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Welcome to Today in Sport for Thursday, July 3, 2008.
| Birthdays in Sport for Yesterday in History ... |
1861 - Peter Jackson, heavyweight boxer (hall of famer)
1902 - Jack Newman, NZ cricket lefty pace bowler (1932-33, later knighted)
1911 - Joe Hardstaff Jr, cricketer (son of Joseph, 23 Tests for England)
1922 - Art Fowler, baseball player
1936 - Eric Russell, cricketer (England opening batsman early 60s)
1938 - Shin Geum Dan, North Korea, 400m/800m runner (1962 world record)
1940 - Cesar Tovar, baseball player
1940 - Lance Larson, US, 100m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-silver-1960)
1945 - Iain MacDonald-Smith, England, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1968)
1950 - Ewen Chatfield, NZ cricketer pace bowler (1975-89)
1951 - Richard Hadlee, Christchurch, NZ, cricket bowler (431 wickets)
1952 - Wasim Raja, cricketer (bro of Rameez, Pakistani lefty bat and leggie)
1953 - Frank Tanana, baseball pitcher (Calif Angels)
1954 - Debbie Skinner, LPGA golfer
1955 - Matt Keough, baseball player (Oakland A's, NY Yankees)
1956 - Eddie Edwards, South Africa, tennis star
1957 - Orel Hershiser, Buffalo NY, pitcher (LA Dodgers, Cleveland Indians)
1957 - Danny Heep, baseball player
1958 - Robert Foth, Buffalo NY, air rifle (Olympics-1988, 92, 96)
1959 - Stoyan Deltchev, Bulgaria, horizontal bar gymnist (Olympic-gold-1980)
1960 - Jack Daugherty, baseball player
1963 - Don August, baseball player
1964 - Joe Hamorski, Peru IN, Nike golfer (1994 NIKE Greater Greenville-9th)
1964 - Louis Clark, NFL receiver (Seattle)/WLAF coach (Amsterdam Admirals)
1964 - Warren Newson, Newnan GA, outfielder (Texas Rangers)
1965 - Vinson Smith, NFL linebacker (Chic Bears)
1965 - Shinya Hashimoto, wrestler (NJPW)
1965 - Greg Vaughn, Sacramento CA, outfielder (Milwaukee Brewers, SD Padres)
1965 - Dan Land, NFL cornerback/safety (Oakland Raiders)
1965 - Bobby Gage, Winsted CA, Nike golfer (1993 NIKE Wichita Open-16th)
1965 - Arno Hofstede, Dutch soccer player (Willem II, Go Ahead Eagles)
1966 - Neil O'Donnell, NFL quarterback (Pitts Steelers)
1966 - Moises Alou, Atlanta GA, outfielder (Montreal Expos)
1970 - Preston Jones, WLAF quarterback (London Monarchs)
1970 - Victor Bailey, NFL wide receiver (KC Chiefs)
1971 - Terry Irving, NFL outside linebacker (Arizona Cardinals)
1972 - Ontiwaun Carter, WLAF running back (Rhein Fire)
1973 - Fred Rodriguez, Bogota Colombia, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1973 - Devin Bush, NFL strong safety (Atlanta Falcons)
1974 - Jamie Feick, NBA forward (Milwaukee Bucks)
1975 - John Hargis, US, Little Rock Ark, 100m butterfly (Olympics-96)
1976 - Henry Olonga, cricketer (1st black Zimbabwe Test cricketer v Pak 1995)
1977 - Ludmila Richterova, Kosice Slovakia, tennis star
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