Athletes and Sports Stars Born on May 3

Red Ruffing (1904-1986)

American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (6 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1932, 36–39, 41; NY Yankees), born in Granville, Illinois

1918 Ted Bates, English soccer manager (Southampton 1955-73) and forward (Southampton 202 games), born in Thetford, England (d. 2003)

Sugar Ray Robinson (1921-1989)

American boxer (world welterweight champion 1946-51; middleweight champion 1951-52, 55, 58), born in Ailey, Georgia

1922 Len Shackleton, English former footballer, born in Bradford, England (d. 2000)
1924 Ken Tyrrell, English race driver and founder of Tyrrell Racing, born in East Horsley, Surrey, England (d. 2001)
1932 Maria Itkina, Russian athlete (9 sprint world records, 60m-400m), born in Roslavl, Russia (d. 2020)
1934 Henry Cooper, English boxer (British, European, C'wealth heavyweight champion; famous defeats to Muhammad Ali 1963, 66), born in London, England (d. 2011)
1936 José Torres, Puerto Rican boxer (world light-heavyweight champion), born in Ponce, Puerto Rico (d. 2009)
1937 Hans Cieslarczyk, German soccer striker (7 caps; West Germany; Borussia Dortmund, Karlsruher SC) and manager (FC Augsburg), born in Herne, Germany (d. 2020)
1938 Chris Cannizzaro, American baseball player, born in Oakland, California (d. 2016)
1939 Aydın Yelken, Turkish soccer forward (9 caps; Karagümrük, Fenerbahçe, Altay, İzmirspor), born in İstanbul, Turkey (d. 2022)
1940 Clemens Westerhof, Dutch football manager, born in Beek, Netherlands
1941 Nona Gaprindashvili, Georgian world women's chess champ (1962-78), born in Zugdidi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
1942 Věra Čáslavská, Czech gymnast (7 Olympic gold 1964, 68), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2016)
1945 Joanne Bracker, American college basketball coach (Midland University 1970-2012; Women's Basketball HOF), born in Mondamin, Iowa (d. 2023)
1945 Sadiq Mohammad, Pakistani cricket batsman 41 Tests @ 35.81, 5 x 100; brother of Hanif & Mushtaq Mohammad), born in Junagadh, India
1946 Greg Gumbel, American sportscaster (CBS TV, WFAN), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1946 Norm Chow, American football coach, born in Honolulu, Hawaii
1948 Peter Oosterhuis, British golfer (British Open 1974, 82 runner-up; Ryder Cup x 6), born in London, England
1949 Leopoldo Luque, Argentine soccer striker (43 caps; River Plate), born in Santa Fe, Argentina (d. 2021)
1949 Mehmet Oğuz, Turkish soccer midfielder (19 caps; Galatasaray, Fenerbahçe), born in Istanbul, Turkey (d. 2022)
1952 Allen Wells, Scottish athlete (Olympic 100m gold 1980), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
1955 David Hookes, Australian cricketer and coach, born in Mile End, Adelaide, Australia (d. 2004)
1956 Gillian Rolton, Australian equestrian (Summer Olympics 1992, 1996- gold), born in Adelaide, South Australia (d. 2017)
1957 Rod Langway, American NHL ice hockey defenseman, 1978-93 (Montreal Canadiens, Washington Capitals), born in Taipei, Taiwan
1959 Carlos De León, Puerto Rican boxer (WBC cruiserweight champion (1980–82, 83–85, 86–88, 89–90), born in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico (d. 2020)
1961 Steve McClaren, English football manager, born in Fulford, York, England
1963 Jeff Hornacek, American basketball player and coach, born in Elmhurst, Illinois

1964 Canadian NHL goalie, 1986-99, Vezina & Conn Smyth winner, scored 2 goals (Philadelphia Flyers and 2 other teams), and executive, 1999-2023 (Philadelphia, Los Angeles Kings, Pittsburgh Penguins), born in Brandon, Manitoba

1965 John Jensen, Danish football player and manager, born in Copenhagen, Denmark
1966 Darren Morgan, Welsh snooker player, born in Newport, Wales
1966 M-16 [Ernest Mateen], American cruiserweight boxing champion, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2012)
1969 Karen Kraft, American rower (Olympic silver 1996), born in San Mateo, California
1970 Ted Crowley, American hockey defenseman (Olympics 1994), born in Concord, Massachusetts
1972 Brett Hayman, Australian rower (World C'ship gold LM8+ 1997; M4+, M2+ 1998; Olympic silver LM8+ 2000), born in Melbourne, Australia
1972 Vyacheslav Kozlov, Russian ice hockey NHL forward (Detroit Red Wings), born in Voskresensk, Russia
1973 Dominique Monami, Belgian tennis star, born in Verviers, Liège, Belgium
1976 Jeff Halpern, American ice hockey player, born in Potomac, Maryland
1977 Ryan Dempster, Canadian baseball player, born in Gibsons, British Columbia, Canada
1977 Tyronn Lue, American basketball coach (NBA Championship 2016 Cleveland), born in Mexico, Missouri
1978 Lawrence Tynes, Scottish-American football player, born in Greenock, Scotland
1982 Igor Olshansky, Ukrainian-American football player, born in Dnipro, Ukraine
1983 Joseph Addai, American football player, born in Houston, Texas
1983 Márton Fülöp, Hungarian footballer and goalkeeper, born in Budapest (d. 2015)
1983 Romeo Castelen, Dutch footballer, born in Paramaribo, Suriname