guard (LA Lakers)
1972 Gary Downs, running back (Atlanta Falcons)
1972 Marko Kiprusoff, Turku FIN, NHL defenseman (Team Finland, Montreal)
1973 Ashfaq Ahmed, cricketer (Pakistan pace bowler 1993-)
1973 Jamie Wilson, tackle (Carolina Panthers)
1973 Jon Hesse, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32)
1973 Olindo Mare, American football kicker (Pro Bowl, All-Pro 1999; Miami Dolphins), born in Hollywood, Florida
1974 Patrick Hape, tight end (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1976 Geoff Rowley, English skateboarder (co-owner Flip Skateboards; Thrasher Magazine "Skater of the Year" 2000), born in Liverpool, England
1977 David Connolly, Irish footballer
1980 Matt Belisle, American baseball player
1985 Becky Sauerbrunn, American football player (Portland Thorns, Captain of USA), born in St. Louis, Missouri
1987 Rubin Okotie, Austrian footballer, born in Karachi, Pakistan