Athletes and Sports Stars Born on November 22

Ralph Guldahl (1911-1987)

American golfer (US Masters 1939, US Open 1937-38), born in Dallas, Texas

1913 Gardnar Mulloy, American tennis player (5 x Grand Slam doubles champion; Davis Cup 1946, 48, 49), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2016)

Eugene Stoner (1922-1997)

American firearms designer and inventor of the M16, born in Gosport, Indiana

1926 Lew Burdette, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1957, 59; World Series MVP 1957; no hitter 1960; Milwaukee Braves), born in Nitro, West Virginia (d. 2007)
1926 Zulfiqar Ahmed, Pakistani cricket pace bowler (9 Tests, 20 wickets; Punjab, Bahawalpur), born in Lahore, Pakistan (d. 2008)
1928 Juno Stover-Irwin, American diver (Olympic silver women's platform 1956, bronze 1952), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2011)
1928 Pat Smythe, English equestrian rider (Olympic bronze team jumps 1956; author children's books), born in London, England (d. 1996)
1929 Ben Helfgott, Polish-British Holocaust survivor, Olympian (1956, 1960), champion weightlifter, and Holocaust educator, born in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland (d. 2023)
1932 Günter Sawitzki, German soccer goalkeeper (10 caps West Germany; VfB Stuttgart), born in Herne, Germany (d. 2020)
1935 Bobby Wilson, English tennis player (Wimbledon doubles 1960 runner-up), born in Hendon, England (d. 2020)
1935 Ludmila Belousova, Russian figure skater (Olympic gold USSR pairs 1964, 68; World C'ship gold pairs 1965, 66, 67, 68 [Oleg Protopopov]), born in Ulyanovsk, Russia (d. 2017)
1938 John Gregory, American football coach (CFL Grey Cup 1989 Saskatchewan Roughriders; South Dakota State Uni), born in Webster City, Iowa (d. 2022)
1941 Jacques Laperrière, Canadian Hockey HOF defenceman (Stanley Cup x 6 Montreal Canadiens; Calder Trophy 1964; Norris Trophy 1966; NHL All-Star x 5), born in Béarn, Quebec

Billie Jean King (80 years old)

1943 American tennis player (12 Grand Slam singles titles, 39 Grand Slam titles), born in Long Beach, California

1943 Mushtaq Mohammad, Pakistani cricket all-rounder (57 Tests @ 39.17; 10 x 100, 19 x 50, 79 wickets; brother of Hanif), born in Junagadh, India
1943 Yvan Cournoyer, Canadian NHL ice hockey winger, 1963-79 (Montreal Canadiens, 10 Stanley Cups), born in Drummondville, Quebec
1947 Duncan Hales, New Zealand rugby union three-quarter (4 Tests; Canterbury RFU, Manawatu RFU), born in Dannevirke, New Zealand (d. 2024)
1947 Wendell, Brazilian soccer goalkeeper (7 caps; Botafogo, Fluminense FC, Santa Cruz FC), born in Recife, Brazil (d. 2022)
1948 Radomir Antić, Serbian soccer defender (1 cap Yugoslavia; Partizan, Luton Town) and manager (Atlético Madrid; Serbia), born in Žitište, Serbia (d. 2020)
1949 David Pietrusza, American baseball historian
1950 Greg Luzinski, baseball player (Phillies, White Sox)
1950 Lyman Bostock, baseball player
1953 Wayne Larkins, cricketer (England opening batsman of 80's)
1955 James Edwards, American basketball center (NBA C'ship 1989, 90 Detroit Pistons, 1996 Chicago Bulls), born in Seattle, Washington
1955 Sue Novara-Reber, American cyclist (1975 World sprint champ), born in Flint, Michigan
1958 Lee Guetterman, American baseball pitcher (NY Yankees, Seattle Mariners), born in Chattanooga, Tennessee
1959 Fabio Parra, Colombian cyclist
1959 Frank McAvennie, Scottish footballer
1962 Steve DeOssie, NFL inside linebacker (NE Patriots)
1963 Hugh Millen, NFL quarterback (Denver Broncos)
1964 Akram Raza, cricketer (Pakistani off-spin all-rounder)
1964 Benoit Benjamin, NBA center (Milwaukee Bucks)
1964 David Tate, NFL defensive back (Indianapolis Colts)
1964 Pierre Vercheval, CFL guard (Toronto Argonauts)
1964 Robbie Slater, Australian soccer midfielder (44 caps; Blackburn Rovers, West Ham, Southampton, Northern Spirit) and broadcaster (Fox Sports), born in Ormskirk, England
1965 Eric Allen, NFL cornerback (New Orleans Saints)
1965 Mike Benjamin, Euclid Ohio, infielder (Philadelphia Phillies)
1965 R Duncan Douglas, American biathlete (Olympics 1994), born in New York City

Boris Becker (56 years old)

1967 German tennis player (Wimbledon 1985, 86, 89), born in Leimen, Germany

1967 Donald Hollas, quarterback (Oakland Raiders)
1968 Daedra Charles, WNBA forward/center (LA Sparks)
1968 Darryl Hardy, NFL linebacker (Dallas Cowboys)
1968 Irina Privalova, Russian 100m/200m/400m runner
1969 Byron Houston, NBA forward (Sacramento Kings)
1969 Dave Sims, English rugby union lock (3 Tests; Gloucester RFC; Barbarians RFC 1995, 96, 99), born in Gloucester, England (d. 2022)
1969 John Parrella, NFL defensive tackle (San Diego Chargers)
1969 Katrin Krabbe, Neubrandenburg German DR, 100m/200m (World Champ 1991)
1970 Alison Korn, Canadian rower (World C'ship gold W2- 1997, 98; Olympic silver 1996, bronze 2000), born in Ottawa, Ontario
1970 Marvan Atapattu, Sri Lankan cricketeer
1971 Lloyd Kammeron, soccer player (Feyenoord, Go Ahead Eagles)
1971 Tyoka Jackson, defensive end (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1971 Yone Kamio, tennis star (1995 semi-finalist Hobart), born in Yokohama, Japan
1972 Mavan Atapattu, cricketer (Sri Lankan Test batsman)
1973 Alexandra Fusai, St Cloud France, tennis star (1995 Futures-Szczecin)
1973 Cassie Campbell, Canadian ice hockey left wing (Olympic gold 2002, 06; IIHF World C'ship gold 1994, 97, 99, 2000, 01, 04), born in Richmond Hill, Ontario
1974 Joe Nathan, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 2004, 05, 08, 09, 12, 13; SF Giants, Minnesota Twins, Texas Rangers), born in Houston, Texas
1976 Adrian Bakalli, Belgian footballer
1976 Regina Halmich, German female boxer
1976 Torsten Frings, German footballer
1977 Michael Preston, English footballer
1978 Magdalena Grzybowska, Polish tennis star (1995 Futures Slovakia), born in Poznań, Poland
1980 Yaroslav Rybakov, Russian athlete
1981 Pape Sow, Senegalese basketball player
1981 Seweryn Gancarczyk, Polish footballer
1982 Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Nigerian footballer
1983 Peter Ramage, English footballer
1985 Asamoah Gyan, Ghanaian footballer
1986 Oscar Pistorius, South African paralympic athlete
1987 Marouane Fellaini, Belgian footballer
1996 Jessica Pilz, Austrian rock climber, born in Haag, Austria