History Hop Tags - Player

1876-06-14

1st player to hit for cycle (George Hall, Phila Athletics)

1881-03-12

Andrew Watson makes his Scotland debut as the world's first black international football player and captain.

1881-06-14

Player piano patented by John McTammany Jr (Cambridge, Mass)

1881-10-04

Edward Leveaux patents automatic player piano

1884-05-01

Moses Walker became 1st African American player in major league baseball in US

1892-11-12

Pudge Heffelfinger receives $500, becomes 1st pro football player

1894-05-26

Emanuel Lasker (26) becomes World Champion chess player

1900-05-22

Edwin S Votey patents pneumatic piano player

1903-09-24

Bill Bradley becomes 1st Cleveland baseball player (Cleveland Naps) to hit for cycle

1905-04-26

Cubs Jack McCarthy becomes only major league player to throw out 3 runners at plate in 1 game, all were ends of a double play

1910-07-19

Cleveland Indian baseball player Cy Young registers 500th career victory against Washington 5-4 in 11 innings

1916-02-09

NL votes down a proposal by Giants, Braves, & Cubs to increase club player limit from 21 to 22 (The Reds want to decrease to 20)

1917-06-01

Hank Gowdy is 1st baseball player to enlist during WW I

1917-06-27

1st baseball player (Hank Gowdy) to enter WW I military service

1919-10-03

Reds Adolfo Luque is 1st Latin player to appear in a World Series

1919-12-27

Red Sox owner Harry Frazee announces they will deal any player except Harry Hooper, Hooper is sent to the White Sox after 1920 season

1927-03-02

Babe Ruth becomes highest paid baseball player ($70,000 per year)

1932-06-07

Pitcher John Quinn, 47, is oldest player to have an extra-base hit (a double) & bat in a run, as the Dodgers beat the Cubs 9-2

1933-05-16

Cecil Travis becomes 1st player to get 5 hits in his 1st game

1934-08-10

Babe Ruth announces this is his final season as full time player

1934-10-26

While Wash player-mgr Joe Cronin honeymoons with Mildred Robertson owner Clark Griffith's niece & adopted daughter, he is sold to Red Sox

1934-12-10

NFL adopts player waiver rule; applies after 6th game of season

1935-06-02

Babe Ruth, 40, announces his retirement as a player

1936-03-09

Babe Ruth turns down Reds to make a comeback as a player

1937-06-25

Cub Augie Galan becomes 1st player to switch hit HRs in a game

1937-12-07

Russian chess player Alekhine recaptures world title from Max Euwe

1938-09-24

Don Budge becomes 1st tennis player to win a grand slam

1941-03-08

1st baseball player drafted into WW II (Hugh Mulcahy, Phillies)

1941-11-25

Lou Boudreau, 24, becomes Cleveland Indians player/manager

1941-12-02

NY Giants name Mel Ott as player-manager, replacing Bill Terry

1942-01-04

Rogers Hornsby is 14th player selected to the Hall of Fame

1943-06-17

Player-manager Joe Cronin of Red Sox hits two 3-run pinch home runs

1944-02-18

Youngest baseball player, Cin Reds sign 15 year old Joe Nuxhall

1944-06-10

Joe Nuxhall, 15, of Cin Reds is youngest player in major league

1945-08-20

Dodgers Tommy Brown, 17, is youngest player to hit a HR

1946-12-23

U of Tenn refuses to play Duquesne U, because they may use a black player in their basketball game

1947-07-05

Larry Doby signs with Cleveland Indians-1st black player in AL

1948-05-16

Mikhail Botvinnik wins 5-player tournament to determine world chess champion

1948-11-30

Player-manager Lou Boudreau is selected AL MVP

1948-12-01

Piet Roozenburg becomes world champion checker player

1949-02-07

Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st $100,000/year baseball player (NY Yankees)

1949-03-04

Piet Van de Pol (Neth) becomes world champion billiard player

1949-09-20

Tennis player Pancho Gonzales turns professional

1950-08-01

1st Major League baseball player to fight in Korea (Curt Simmons)

1950-11-01

1st negro player in NBA, (Celtic's Charles Cooper) Ft Wayne Ind

1950-11-27

Red Sox sign shortstop Lou Boudreau as a player to 2-year contract

1951-11-18

Former Cubs 1st baseman & future TV star of Rifleman Chuck Connors is 1st player to oppose the major league draft

1953-06-15

Johnny Mize is 93rd player to get 2,000 hits

1953-08-21

Baseball player reps Ralph Kiner (NL) & Allie Reynolds (AL) hire John Norman Lewis at $15,000 to give legal advice to players in negotiation

1953-09-17

Ernie Banks becomes Chicago Cubs 1st black player

1953-09-26

Billy Hunter is last St Louis Browns player to homer in a game

1954-11-18

Yanks trade Woodling, Byrd, McDonald, Triandos, Miranada & Smith to Orioles for Turley, Larsen & Hunter as part of an 18 player deal

1954-12-01

Yanks send Miller, Segrist, Leppert & 2 minors to Orioles for Blayzka, Kryhoski, Johnson, Fridley & Del Guercio (completing 18 player deal)

1955-09-20

Willie Mays is 7th player to reach 50 HRS in a season

1957-04-20

Yankee Bill Skowron becomes 3rd player to hit a ball out of Fenway

1957-08-24

British soccer player Jimmy Greaves' (17) 1st game for Chelsea

1958-04-30

Ted Williams is 10th major league player to get 1,000 extra-base hits

1958-10-28

Pete Runnels wins Comeback Player of Year (avg went from .230 to .322)

1959-07-03

88th British Golf Open: Gary Player shoots a 284 at Muirfield Gullane

1959-07-21

Red Sox are last team to use a black player (Pumpsie Green)

1961-04-10

25th Golf Masters Championship: Gary Player wins, shooting a 280

1961-11-25

NBA's Bob Cousy becomes 2nd player to score 15,000 points

1962-04-25

Cleve sends Harry Chiti to Mets for a player to be named later, on

1962-07-22

44th PGA Championship: Gary Player shoots a 278 at Aronimink GC PA

1963-08-17

Oriole's Dick Hall retires his 28th consecutive player in relief

1963-10-01

1st time since 1910 no AL player, played in every game

1964-09-01

Masanori Murakami is 1st Japanese player in majors (NY Mets)

1965-06-21

65th US Golf Open: Gary Player shoots 282 at Bellerive CC in St Louis

1965-07-08

Joe Morgan is 1st Houston player with 6 hits in a game

1965-08-15

Japanese community of SF holds Masanori Murakami Day at Candlestick Park to honor 1st Japanese player to play in major leagues

1966-03-05

Player reps elect Marvin Miller, as exec dir of Players' Association

1967-01-27

New Orleans Saints sign their 1st player (Paige Cothren-kicker)

1968-07-13

97th British Golf Open: Gary Player shoots 289 at Carnoustie Scotland

1969-01-01

Jack Kent Cooke, owner of NHL's LA Kings, fines each player $100 for "NOT" arguing with the referee

1969-03-02

Phil Esposito becomes 1st NHL Player to score 100 points in a season

1969-09-13

Bobby Bonds is baseballs 4th 30-HR, 30-steal player

1969-09-22

SF Giant Willie Mays, becomes second player to hit 600 home runs

1970-01-16

AAU player Steve Myers makes a basketball field goal of 92'3½" from out of bounds, Tacoma-it shouldn't have counted, but was allowed

1970-01-17

Sporting News names Willie Mays as Player of the Decade for the 1960s

1970-05-17

Hank Aaron becomes 9th player to get 3,000 hits

1970-06-01

Tigers Al Kaline collides with another player & swallows his tongue

1970-07-06

Baseball player NY Met Tommie Agee hits for the cycle

1970-07-18

Willie Mays becomes 10th baseball player to get 3,000 hits

1970-08-15

Patricia Palinkas becomes 1st woman pro football player (Orlando)

1971-02-09

Satchel Paige becomes 1st negro-league player elected to baseball HOF

1972-02-29

Hank Aaron becomes 1st baseball player to sign for $200,000 a year

1972-03-01

Wilt Chamberlain is 1st NBA player to score 30,000 points

1972-08-06

Garry Player wins PGA golf tournament

1972-08-16

54th PGA Championship: Gary Player shoots a 281 at Oakland Hills Mich

1973-01-14

Grateful Dead bass player, Phil Lesh, busted on drugs in Calif

1973-01-18

Boston Red Sox sign Orlando Cepeda as 1st player signed as a DH

1973-10-21

Fred Dryer of the then Los Angeles Rams becomes the first player in NFL history to score two safeties in the same game.

1973-12-05

Cubs' Ron Santo became 1st baseball player to veto his trade

1973-12-31

Johan Cruyff chosen European soccer Player of year

1974-04-14

38th Golf Masters Championship: Gary Player wins, shooting a 278

1974-05-06

Stolen "Guitar Player" painting by Jan Vermeer found in London

1974-07-13

103rd British Golf Open: Gary Player shoots a 282 at Royal Lytham

1974-10-03

Pele retires as soccer player

1975-04-11

Hank Aaron returns as a Milwaukee player (Brewer)

1976-09-18

Cleve manager Frank Robinson last game as a player

1976-09-29

Jerry Lee Lewis, attempting to shoot soda bottles hits his bass player Norman Owens twice in the chest

1978-04-07

US Court of Appeals upholds Commissioner Kuhn's voiding of attempted player sales by A's owner Charlie Finley in June 1976

1978-04-09

42nd Golf Masters Championship: Gary Player wins, shooting a 277

1978-05-05

Cin Red Pete Rose becomes 14th player to get 3,000 hits

1978-09-02

Reggie Jackson is 19th player to hit 20 HR in 11 straight years

1978-09-10

Jimmy Connors is 1st player to win US Open on 3 different surfaces

1978-12-05

Free agent Pete Rose signs 4-year, $32 million contract with Phillies becoming highest paid baseball player

1979-01-09

High-school player Daryl Moreau makes 126th consecutive free throws

1979-06-06

Willie Horton becomes 43rd player to hit 300 HRs in the majors

1980-02-29

Gordie Howe becomes 1st NHL player to score 800 career goals

1980-12-15

NY Yankee Dave Winfield becomes highest-paid player, 10 years $15M

1981-05-01

Tennis player Billie Jean King acknowledges a lesbian relationship with Marilyn Barnett - becoming first prominent sportswoman to come out

1982-10-01

The Sony CDP-101, the world's first commercially released Compact Disc player, is released in Japan for 168,000 yen ($730)

1983-01-04

US Football League holds its 1st player draft

1983-08-28

Greg Luzinski is 1st player to put 3 HRs onto roof at Comiskey Park

1983-09-09

Vitas Gerulatis bets his house that Martina Navratilova can't beat 100th ranked male tennis player

1983-11-19

Jari Kurri becomes the first (and only) Finnish player to score five goals in a game

1984-08-17

Pete Rose returns to Cin Reds as player-manager (gets 2 hits)

1984-09-18

Tim Raines is 1st player with 4 consecutive 70-stolen-base seasons

1986-03-08

Martina Navratilova is 1st tennis player to earn $10 million

1986-07-06

Bob Horner becomes 11th player to hit 4 home runs in a game

1986-11-30

Ivan Lendl is 1st tennis player to earn over $10 million, lifetime

1987-03-21

PSV sells soccer player Ruud Gullit to AC Milan (Ÿ17 million)

1987-04-17

Julius Erving becomes 3rd NBA player to score 30,000 points

1987-07-12

8th US Seniors Golf Open: Gary Player

1987-09-22

2nd regular-season National Football League player strike begins

1987-11-18

Cubs Andre Dawson is 1st player from a last-place club to win an MVP

1988-02-14

49th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Gary Player

1988-08-08

9th US Seniors Golf Open: Gary Player

1988-09-20

Wade Boggs is 1st player to get 200 hits for 6 consecutive seasons

1988-10-30

2 gambling clubs & 1 player share 61.38 M California lotto jackpot

1989-01-21

A woman is assaulted & raped in room of an Oklahoma football player

1989-02-05

Kareem Abdul-Jabar becomes 1st NBA player to score 38,000 points

1989-02-13

Oklahoma football player Charles Thompson is charged with selling cocaine; he is later sentenced to 2 years in prison

1989-02-17

Former baseball player/manager Leo Durocher injured in a car crash

1989-03-22

Clint Malarchuk of the Buffalo Sabres suffers a near-fatal injury when another player accidentally slits his throat.

1989-05-14

1st time since 1948 a player hit 6 consecutive doubles (Kirby Puckett)

1990-01-21

John McEnroe becomes 1st ever player to be expelled from the Australian Open

1990-08-15

51st PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Gary Player

1990-08-28

Stefan Edberg (#1 seeded player) loses in 1st round to Alex Volkov

1990-09-22

Andre Dawson steals his 300th base & is only player other than Willie Mays to have 300 HRs, 300 steals & 2,000 hits

1990-10-16

Reds Eric Davis is 22nd player to homer in his 1st World Series at bat

1991-01-08

Rod Carew is 22nd player elected to Hall of Fame on 1st try

1991-08-20

Dolphin Dan Marino surpasses Joe Montana as the highest paid NFL player with a 5-year extension for $25 million

1991-09-13

Joe Carter 1st baseball player with 3 consecutive 100 RBI seasons with 3 different teams (Indians, Padres, Blue Jays)

1991-12-16

Fla Marlins sign their 1st player, 16 year old pitcher Clemente Nunez

1992-09-24

Toronto's Dave Winfield, 40, is oldest player to reach 100-RBI

1992-09-26

1st time a positional player pitches for NY Mets, Phil Pecota, in 19-2 lose to Pirates

1995-05-03

David Bell debuts for the Indians (3rd generation player, Gus & Buddy)

1995-08-08

Jeff King of Pirates is 16th NL player to HR twice in one inning

1995-12-26

Paul Adams becomes S Afr's youngest Test Cricket player, 18 yrs 340 ds

1996-03-07

Magic Johnson is 2nd NBA player to reach 10,000 career assists

1996-09-14

As' Mark McGwire is 13th player to hit 50-HRs in a season

1996-09-16

Paul Molitor of Twins is 21st player to reach 3,000 hits

1996-09-26

SF Giant Bobby Bonds is 2nd player to hit 40 HRs & steal 40 bases

1996-10-20

Braves Andruw Jones is youngest player to homer in World Series

1996-12-05

Portland's Jermaine O'Neal, 18, becomes youngest NBA player

1997-02-04

Mario Lemieux is 7th NHL player to score 600 goals

1997-05-13

Eddie Murray is 6th baseball player to play in 3,000 games

1998-01-09

Hockey News selects Wayne Gretzky best NHL player ever

1998-01-25

Spice Girl Victoria Adams (Posh) and soccer player David Beckham get engaged

1999-01-13

Basketball player Michael Jordan announces his retirement only to return in 2001

2000-09-16

Sammy Sosa becomes the second player to hit 50 or more home runs in three consecutive years, joining Mark McGwire

2002-05-04

Barry Bonds hits his 400th home run as a Giant, leading his team to a 3-0 win over Cincinnati. Bonds is the first player to hit 400 homers for one team and 100 with another

2003-06-23

Barry Bonds steals second base against the Los Angeles Dodgers, becoming the first player in MLB history to have 500 career home runs and 500 career steals

2003-11-01

Panajot Pano is selected as the Golden Player of Albania by the Football Association of Albania as their most outstanding player of the past 50 years to celebrate UEFA's Jubilee

2005-07-02

South African tennis player Wesley Moodie and Australian Stephen Huss win the Wimbledon Men's double title

2011-01-10

Lionel Messi wins the inaugural FIFA Ballon d'Or, for being the best football player in 2010

2012-02-02

NHL player Sam Gagner becomes the first player to scores eight points in one game for the Edmonton Oilers against the Chicago Blackhawks since 1989

2012-05-02

Barcelona football player Lionel Messi breaks the European goal-scoring record with 68 goals

2013-08-05

Alex Rodriquez, New York Yankee MLB player, is banned for 211 games for using human growth hormones

2013-11-27

Tiger Woods is named PGA Tour's player of the year for the 11th time

2015-12-11

Honduras national soccer player Arnold Peralta shot dead at shopping mall

2016-02-03

Ex-NFL player Ken Stabler had concussion disease CTE, doctor says

2016-03-13

Seton Hall's Derrick Gordon the first openly gay player in NCAA tournament

2016-06-20

Cavaliers' James named Most Valuable Player of NBA Finals

2017-01-10

Cristiano Ronaldo beats Lionel Messi to win Fifa best player award

2017-03-08

Dirk Nowitzki Becomes First International Player to Reach 30000 points in NBA

2018-06-09

Warriors' Durant named NBA Finals Most Valuable Player

1723-12-22

Carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola-da-gamba-player/composer

1781-05-24

Louis-Francois Dauprat, composer/horn player

1794-02-12

Alexander Petrov, Russian chess player (d. 1867)

1829-06-06

Shusaku Honinbo, Japanese Go player (d. 1862)

1833-11-14

Antonius von der Linde, Neth/German librarian/chess player

1837-06-22

Paul Morphy, New Orleans, greatest chess player of all time (1857-61)

1842-09-07

John H Zuckertort, German chess player

1842-10-14

Joe Start, American baseball player (d. 1927)

1845-05-25

Lip Pike, American baseball player (d. 1883)

1847-12-07

James Deacon White, Canton NY, ball player jumped teams in 1876 (Chi)

1849-01-09

John Hartley, English tennis player, double winner of Wimbledon (d. 1935)

1850-03-10

Spencer Gore, British tennis player and cricketer (d. 1906)

1850-05-08

Ross Barnes, baseball player (d. 1915)

1850-09-02

Albert Spaulding, baseball player/founded Spaulding sports company

1850-11-12

Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player (d. 1908)

1852-04-11

Cap Anson, American baseball player (d. 1922)

1852-08-24

Deacon White, American baseball player (d. 1919)

1853-05-08

Dan Brouthers, baseball player (d. 1932)

1855-06-22

Sam Morris, Hobart, cricketer (Barbados parents only black Aus player)

1856-11-03

Jim McCormick, baseball player (d. 1918)

1857-05-03

George Gore, American baseball player (d. 1933)

1857-08-22

Ned Hanlon, American baseball player and manager (d. 1937)

1857-10-24

Ned Williamson, American baseball player (d. 1894)

1857-12-31

King Kelly, American baseball player (d. 1894)

1858-07-26

Tommy Garrett, cricketer (original Australian Test player)

1859-01-30

Tony Mullane, Irish-born American baseball player (d. 1944)

1860-01-12

Henry Larkin, American baseball player (d. 1942)

1860-03-03

John Montgomery Ward, American baseball player (d. 1925)

1860-12-15

Abner Powell, American baseball player (d. 1953)

1861-01-03

William Renshaw, British champion tennis player (d. 1904)

1861-06-17

Pete Browning, American baseball player (d. 1905)

1862-03-05

Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player (d. 1934)

1862-05-23

William "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player who lived to 99

1864-01-05

Bob Caruthers, American baseball player (d. 1911)

1865-03-16

Patsy Donovan, Irish-American baseball player (d. 1953)

1866-02-16

William "Sliding Billy" Hamilton, NJ, hall of fame baseball player

1866-03-22

Jack Boyle, American baseball player (d. 1913)

1867-08-04

Jake Beckley, American baseball player (d. 1918)

1867-08-14

Cupid Childs, American baseball player (d. 1912)

1868-08-20

Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player (d. 1954)

1868-12-04

Jesse Burkett, American baseball player (d. 1953)

1869-01-04

Tommy Corcoran, American baseball player (d. 1960)

1869-06-02

Jack O'Connor, baseball player (d. 1937)

1869-09-14

Kid Nichols, American baseball player (d. 1953)

1869-11-20

Clark Griffith, Mo, baseball player/manager (NY Yankees)

1870-08-11

Walter Bowman, Canadian soccer player (d. ?)

1871-01-09

Charles Kortright, British(?) cricket player

1871-10-30

Buck Freeman, American baseball player (d. 1949)

1871-12-09

Joe Kelley, American baseball player (d. 1943)

1872-02-03

Lou Criger, American baseball player (d. 1934)

1872-12-05

Harry N Pillsbury, US chess player

1873-01-10

Jack O'Neill, Irish-born baseball player (d. 1935)

1873-04-07

John McGraw, American baseball player and manager (d. 1934)

1873-11-10

Henri Rabaud, The Chess Player

1874-09-05

Nap Lajoie, American baseball player (d. 1959)

1874-10-12

Jimmy Burke, American baseball player (d. 1942)

1875-12-04

Joe Corbett, American baseball player (d. 1945)

1876-01-11

Elmer Flick, American baseball player (d. 1971)

1876-02-13

Fritz Buelow, German-born American baseball player (d. 1933)

1876-10-13

Rube Waddell, American baseball player (d. 1914)

1877-08-10

Frank Marshall, American chess player (d. 1944)

1877-09-07

Mike O'Neill, Irish baseball player (d. 1959)

1877-09-09

Frank Chance, baseball player/manager, Tinkers to Evers to Chance

1877-10-28

Joe Adams, American baseball player (d. 1952)

1878-01-19

Herbert Chapman, English football player and manager (d. 1934)

1878-05-30

Mike Donlin, American baseball player (d. 1933)

1879-03-27

Miller Huggins, American baseball player and manager (d. 1929)

1879-06-09

Oscar Back, Austrian-Dutch viola player

1879-06-11

Roger Bresnahan, baseball player (d. 1944)

1879-07-27

Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1960)

1879-09-17

Rube Foster, American baseball player, manager and executive (d. 1930)

1880-02-16

Frank Burke, American baseball player (d. 1946)

1880-04-18

Sam Crawford, baseball player (d. 1968)

1880-11-20

George McBride, baseball player (d. 1973)

1880-12-31

Fred Beebe, American baseball player (d. 1957)

1881-02-21

Savilly Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player

1881-03-18

Oliver Seibert, hall of fame hockey player (elected 1963)

1881-05-11

Al Cabrera, Spanish-born Cuban baseball player (d. 1964)

1881-07-18

Larry McLean, baseball player (d. 1921)

1881-11-18

Percy Lesueur, hockey player/inventor (large goalie glove)

1882-05-18

Babe Adams, American baseball player (d. 1968)

1882-08-02

Red Ames, baseball player (d. 1936)

1882-10-15

Charley O'Leary, American baseball player (d. 1941)

1882-11-20

Andy Coakley, baseball player and long-time coach at Columbia University (d. 1963)

1882-12-12

Akiba Rubinstein, Polish chess player (openings theory)

1883-02-13

Harold "Hal" Chase, baseball player/manager

1883-09-01

Didier Pitre, French Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1934)

1884-03-04

Red Murray, American professional baseball player (d. 1958)

1884-03-06

Molla Mallory, Mosvik Norway, Tennis player (eight-time U.S. Open champion)

1884-06-23

Cyclone Taylor, ice hockey player (d. 1979)

1884-12-31

Bobby Byrne, American baseball player (d. 1964)

1885-01-15

Grover Lowdermilk, American baseball player (d. 1968)

1885-02-17

Steve Evans, American baseball player (d. 1943)

1885-04-13

Vean Gregg, American baseball player (d. 1964)

1885-05-08

Helen Case, The Ball Player and the Bandit

1885-06-22

Milan Vidmar, Slovenian engineer and chess player (d. 1962)

1885-12-21

Frank Patrick, Canadian hockey player (d. 1960)

1886-01-13

Art Ross, Canadian ice hockey player and executive (d. 1964)

1886-04-07

Ed Lafitte, American baseball player (d. 1971)

1886-07-17

Eddie James, The Little Organ Player of San Juan

1886-08-27

Eric Coates, Hucknall Nottinghamshire England, viola player/composer

1886-10-09

Rube Marquard, American baseball player (d. 1980)

1886-11-07

Aaron Nimzowitsch, Latvian chess player (openings theorist)

1886-12-18

Ty Cobb, Narrows Georgia, American baseball player, Colo, batted .367, stole 892 bases (Det Tigers)

1886-12-20

Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, California, tennis player (US Open 1909-11)

1887-02-09

Henry Zimmerman, baseball player (1912-batted .372 with 14 HRs)

1887-02-21

Savielly [Xavier] G Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player

1887-07-16

"Shoeless" Joe Jackson, black sox player (Say it aint so, Joe)

1887-08-24

Harry Hooper, American baseball player (d. 1974)

1887-10-31

Edouard Lalonde, Canada, NHLer (Mont Canadiens)/lacrosse player

1888-01-04

Arthur Berry, England, soccer player (Olympic-gold-1908, 12)

1888-03-04

Knute Rockne, Norwegian/US football player/coach (Notre Dame)

1888-04-18

Duffy Lewis, American baseball player (d. 1979)

1888-05-23

Zack Wheat, American baseball player (d. 1972)

1889-04-14

Efim D Bogoljubov, Russian chess player

1889-09-22

Hooks Dauss, American baseball player (d. 1963)

1889-09-28

Jack Fournier, American baseball player (d. 1973)

1890-01-11

Max Carey, American baseball player (d. 1976)

1890-01-15

Tommy Fleming, American soccer player (d. 1965)

1890-08-04

Dolf Luque, Cuban baseball player (d. 1957)

1890-08-26

Tommy Andrews, cricketer (NSW & Aussie player of the 1920's)

1890-09-24

Mike González, baseball player (d. 1977)

1890-10-08

Cyril Rutherford "Snuffy" Browne, cricketer (pioneer WI Test player)

1891-01-15

Ray Chapman, American baseball player (d. 1920)

1891-01-28

Bill Doak, American baseball player (d. 1954)

1891-02-23

Harold Horder, Australian Rugby League player (d. 1978)

1891-11-11

Rabbit Maranville, American baseball player (d. 1954)

1892-01-02

Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player (d. 1962)

1892-07-18

Arthur Friedenreich, Brazilian football player (d. 1969)

1892-07-19

Dick Irvin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1957)

1892-07-26

Sam Jones, American baseball player (d. 1966)

1893-02-10

William [Bill] T Tilden II, tennis player (US Open 1920-25, 29)

1893-02-17

Wally Pipp, American baseball player (d. 1965)

1893-03-24

George Sisler, American baseball player (d. 1973)

1893-04-27

Allen Sothoron, American baseball player (d. 1939)

1893-05-08

Edd Roush, baseball player (d. 1988)

1893-05-08

Teddy Wakelam, English sports broadcaster and rugby union player (d. 1963)

1893-06-09

Irish Meusel, American baseball player (d. 1963)

1893-07-22

Jesse Haines, American baseball player (d. 1978)

1893-08-18

Burleigh Grimes, American baseball player (d. 1985)

1893-11-19

René Voisin, French classical trumpet player (d. 1952)

1894-08-26

Sparky Adams, Baseball player (d. 1989)

1894-10-23

Rube Bressler, baseball player (d. 1966)

1895-04-15

Clark McConachy, New Zealand billiards player (d. 1980)

1895-06-14

Jack Adams, Canadian ice hockey player, coach and general manager (d. 1968)

1895-06-26

George Hainsworth, Toronto Ontario, Canadian ice hockey player

1895-08-07

Edward Gill, baseball player

1895-09-15

Charles "Chic" Harley, American football player (d. 1974)

1895-09-23

Johnny Mokan, American baseball player (d. 1985)

1895-10-13

Mike Gazella, American baseball player (d. 1978)

1895-12-19

Maurice Roelants, Belgian author (Jazz Player)

1896-10-19

Bob O'Farrell, American baseball player (d. 1988)

1896-11-10

Jimmie Dykes, American baseball player and manager (d. 1976)

1897-03-04

Francis "Lefty" O'Doul, baseball player/organized Japanese baseball

1897-04-10

Ross Youngs, American baseball player (d. 1927)

1898-01-24

Cliff Heathcote, American baseball player (d. 1939)

1898-04-25

Fred Haney, baseball player (d. 1977)

1898-09-09

Frank "Fordham Flash" Frisch, NYC, baseball player (NL MVP 1931)

1898-10-30

Bill Terry, baseball player (d. 1989)

1899-05-14

Earle Combs, American baseball player (d. 1976)

1899-07-29

Walter Beall, American baseball player (d. 1959)

1899-09-09

Waite Hoyt, American baseball player (d. 1984)

1899-10-11

Eddie Dyer, American baseball player (d. 1964)

1899-12-02

Ray Morehart, American baseball player (d. 1989)

1899-12-04

Charles William (Charlie) Spencer Newcastle and England football player (d. 1953)

1899-12-05

Sonny Boy Williamson, [Aleck Miller], blues player

1900-02-11

Thomas Hitchcock Jr, great polo player (Westchester Cup 1924,27,30,39)

1900-04-23

Jim Bottomley, American baseball player (d. 1959)

1900-04-26

Hack Wilson, American baseball player (d. 1948)

1900-08-20

Edward J "Murt" O'Donoghue, snooker player, 1st witnessed 147 break

1900-09-17

Hughie Critz, baseball player (d. 1980)

1901-05-08

Turkey Stearnes, baseball player (d. 1979)

1901-06-01

Hap Day, Canadian hockey player and manager (d. 1990)

1901-07-20

Heinie Manush, American baseball player (d. 1971)

1901-07-28

Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball player (d. 1979)

1901-07-30

Alfred Lépine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1955)

1901-08-29

Aurel Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1986)

1902-03-02

Moe Berg, American baseball player and spy (d. 1972)

1902-04-14

Sylvio Mantha, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1974)

1902-05-07

Sal Gliatto, baseball player

1902-05-21

Earl Averill, baseball player (d. 1983)

1902-06-21

Howie Morenz, Mitchell Quebec, Canadian professional ice hockey player

1902-07-07

Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe, American baseball player (d. 2005)

1902-08-04

Wild Bill Hallahan, American baseball player (d. 1981)

1902-09-21

Learie [Nicholas] Constantine, Trinidad cricket player

1902-11-22

Albert Leduc, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1990)

1902-12-29

Nels Stewart, National Hockey League player (d. 1957)

1903-02-12

Chick Hafey, baseball player (d. 1973)

1903-02-25

King Clancy, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1986)

1903-11-02

Travis Jackson, American baseball player (d. 1987)

1903-12-06

Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player (d. 1946)

1904-01-01

Ethan Allen, American baseball player (d. 1993)

1904-02-27

Chick Fullis, American baseball player (d. 1946)

1904-03-30

Ripper Collins, baseball player (d. 1970)

1904-05-16

Hugh Plaxton, Canada, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1928)

1904-09-09

Feroze Khan, Pakistani field hockey player (d. 2005)

1904-10-27

Erno Schwarz, Hungarian American soccer player (d. 1974)

1904-11-05

Cooney Weiland, Canadian hockey player (d. 1985)

1905-01-13

Percy Humphrey, New Orleans, Louisiana, jazz trumpet player and bandleader

1905-01-17

Ray Cunningham, American baseball player (d. 2005)

1905-04-25

George Nepia, New Zealand rugby player (d. 1986)

1905-07-22

Doc Cramer, American baseball player (d. 1990)

1905-09-26

Emilio Navarro, Puerto Rican baseball player

1905-10-06

Helen Wills Moody, Centerville California, American tennis player (8 Wimbledon titles 1927-1938)

1905-11-26

Bob Johnson, American baseball player (d. 1982)

1905-12-05

Gus Mancuso, American baseball player (d. 1984)

1906-07-27

Leo Durocher, Mass, baseball player and manager (Brooklyn Dodgers, NY Giants)

1906-08-12

Harry Hopman, Australian-born tennis player and coach (d. 1985)

1906-10-17

Paul Derringer, American baseball player (d. 1987)

1906-11-17

Rollie Stiles, American baseball player (d. 2007)

1907-04-02

Luke Appling, American baseball player (d. 1991)

1907-05-11

Rip Sewell, American baseball player (d. 1989)

1907-05-14

Johnny Moss, American poker player (d. 1995)

1907-06-26

Debs Garms, American baseball player (d. 1984)

1907-08-11

Ted a'Beckett, cricketer (Australian Test player)

1907-09-08

Buck O'Neil, Old Negro League Baseball player

1907-11-22

Dick Bartell, baseball player

1908-05-27

Alex Brown, snooker player

1908-06-20

Billy Werber, American baseball player

1908-08-10

Adelino ("Billy") Gonsalves, American soccer player (d. 1977)

1908-08-20

Alfonso Lopez, baseball player (AL Manager of the year 1959)

1908-10-17

Red Rolfe, American baseball player (d. 1969)

1908-12-25

Jo-Jo Moore, baseball player (d. 2001)

1909-03-02

Mel Ott, American baseball player, 1st NLer to hit 500 home runs, hall of famer (NY Giants) (d. 1958)

1909-05-28

Red Horner, Canadian hockey player (d. 2005)

1909-08-26

Gene Moore, baseball player (d. 1978)

1909-09-12

Spud Chandler, baseball player (AL MVP 1943)

1909-11-04

Skeeter Webb, American baseball player (d. 1986)

1909-11-04

Bert Patenaude, American soccer player (d. 1974)

1910-01-03

Frenchy Bordagaray, American baseball player (d. 2000)

1910-02-01

Jahangir Khan, cricketer (father of Majid, Indian player 1932-36)

1910-02-06

George H Poyser, English soccer player/manager (Brentford)

1910-04-22

R J Ritchie, tennis player

1910-06-10

Frank Demaree, American baseball player (d. 1958)

1910-06-29

Burgess Whitehead, American baseball player (d. 1993)

1910-10-04

Frankie Crosetti, American baseball player (d. 2002)

1910-11-23

Hal Schumacher, baseball player

1911-02-22

Bill Baker, American baseball player (d. 2006)

1911-03-23

Augustus John "Gus" Risman, rugby league player

1911-05-23

Betty Nuthall, Surbiton England, tennis player (1930 U.S. Open champion)

1911-09-06

Harry Danning, American baseball player (d. 2004)

1911-09-18

Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1976)

1911-10-26

Sid Gillman, Minneapolis, Minnesota, NFL hall of fame coach/player (LA, San Diego, Houston)

1911-11-12

Buck Clayton, American jazz trumpet player (d. 1991)

1911-11-13

Buck O'Neil, American baseball player (d. 2006)

1911-11-24

Joe Medwick, baseball player (d. 1975)

1911-12-21

Josh Gibson, pro baseball player, "Negro Babe Ruth" (hit 800+ HRs)

1912-05-21

Monty Stratton, baseball player (d. 1982)

1912-05-27

Terry Moore, American baseball player (d. 1995)

1912-06-19

Don Gutteridge, American baseball player

1912-07-16

Milt Bocek, American baseball player (d. 2007)

1912-08-21

Toe Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1995)

1912-09-06

Vincent DiMaggio, baseball player (Giants, Phils, Reds, Braves)

1913-01-07

Johnny Mize, American baseball player (d. 1993)

1913-01-10

Haywood Frank Henry, sax player

1913-01-19

"Minnesota Fats", American billiards player (d. 1996)

1913-02-15

Erich Eliskases, Austrian chess player (d. 1997)

1913-03-02

Mort Cooper, baseball player (NL MVP 1942)

1913-04-25

Earl Bostic, Tulsa OK, alto sax player (Flamingo, Temptation)

1913-06-27

Willie Mosconi, world champion pool player (1941-57)

1913-08-11

Bob Scheffing, American professional baseball player and manager (d. 1985)

1913-08-14

Fred Davis, English world champ snooker player (1948-49, 51)

1913-08-14

Paul Dean, American baseball player (d. 1981)

1913-08-17

Rudy York, American baseball player (d. 1970)

1913-09-28

Alice Marble, Beckworth California, tennis player (US Open 1936, 1938-40)

1914-01-04

Herman Franks, American baseball player

1914-02-08

Bert Haas, baseball player

1914-03-05

Philip Farkas, American horn player and teacher (d. 1992)

1914-04-03

Katherine Stammers Menzies, England, doubles tennis player (Wimb 1935)

1914-05-19

Go Seigen, Japanese Go player

1914-05-19

Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)

1914-06-28

Charles Urbanus, Dutch baseball player

1914-07-01

Earle Warren, alto sax player

1914-07-19

Marius Russo, baseball player (d. 2005)

1914-07-26

Ellis Kinder, American baseball player (d. 1968)

1914-10-10

Tommy Fine, American baseball player (d. 2005)

1914-11-02

Johnny Vander Meer, baseball player (d. 1997)

1915-01-08

Walker Cooper, American baseball player (d. 1991)

1915-01-20

Joe Hitchcock, darts player (leader of St Dunstan's Four)

1915-02-01

Stanley Matthews, 1st British soccer player to be knighted

1915-06-13

J Donald Budge, US tennis player (1st to hold world's 4 major titles)

1915-08-18

Max Lanier, baseball player

1915-11-18

Ken Burkhart, American baseball player and umpire (d. 2004)

1915-12-29

Bill Osmanski, American football player (d. 1996)

1916-01-10

Don Metz, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)

1916-02-09

Tex Hughson, American baseball player (d. 1993)

1916-02-23

George Abel, Canada, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1972)

1916-04-04

Mickey Owen, American baseball player (d. 2005)

1916-04-27

Enos Slaughter, American baseball player (d. 2002)

1916-06-05

Eddie Joost, baseball player

1916-07-18

Johnny Hopp, baseball player (d. 2003)

1916-07-19

Phillip Cavaretta, baseball player (NL MVP 1945)

1916-07-27

Elbert "Skippy" Williams, tenor Sax player

1916-07-31

Verdun Scott, NZ cricketer/rugby player

1916-08-20

Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian-German chess player (d. 1984)

1916-10-30

Leon Day, American baseball player (d. 1995)

1916-11-26

Bob Elliot, baseball player

1917-03-02

Jim Konstanty, baseball player (NL MVP 1950)

1917-03-04

Clyde McCullough, American baseball player (d. 1982)

1917-03-19

Laszlo Szabo, Hungarian chess player (d. 1998)

1917-04-18

Ty LaForest, Canadian baseball player (d. 1947)

1917-05-02

Albert Castelyns, Belgian water polo player and bobsledder

1917-07-10

Hugh Alexander, American baseball player (d. 2000)

1917-07-17

Lou Bourdeau, baseball player/manager (1948 AP Athlete of Year)

1917-07-26

Bertil Nordahl, Sweden, soccer player (Olympic-gold-1948)

1917-08-13

Sid Gordon, American baseball player (d. 1975)

1917-08-27

Peanuts Lowrey, American baseball player (d. 1986)

1917-09-25

Johnny Sain, American baseball player (d. 2006)

1917-10-30

Bobby Bragan, American baseball player

1917-12-01

Marty Marion, baseball player (NL MVP 1944)

1918-01-22

Elmer Lach, Canadian ice hockey player

1918-02-22

Sid Abel, Melville, Saskatchewan, Canadian NHL hockey player (1948-49 Hart Trophy)

1918-03-05

Red Storey, Canadian football player and ice hockey referee (d. 2006)

1918-03-18

Al Benton, American baseball player (d. 1968)

1918-04-07

Bobby Doerr, American baseball player

1918-04-22

Mickey Vernon, baseball player

1918-06-21

Eddie Lopat, American baseball player (d. 1992)

1918-07-02

Sheikh Iman, player/singer

1918-07-23

Pee Wee Reese, American baseball player (d. 1999)

1918-07-30

Joe Daley, jazz tenor/clarinet/flute player

1918-08-21

Billy Reay, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2004)

1918-08-30

Ted Williams, American baseball player, last player in MLB to bat over .400 in a single season (Red Sox, AL MVP '46, '49; Trip Crown '42, '47)

1918-08-30

Billy Johnson, American baseball player (d. 2006)

1918-10-22

Lou Klein, American baseball player (d. 1976)

1918-12-22

William Kennedy, baseball player

1919-01-19

Dharam Singh, India, field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1964)

1919-01-23

Bob Paisley, English soccer player/trainer/manager of FC Liverpool

1919-01-31

Jackie Robinson, Ga, 1st black major league baseball player (Dodgers)

1919-03-16

Serge Davri, Shoot the Piano Player

1919-03-17

Hank Sauer, baseball player (NL MVP 1952)

1919-03-26

Roger Leger, Quebec ice hockey player (d. 1965)

1919-03-28

Vic Raschi, American baseball player (d. 1988)

1919-03-31

Frank Akins, American football player (d. 1993)

1919-06-09

Izaak Boleslavski, Russian chess player

1919-09-27

Johnny Pesky, American baseball player, (d. 2012)

1919-12-31

Tommy Byrne, American baseball player

1920-01-10

Max Patkin, American baseball player (d. 1999)

1920-01-15

Steve Gromek, American baseball player (d. 2002)

1920-02-08

Buddy Blattner, baseball player

1920-02-26

Danny Gardella, American baseball player (d. 2005)

1920-03-01

Max Bentley, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1984)

1920-03-23

Tetsuharu Kawakami, Japanese baseball player and coach

1920-03-26

Sergio Livingstone, Santiago, Chile, football player and journalist (52 caps), (d. 2012)

1920-06-08

A J Mottram, tennis player

1920-06-13

Knut Nordahl, Sweden, soccer player (Olympic-gold-1948)

1920-08-03

Charlie Shavers, American trumpet player (d. 1971)

1920-08-18

Bob Kennedy, baseball player

1921-01-02

Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)

1921-02-06

Bob Scott [Robert], Wellington, NZ, Ruby player (All Black, 1946-54), (d. 2012)

1921-02-08

Hoot Evers, baseball player

1921-02-14

Piet Kraak, Dutch soccer player

1921-02-25

Andy Pafko, Boyceville, Wisconsin, MLB player (Chicago Cubs), (d. 2013)

1921-03-04

Dinny Pails, Australian tennis player

1921-03-05

Elmer Valo, American baseball player (d. 1998)

1921-04-01

Ken Reardon, Canadian ice hockey player

1921-04-11

Jim Hearn, American baseball player (d. 1998)

1921-05-20

Hal Newhouser, American baseball player (d. 1998)

1921-06-04

Bobby Wanzer, American professional basketball player and coach

1921-07-12

Bob Fillion, French Canadian ice hockey player

1921-07-17

Toni Stone [Marcenia Lyle Alberga], St. Paul Minnesota, American baseball player (first woman to play in a men's league)

1921-10-15

Angelica Rozeanu, Romanian table tennis player (World Champ 1950-55)

1921-10-19

Gunnar Nordahl, Sweden, soccer player (Olympic-gold-1948)

1921-11-02

Bill Mosienko, National Hockey League player (d. 1994)

1921-11-24

Joe "Ducky" Medwick, baseball player

1922-04-05

Tom Finney, Preston, Lancashire, English football player (Preston North End)

1922-04-16

Boby Lapointe, Shoot the Piano Player

1922-06-01

Abdul Rashid, Pakistan, field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1960)

1922-06-04

John McNamara, baseball player

1922-06-07

Leo Reise, Canadian ice hockey player

1922-06-23

Hal Laycoe, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1998)

1922-07-03

Art Fowler, baseball player

1922-07-13

Ken Mosdell, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2006)

1922-08-23

George Kell, baseball player

1922-09-01

Joe Astroth, East Alton, Illinois, MLB player (Philadelphia/Kansas City Athletics), (d. 2013)

1922-10-06

Joe Frazier, American baseball player

1922-10-07

Grady Hatton, American baseball player, (d. 2013)

1922-11-29

Minnie Miñoso, Cuban baseball player

1922-12-01

Vsevolod Bobrov, Soviet ice hockey player (d. 1979)

1923-03-11

A Louise Brough Clapp, Oklahoma, tennis player (4 time Wimbledon champ)

1923-04-14

Roberto DeVicenzo, Argentine golf player

1923-04-17

Solly Hemus, American baseball player

1923-05-21

Ara Parseghian, Akron, Ohio, American football player and coach (Northwestern, Notre Dame)

1923-07-23

Luis Aloma, Cuban baseball player (d. 1997)

1923-08-30

Elias Victor Seixas, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, American tennis player (Wimbeldon and U.S. Open champion)

1923-09-24

Fats Navarro, American jazz trumpet player (d. 1950)

1923-11-17

Mike Garcia, American baseball player (d. 1986)

1923-12-29

Dina Merrill, The Player

1924-02-06

Billy Wright, English soccer player

1924-02-08

Joe Black, baseball player

1924-02-19

David Bronstein, Ukrainian chess player (d. 2006)

1924-02-29

Al Rosen, American baseball player

1924-04-04

Gil Hodges, Princeton Indiana, baseball player/manager (Brooklyn Dodgers, NY Mets)

1924-04-23

Chuck Harmon, American baseball player

1924-05-15

Andrea Gyarmati, Hungary water polo player (Olympics, 1948-60), (d. 2013)

1924-05-21

Jack Twyman, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, basketball player (Rochester/Cincinnati Royals), (d. 2012)

1924-05-25

Walter Schultheiß, Global Player - Wo wir sind isch vorne

1924-08-26

Alex Kellner, baseball player (d. 1996)

1924-09-10

Ted Kluszewski, American baseball player (d. 1988)

1924-09-11

Tom Landry, Mission Texas, NFL player (NY Giants)/coach (Dallas Cowboys)

1924-10-24

Piet Roozenburg, World champ checker player (1948 . . 55)

1924-11-02

Father David Bauer, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1988)

1924-11-04

Howie Meeker, Canadian ice hockey player and politician

1924-12-19

Doug Harvey, Montreal Quebec, Canadian ice hockey player

1925-01-18

Roepie Kruize, Dutch field hockey player (Olympic-Bronze-48/Silver-52)

1925-02-09

Vic Wertz, baseball player

1925-02-26

Everton Weekes, West Indian cricket player

1925-03-23

Cees de Ruyter, European champion billiards player

1925-05-14

Al Porcino, American jazz trumpet player

1925-05-25

Don Liddle, baseball player (d. 2000)

1925-06-08

Del Ennis, baseball player (d. 1996)

1925-06-11

Richard White, Gisborne, New Zealand, rugby union player (55 games as an All Black), (d. 2012)

1925-06-15

Gene Baker, baseball player

1925-06-20

Doris J Hart, St Louis Mo, tennis player (Wimbledon 1951)

1925-07-29

Ted Lindsay, Renfrew Ontario, Canadian hockey player

1925-08-02

John McCormack, Canadian ice hockey player

1925-08-11

Floyd Curry, National Hockey League player (d. 2006)

1925-08-16

Willie Jones, American baseball player (d. 1983)

1925-09-12

Stan Lopata, American baseball player, (d. 2013)

1925-09-26

Bobby Shantz, baseball player (1952 AL MVP)

1925-09-26

Norm Dussault, American ice hockey player

1925-10-01

Bob Boyd, American baseball player (d. 2004)

1925-12-14

Sam Jones, American baseball player (d. 1971)

1926-01-06

Ralph Branca, American baseball player

1926-01-31

Tom Alston, American baseball player (d. 1993)

1926-02-10

Danny Blanchflower, British(?) soccer player

1926-03-01

Allan Stanley, Timmons, ON, Hall of Fame ice hockey player, (d. 2013)

1926-03-18

Dick Littlefield, American baseball player (d. 1997)

1926-03-23

Charles Champlin, The Player

1926-04-03

Alex Grammas, American baseball player

1926-04-17

Gerry McNeil, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2004)

1926-05-25

Bill Sharman, Abilene Texas, Hall of Fame basketball player (Boston Celtics)

1926-06-14

Don Newcombe, baseball player

1926-07-25

Whitey Lockman, American baseball player

1926-08-06

Clem Labine, American baseball player (d. 2007)

1926-08-20

Nobby Wirkowski, American and Canadian football player and coach

1926-09-04

Bert Olmstead, Canadian ice hockey player

1926-09-11

Eddie Miksis, baseball player (d. 2005)

1926-09-13

Emile Francis, NHL player/coach/GM (Rangers, Blues, Whalers)

1926-10-03

Marques Haynes, NBA player and hall of famer (World's Greatest Dribbler, Harlem Globetrotters)

1926-11-11

Harry Lumley, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1998)

1926-11-22

Lew Burdette, baseball player

1926-12-13

Carl Erskine, baseball player (Bkln Dodgers)

1926-12-17

Ray Jablonski, American baseball player (d. 1985)

1926-12-28

Donald Carr, cricketer (England player in 50's, later MCC honcho)

1927-01-01

Calum MacKay, Canadian hockey player (d. 2001)

1927-01-18

Sundaram Balachander, Indian veena player (d. 1990)

1927-01-20

Geoffrey WT Atkins, British World Champion racket player (1954-72)

1927-01-25

Fernie Flaman [Ferdinand], Dysart, SK, CAN, Hall of Fame NHL player (Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs), (d. 2012)

1927-01-26

Bob Nieman, American baseball player (d. 1985)

1927-02-18

Luis Arroyo, Puerto Rican baseball player

1927-03-04

Dick Savitt, American tennis player

1927-03-09

Jack Jensen, baseball player (AL MVP 1958)

1927-03-15

Ian Player, Rhino!

1927-05-09

Ray Katt, baseball player

1927-05-20

[Harold] Bud Grant, Wisc, CFL/NFL player/coach (Winnipeg, Minnesota)

1927-06-21

Jackie Collum, baseball player

1927-07-01

Ruben Gomez, baseball player

1927-07-09

Red Kelly, Canadian ice hockey player

1927-08-07

Art Houtteman, American baseball player (d. 2003)

1927-08-08

Johnny Temple, American baseball player (d. 1994)

1927-09-25

Carl Braun, basketball player (NY Knicks)

1927-10-30

Joseph Wilbur Adcock, manager/player (Braves)

1927-11-22

Grady "Fats" Jackson, tenor sax player

1927-12-26

Stu Miller, American baseball player

1928-01-23

Chico Carrasquel, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 2005)

1928-02-07

Al "Fuzzy" Smith, baseball player

1928-02-18

Tom Johnson, Canadian ice hockey player

1928-08-04

Udham Singh, India, field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1952, 56, 64)

1928-08-06

Herb Moford, American baseball player (d. 2005)

1928-08-12

Bob Buhl, American baseball player (d. 2001)

1928-08-21

Art Farmer, American trumpet player (d. 1999)

1928-08-25

Darrell Johnson, American baseball player (d. 2004)

1928-09-27

Earring George Mayweather, blues Harmonica Player

1928-10-04

Torben Ulrich, Danish musician, writer, filmmaker and tennis player

1928-10-21

Vern Mikkelsen, Parlier, CA, basketball player (Lakers, HOF), (d. 2013)

1928-11-13

Steve Bilko, American baseball player (d. 1978)

1928-12-31

Amarillo Slim [Thomas Preston], Amarillo Texas, hall of fame professional poker player (1971 World Series main event), (d. 2012)

1929-02-05

Al Worthington, baseball player

1929-02-17

Paul Meger, Canadian ice hockey player

1929-04-29

Mickey McDermott, American baseball player (d. 2003)

1929-05-07

Dick Williams, baseball player, manager (including Seattle 1986-87)

1929-05-07

Babe Parilli, American football player

1929-05-12

Dollard St. Laurent, Canadian ice hockey player

1929-05-14

Gump Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)

1929-06-02

Ken McGregor, Australian tennis player

1929-06-13

Alan Civil, English French horn player (d. 1989)

1929-07-04

Bill Tuttle, baseball player

1929-07-04

Chuck Tanner, baseball player

1929-07-25

Eddie Mazur, Canadian hockey player (d. 1995)

1929-08-07

Don Larsen, American baseball player

1929-09-18

Louis Myers, blues guitarist /harmonica player

1929-10-19

Balbir Singh, India, field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1948-56)

1929-10-24

James Brosnan, baseball player/writer (Long Season)

1929-10-31

Eddie Charlton, Australian snooker player (d. 2004)

1929-11-04

Jimmy Piersall, baseball player (Red Sox, Senators, Indians)

1929-11-17

Norm Zauchin, baseball player (d. 1999)

1929-12-03

Clarence Ford, sax player

1929-12-14

Fintan Meyler, Don't Shoot the Piano Player

1929-12-18

Gino Cimoli, American baseball player

1929-12-23

Chet Baker, American jazz trumpet player (d. 1988)

1930-01-12

[Miles] Tim Horton, Cochrane Ontario, Canadian ice hockey player and co-founder of Tim Hortons

1930-01-17

Eddie LeBaron, American football player

1930-01-30

Sandy Amorós, Cuban baseball player (d. 1992)

1930-02-28

Frank Malzone, baseball player

1930-03-05

Del Crandall, American baseball player

1930-03-08

Bob Grim, American baseball player (d. 1996)

1930-04-03

Wally Moon, American baseball player

1930-05-10

Pat Summerall, Lake City Florida, NFL player (NY Giants)/sportscaster (CBS)

1930-05-16

Brian Davies, Brisbane, Australia, Rugby League player, (d. 2012)

1930-05-29

Eddy Choong, Penang, Malaysia, Chinese badminton player, (d. 2013)

1930-06-02

Bob Lillis, baseball player

1930-06-12

Donald Byrne, American chess player (d. 1976)

1930-06-15

Marcel Pronovost, professional ice hockey player

1930-08-13

Don Ho, Hawaii, ukulele player (Tiny Bubbles)

1930-08-13

Wilmer David Mizell, American baseball player (d. 1999)

1930-08-22

Gilmar, Brazilian football player, (d. 2013)

1930-09-11

Saleh Selim, Egyptian football player (d. 2002)

1930-10-11

Bill Fischer, baseball player

1930-11-10

Gene Conley, MLB player/NBA player

1930-11-19

Kurt Nielsen, Copenhagen, Danish tennis player

1930-11-23

Jack McKeon, baseball player

1930-11-24

Bob Friend, baseball player

1930-12-04

Harvey Kuenn, baseball player (AL Rookie of the Year-1953)

1930-12-07

Hal Smith, American baseball player

1931-02-18

Bob St. Clair, American football player

1931-03-05

Barry Tuckwell, Melbourne Australia, horn player (London Symph Orch 1955-68)

1931-03-13

Charles Bragg, The Player

1931-04-14

Paul Masnick, Canadian ice hockey player

1931-04-17

John Bartlett, tennis player (Davis Cup capt-Britain)

1931-04-22

Robert Dickson, Canada, ice hockey player (1948)

1931-05-20

Ken Boyer, American baseball player (d. 1982)

1931-06-02

Larry Jackson, baseball player

1931-06-24

Billy Casper, SD Ca, golfer, 3-time PGA Player of Year ('66, '68, '70)

1931-08-09

Chuck Essegian, American baseball player

1931-08-27

Joe Cunningham, American baseball player

1931-10-13

Eddie Mathews, American baseball player (d. 2001)

1931-10-23

Jim Bunning, Southgate, Kentucky, American baseball player and politician (perfect Game vs Mets 1965)/(Rep. Senator-Ky)

1931-12-04

Alex Delvecchio, Canadian ice hockey player

1931-12-16

Tom Brookshier, Roswell New Mexico, American football player and sportscaster

1932-01-01

Jackie Parker, American football player (d. 2006)

1932-01-20

Lou Fontinato, Canadian ice hockey player

1932-02-09

Tatsuro Hirooka, Japanese baseball player

1932-03-23

Don Marshall, Canadian ice hockey player

1932-03-25

Woody (Woodson) Held, baseball player

1932-03-27

Wes Covington, baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies)

1932-04-21

Angela Mortimer, English tennis player, Wimbledon)

1932-05-25

K C Jones, Taylor Tx, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1956)

1932-06-05

A R Dawson, rugby player

1932-06-27

Eddie Kasko, baseball player

1932-07-16

Max McGee, American football player (d. 2007)

1932-07-21

Ernie Warlick, American football player

1932-09-14

Harry Sinden, NHL player/coach (Team Canada)

1932-09-30

Johnny Podres, American baseball player (d. 2008)

1932-10-08

Ray Reardon, Welsh snooker player

1932-10-20

Rosey Brown, American football player (d. 2004)

1932-10-26

Chinadorai Deshmutu, India, field hockey player (1952)

1932-11-01

Al Arbour, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1932-11-30

Cho Namchul, South Korean professional Go player (d. 2006)

1932-12-07

Geoff Lawson, Australian cricket player

1932-12-24

[Michael] Colin Cowdrey, English cricket player

1933-03-06

Ted Abernathy, American baseball player (d. 2004)

1933-03-20

George Altman, American baseball player

1933-04-10

Ron Murphy, Hamilton, ON, NHL player (New York Rangers), (d. 2014)

1933-06-02

Jerry Lumpe, baseball player

1933-06-29

Bob Shaw, baseball player

1933-07-01

Frank Baumann, baseball player

1933-07-13

David M Storey, British rugby player/playwright (Home)

1933-08-01

Masaichi Kaneda, Japanese baseball player

1933-08-10

Rocky Colavito, Bronx, baseball player (Hit 4 HRs in a game)

1933-08-10

Doyle Brunson, American poker player

1933-09-18

Scotty Bowman, Montreal Quebec, NHL player/coach (Montreal Canadians/Detroit Red Wings)

1933-10-31

Phil Goyette, Canadian ice hockey player

1933-11-04

Tito Francona, American baseball player

1933-11-17

Orlando Peña, Cuban baseball player

1934-01-08

Gene Freese, American baseball player, (d. 2013)

1934-01-12

Burdette Haldorson, US, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1956, 60)

1934-02-05

Henry 'Hank' Aaron, Mobile Alabama, baseball player (record 755 HRs, 1957 NL MVP)

1934-02-13

George Segal, actor/banjo player (Carbon Copy, Fun with Dick & Jane)

1934-02-24

Flemming Nielsen, Denmark, soccer player (Olympic-silver-1960)

1934-03-08

Marv Breeding, American baseball player (d.2006)

1934-03-26

Gino Cappelletti, ORFU, AFL running back (AFL Player of Year 1964)

1934-04-01

Rod Kanehl, American baseball player (d. 2004)

1934-04-29

Luis Aparicio, Venezuelan baseball player

1934-05-10

Cliff Wilson, snooker player

1934-05-13

Leon Wagner, baseball player (d. 2004)

1934-06-03

Jim Gentile, baseball player

1934-06-12

Nicole Berger, Shoot the Piano Player

1934-08-02

Carl Cecil Cain, Freeport Ill, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1956)

1934-08-17

Maureen Connally, champion tennis player (Wimbledon)

1934-08-19

Bill Cleary, US, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1960)

1934-08-19

Renee Richards, [Richard Rankind], trans-sexual tennis player

1934-09-17

Orlando Cepeda, Giants player (NL MVP 1967)

1934-11-14

Kurt Hamrin, Swedish soccer player

1934-12-02

Andre Rodgers, baseball player (d. 2004)

1935-05-12

Johnny Bucyk, Canadian ice hockey player

1935-05-22

Ron Piché, Quebec baseball player

1935-05-25

Cookie Gilchrist, American football player

1935-07-08

John David Crow, football player (Heisman Trophy 1957)

1935-07-15

Donn Clendenon, baseball player (d. 2005)

1935-07-21

Moe Drabowsky, baseball player (d. 2006)

1935-07-25

Larry Sherry, American baseball player (d. 2006)

1935-08-05

John McCartan, St Paul Minn, ice hockey player (Oly-gold-60)

1935-08-13

Mudcat Grant, American baseball player

1935-08-27

Ernie Broglio, American baseball player

1935-08-31

Frank Robinson, baseball player/manager (MVP 1961-NL 1966-AL)

1935-10-30

Jim Perry, American baseball player

1935-11-01

Gary Player, Johannesburg, South African PGA golfer (Brit Open-1959, 68, 74)

1935-11-01

Gary Player, The Short Game

1935-12-01

Roger Christian, US, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1960)

1935-12-08

Tatiana Zatulovskaya, Israeli chess player

1935-12-13

Joe Christopher, American baseball player

1935-12-13

Lindy McDaniel, American baseball player

1935-12-25

Al Jackson, baseball player

1936-01-06

Rubén Amaro, Sr., Mexican baseball player

1936-01-06

Darlene Hard, Los Angeles California, American tennis player

1936-02-13

John Harris, British(?) cricket player

1936-04-21

Bob Cleary, US, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1960)

1936-05-09

Floyd Robinson, baseball player (White Sox, Reds, A's)

1936-06-03

Colin Meads, New Zealand rugby player

1936-06-03

Jim Gentile, baseball player

1936-06-29

Harmon Killebrew, baseball player (Minnesota Twins)

1936-07-18

Ted Harris, Canadian ice hockey player

1936-07-23

Don Drysdale [Donald Scott], Van Nuys, California, American MLB player (LA Dodgers-Cy Young 1962)

1936-07-28

Russ Jackson, Canadian football player

1936-07-31

Vic Davalillo, Venezuelan baseball player

1936-08-08

Frank Howard, baseball player (NL Rookie of the Year 1960)

1936-08-09

Julián Javier, American baseball player

1936-11-03

Roy Emerson, Blackbutt Australia, tennis player (Wimbledon-1964, 65, US Open-61)

1936-12-13

J. C. Martin, American baseball player

1937-01-12

Marie Dubois, Shoot the Piano Player

1937-01-14

Erland Kops, Danish badminton player

1937-02-09

Clete Boyer, American baseball player (d. 2007)

1937-02-10

Yuriy Poyarkov, USSR, volleyball player (Oly-2 gold/1 silver-1964-72)

1937-02-22

Noel Murphy, British(?) rugby player

1937-03-24

Bill Tillman, basebal player

1937-04-12

Raymond Ceulemans, Belgian world champ billiards player

1937-04-26

Robert Boozer, Omaha Neb, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1960), (d. 2012)

1937-05-07

Claude Raymond, Quebec baseball player

1937-05-08

Mike Cuellar, baseball player

1937-05-10

Jim Hickman, baseball player (Mets, Dodgers, Cubs)

1937-07-02

Dick Berardino, baseball player

1937-07-09

Clemon Daniels, AFL player of year 1963, halfback (Oak, Dallas SF)

1937-07-18

Scott Bushnell, The Player

1937-08-02

William Cannon, football player (Heisman-1959)

1937-09-17

Orlando Cepeda, Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player

1937-09-19

Abner Haynes, American football player

1937-10-11

Bobby Charlton, English soccer player

1937-10-28

Lenny Wilkins, NBA player/coach (Seattle, Cleveland, Atlanta)

1937-12-24

Félix Miéli Venerando, Brazilian football player

1937-12-26

Jay Heimowitz, American poker player

1938-01-10

Francis W "Frank" Mahovlich, Timmins Ontario, Canadian ice hockey player

1938-01-14

Adalberto Maria Merli, The Card Player

1938-01-18

Curt Flood, American baseball player (d. 1997)

1938-01-29

Bill Christian, US, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1960)

1938-02-07

Juan Pizarro, baseball player

1938-03-02

Donald Schwall, baseball player (1961 AL rookie of year)

1938-03-04

Don Perkins, American football player

1938-05-03

Chris Cannizzaro, American baseball player

1938-05-10

Manuel Santana, tennis player (US Open 1965)

1938-05-10

Merritt Ranew, baseball player

1938-05-25

Ludmil Buldakova, USSR, volleyball player (Olympic-gold-1972)

1938-06-04

Art Mahaffey, baseball player

1938-06-15

Billy Williams, baseball player (Cubs)

1938-06-16

Mickie Finn, Hugo Oklahoma, TV hostess/banjo player (Mickie Finn's)

1938-07-01

Don Pavletich, baseball player

1938-07-01

Craig Anderson, baseball player

1938-07-12

Ron Fairly, American baseball player

1938-07-16

Tony Jackson, English bass player (The Searchers) (d. 2003)

1938-09-09

Richard Sharpe, English rugby player

1938-09-15

Gaylord Perry, baseball player (1972 AL Cy Young winner)

1938-09-22

Gene Mingo, American football player

1938-11-06

Mack Jones, American baseball player (d. 2004)

1938-11-07

Jim Kaat, American baseball player

1938-11-27

Jose Tartabull, baseball player

1938-12-04

Lynn Blessing, vibes Player

1938-12-22

Matty Alou, Dominican baseball player

1939-01-07

Tom Kierman, British(?) rugby player

1939-01-16

Cliff Thorburn, English snookers player

1939-02-18

Dal Maxvill, American baseball player

1939-03-06

Cookie Rojas, baseball player

1939-03-07

Panajot Pano, Albania's most outstanding football player of the past 50 years born in Durres

1939-04-03

Vitaliy Davidov, USSR, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1964, 68, 72)

1939-04-18

Von McDaniel, baseball player

1939-05-02

Gates Brown, Crestline, OH, MLB player (Detroit Lions), (d. 2013)

1939-05-09

Herbert Hippauf, baseball player

1939-06-03

Steve Dalkowski, baseball player

1939-06-11

Rachel Heyhoe Flint, English cricket player/journalist

1939-06-13

Tom Cheek, American baseball player (d. 2005)

1939-06-20

Budge Rogers, British rugby player

1939-06-25

Allen Fox, American Tennis Player

1939-07-05

Booker Edgerson, American football player

1939-08-18

Joe Azcue, baseball player

1939-09-08

Carsten Keller, German field hockey player

1939-09-27

Kathy Whitworth, Monahans Texas, golfer (7 time LPGA Player of Year)

1939-10-11

Maria Bueno, Sao Paulo Brazil, tennis player (Wimbledon 1959)

1939-10-13

T. J. Cloutier, American poker player

1939-10-25

Zelmo Beaty, Hillister, TX, basketball player (St Louis Hawks, Utah Stars), (d. 2013)

1939-11-24

Jim Northrup, baseball player

1939-11-27

Dave Giusti, American baseball player

1939-11-29

Gennadiy Volnov, USSR, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1972)

1940-01-21

Jack Nicklaus, Columbus Ohio, golfer (Player of Yr 1967,72,73,75,76)

1940-02-11

Calvin Fowler, Pitts, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1968)

1940-02-15

John Hadl, American football player

1940-02-20

Jimmy Greaves, British broadcaster/soccer player

1940-02-24

Denis Law, British(?) soccer player

1940-02-25

Ron Santo, shortstop (Cubs, 1st baseball player to veto his trade)

1940-03-08

Theo Laseroms, [The Tank], Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord)

1940-03-08

Nobutaka Nishizawa, The Gifted Basketball Player Is Born!?

1940-04-15

Woodie Fryman, American baseball player

1940-06-06

Willie-John McBride, British rugby player

1940-07-03

Cesar Tovar, baseball player

1940-07-06

Viktor Kuzkin, USSR, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1964, 68, 72)

1940-07-20

Tony Oliva, ball player, batting champ (AL Rookie of Year 1964)

1940-09-14

Larry Brown, NBA player/NBA coach (NY Knicks)

1940-09-15

Frank Linzy, baseball player

1940-10-02

Gheorghe Gruia, Romanian handball player

1940-10-23

Pelé [Edson Arantes do Nascimento], Três Corações, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Brazilian footballer (Player of the Century - 1281 goals in 1363 games)

1940-10-30

Miguel Calderon-Gomez, Havana, basketball player (Olympic-bronze-1972)

1940-11-17

Luke Kelly, Irish folk music singer and banjo player

1940-12-08

Brant Alyea, American baseball player

1941-01-05

Chuck McKinley, St. Louis Missouri, American tennis player

1941-01-16

Christine Janes, tennis player

1941-02-23

Ron Hunt, baseball player

1941-03-20

Pat Corrales, American baseball player

1941-03-26

Barclay Plager, hockey player/twin brother of hockey's Bob Plager

1941-03-26

Bob Plager, hockey player/twin brother of hockey's Barclay Plager

1941-03-28

Charlie McCoy, Oak Hill WV, harmonica player (Hee Haw)

1941-03-28

Jim Turner, American football player

1941-04-14

Pete Rose, Cincinnati Ohio, MLB player and manager (Cincinnati Reds)

1941-04-27

Lee Roy Jordan, American football player

1941-04-29

Jonah Barrington, British World champion squash player (1966-73)

1941-05-02

Clay Carroll, American baseball player

1941-05-10

Ken Berry, baseball player (White Sox, Angels, Brewers, Indians)

1941-05-11

Graham Miles, English snooker player

1941-06-05

Duane Duke Sims, baseball player

1941-06-13

Marcel Lachemann, American baseball player

1941-06-28

Al Downing, American baseball player

1941-06-29

John Boccabella, American baseball player

1941-07-07

Kseniya Minina, Unfinished Piece for the Player Piano

1941-08-06

Lyle Berman, American poker player

1941-08-06

Ray Culp, American baseball player

1941-08-13

Jim Barnes, Tuckerton Ark, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1964)

1941-08-17

Boog Powell, baseball player (AL MVP 1970)

1941-09-23

Simon Nolet, French-Canadian ice hockey player

1941-10-14

Art Shamsky, American baseball player

1941-10-25

Bobby Keetch, soccer player/entrepreneur

1941-10-26

Harald Nielsen, Denmark, soccer player (Olympic-silver-1960)

1941-11-01

Joe Louis Caldwell, Texas City, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1964)

1941-11-23

Alan Mullery, English soccer player

1941-11-26

Jeff Torborg, baseball player

1941-12-08

Ed Brinkman, American baseball player

1941-12-15

Austin Savage, Welsh hockey player

1941-12-30

Mel Renfro, American football player

1942-01-14

Dave Campbell, American baseball player

1942-01-25

Carl Eller, American football player

1942-02-12

Pat Dobson, American baseball player (d. 2006)

1942-03-08

[Dick] Richie Allen, baseball player (AL MVP 1972)

1942-03-12

Bert Campaneris, baseball player (Oakland A's)

1942-03-12

Jimmy Wynn, American baseball player, 1963-1977

1942-04-16

Jim Lonborg, American baseball player

1942-04-18

Steve Blass, American professional baseball player

1942-05-06

Rin Kaiho, professional Go player

1942-05-14

Tony Perez, baseball player

1942-05-25

Aleksandr Kalyagin, Unfinished Piece for the Player Piano

1942-06-03

Duane Josephson, baseball player

1942-06-15

Bruce DalCanton, baseball player

1942-07-04

Hal Lanier, baseball player

1942-07-17

Don Kessinger, American baseball player

1942-07-21

Mike Hegan, Cleveland, OH, MLB player (NY Yankees), (d. 2013)

1942-07-27

Dennis Ralston, American tennis player

1942-08-04

Cleon Jones, American baseball player

1942-08-09

Tommie Agee, American baseball player (d. 2001)

1942-08-20

Fred Norman, American baseball player

1942-08-23

Nancy Richey Gunther, San Angelo Texas, tennis player (US Doubles 1965, 66)

1942-10-13

Bob Bailey, American baseball player

1942-10-31

Dave McNally, American baseball player (d. 2002)

1942-12-25

Francoise Durr, France, tennis player (1976 US indoor Doubles)

1942-12-27

Byron Browne, baseball player

1943-01-05

Ferreira da Silva Eusebio, Brazilan intl soccer player

1943-01-06

Terry Venables, British soccer player/manager

1943-01-26

César Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 2005)

1943-01-28

Paul Henderson, Canadian ice hockey player

1943-02-08

Bob Oliver, baseball player

1943-02-09

James King, New Orleans LA, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1968)

1943-03-21

Antal Dunai, Hungary, soccer player (Olympic-gold-1968)

1943-03-23

Lee May, former Major League Baseball player

1943-06-13

Edward Skorek, Poland, volleyball player (Olympic-gold-1976)

1943-06-27

Rico Petrocelli, American baseball player

1943-07-05

Curt Blefary [Curtis Le Roy], Brooklyn, New York, American baseball player (1965 AL rookie of year, The Sporting News Rookie of the Year)

1943-07-28

Bill Bradley, Crystal City Ms, Basketball player (NY Knicks), Democratic US Senator (1979-1997)

1943-07-28

Lawrence Elkins, football player FL (Houston Oilers)

1943-07-29

David Taylor, English snooker player

1943-08-01

Andy Roxburgh, Glasgow, Scotland, football player, coach and manager

1943-08-02

Tom Burgmeier, American baseball player

1943-09-26

Ian Chappell, Australian cricket player (batsman 1964-80)

1943-10-07

José Cardenal, Cuban baseball player

1943-11-04

Clark Graebner, American tennis player

1943-11-08

Martin Peters, British soccer player

1943-11-10

George Sauer, Jr., Sheboygan, Wisconsin, AFL player (New York Jets), (d. 2013)

1943-11-22

Yvan Cournoyer, Canadian ice hockey player

1943-12-21

Walter Spanghero, French rugby player

1944-01-06

Terry Venables, British soccer player/manager [or 1943]

1944-01-12

Vlastimil Hort, Czech/German chess player

1944-01-18

Carl Morton, American baseball player (d. 1983)

1944-01-23

Sergey Belov, USSR, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1972)

1944-02-13

Sal Bando, baseball player (Oakland A's)

1944-03-23

George Scott, Greenville, MS, MLB player (Boston Red Sox), (d. 2013)

1944-04-01

Rusty Staub, American baseball player

1944-04-07

Bill Stoneman, American baseball player and manager

1944-04-16

Bob Montgomery, Nashville, Tennessee, last Major League Baseball player to bat without a helmet (1979)

1944-05-06

Masanori Murakami, First Japanese baseball player in major leagues

1944-06-08

Mark Belanger, American baseball player (d. 1998)

1944-06-15

Inna Ryskai, USSR, volleyball player (Olympic-2 gold/2 silver-1964-76)

1944-06-20

Dave Nelson, baseball player

1944-07-14

Billy McCool, American baseball player

1944-08-24

Bill Goldsworthy, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1996)

1944-08-30

Tug McGraw, American baseball player (d. 2004)

1944-09-04

Ron Ward, Canadian ice hockey player

1944-10-11

Mike Fiore, American baseball player

1944-11-19

Dennis Hull, Canadian ice hockey player

1944-11-20

Anthea Stewart, Zimbabwe, field hockey coach/player (Olympic-1980)

1944-12-02

Cathy Lee Crosby, The Player

1945-01-06

Barry John, Welsh international rugby player

1945-02-03

Bob Griese, NFL quarterback (Miami Dolphins, 1971 Player of Year)

1945-02-07

Gerald Davies, British rugby player

1945-03-11

Dock Ellis, American baseball player

1945-04-13

Bob Kalsu, American football player (d. 1970)

1945-06-16

Claire Alexander, Canadian ice hockey player

1945-06-17

Tony Roche, Wagga Wagga Australia, tennis player and coach

1945-06-24

Betty Stove, Netherlands, tennis player (US Doubles 1972)

1945-07-07

Matti Salminen, Turku Finland, bass player (King Philipp-Don Carlos)

1945-07-12

Dimitar Penev, Bulgaria soccer player/union coach (Lokomotiv/CSKA)

1945-07-21

John Lowe, English darts player

1945-08-06

Andy Messersmith, American baseball player

1945-08-21

Jerry DaVanon, baseball player

1945-08-23

Rayfield Wright, American football player

1945-09-17

Phil Jackson, Deer Lodge Montana, American basketball player and coach (Knicks/Bulls/Lakers)

1945-10-15

Jim Palmer, New York City, New York, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles 1965-1984)

1945-10-18

Yıldo, Turkish famous showman and football player

1945-11-25

George Webster, American football player (d. 2007)

1945-12-06

Dan Harrington, American poker player

1945-12-16

Bobby George, English professional darts player

1946-01-01

Rivelino, Brazilian football player

1946-02-09

Vince Papale, American football player

1946-03-03

John Virgo, British snooker player

1946-03-15

Bobby Bond, baseball player (Giants, Yankees, etc)

1946-03-22

Don Chaney, NBA player (Houston Rockets)/coach (Detroit Pistons)

1946-03-27

Bill Sudakis, baseball player

1946-03-31

Gonzalo Márquez, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 1984)

1946-05-22

George Best, footballer/soccer player (Manchester United, Northern Ireland)

1946-05-28

Skip Jutze, American baseball player

1946-06-02

Roger Freed, baseball player

1946-06-15

Ken Henderson, baseball player

1946-07-16

Ron Yary, American football player

1946-07-19

Ilie Nastase, Bucharest Romania, tennis player (US Open 1972)

1946-08-09

Jim Kiick, American football player

1946-08-25

Charlie Sanders, American football player

1946-09-07

Willie Crawford, American baseball player (d. 2004)

1946-09-08

L.C. Greenwood, American football player, (d. 2013)

1946-09-17

Billy Bonds, British soccer player

1946-09-18

Otis Sistrunk, American football player

1946-10-04

Andre Bolhuis, hockey player (World Cup 1973, European Cup 1978

1946-10-06

Gary Gentry, baseball player (NY Mets)

1946-10-14

Al Oliver, American baseball player

1946-10-30

Ian McGeechan, Scottish rugby player

1946-11-20

Greg Cook, American football player

1946-12-15

Art Howe, American baseball player and manager

1946-12-25

Gene Lamont, American baseball player and manager

1947-01-05

Mercury Morris, American football player

1947-01-14

Bill Weberniuk, Canadian snookers player

1947-03-05

Kent Tekulve, American baseball player

1947-03-11

Geoffrey Hunt, Australia, world-champion squash player

1947-03-19

Marinho Peres, Brazilian football player

1947-04-01

Norm Van Lier, American basketball player

1947-04-04

Ray Fosse, American baseball player and broadcaster

1947-04-17

Tsutomu Wakamatsu, Japanese baseball player

1947-04-25

Johan Cruyff, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Dutch soccer player/coach (Ajax/Barcelona)

1947-06-10

Ken Singleton, Mt Vernon NY, baseball player (Orioles)

1947-07-06

Lance Clemons, baseball player

1947-07-24

M Jacques Fouroux, rugby player

1947-08-05

Bernie Carbo, American baseball player

1947-09-16

Andy Irvine, rugby player

1947-11-05

Oleg Antropov, USSR, volleyball player (Olympic-gold-1968)

1947-11-07

Bob Anderson, English darts player

1947-11-07

Yutaka Fukumoto, Japanese professional baseball player

1947-11-12

Ron Bryant, American baseball player

1947-11-13

Gene Garber, American baseball player

1947-11-19

Bob Boone, San Diego, baseball player and manager (Phillies, Angels)

1947-11-26

Larry Gura, baseball player

1947-11-26

Richie Hebner, baseball player

1947-12-02

Tommy Jenkins, English football player

1947-12-05

Jim Plunkett, American football player

1947-12-28

Aurelio Rodriguez, baseball player

1948-01-03

Larry McNeeley, Lafayette Ind, banjo player (Glen Campbell Hour)

1948-01-16

Cliff Thorburn, Victoria, BC, champion snooker player

1948-01-31

Joyce, The Player

1948-02-07

Alexander Julian, The Player

1948-03-04

Tom Grieve, American baseball player

1948-03-04

Leron Lee, American baseball player

1948-03-11

César Gerónimo, Dominican baseball player

1948-04-01

Y Y Williams, Welsh rugby player

1948-04-19

Rick Miller, American baseball player

1948-05-09

Calvin Murphy, American basketball player

1948-05-23

Reggie Cleveland, baseball player

1948-06-13

Garnet Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player and executive (d. 2001)

1948-06-15

Champ Summers, baseball player

1948-06-16

Ron LeFlore, American baseball player

1948-06-24

Patrick Moraz, Morges, Switzerland, progressive rock keyboard player (Yes, The Moody Blues)

1948-07-04

Ed Armbrister, baseball player

1948-08-09

Bill Campbell, American baseball player

1948-08-16

Mike Jorgensen, American baseball player

1948-08-30

Donnacha O'Dea, Irish poker player and swimmer

1948-09-10

Bob Lanier, American basketball player

1948-09-10

Charlie Waters, American football player

1948-09-12

Max Walker, Australian cricket player

1948-09-18

Ken Brett, American baseball player (d. 2003)

1948-09-30

Craig Kusick, former Major League Baseball Player

1948-10-02

Trevor Brooking, English soccer player

1948-10-25

Dan Issel, NBA coach/player (27,482 points, Denver Nuggets)

1948-11-01

Phil Myre, Canadian ice hockey player

1948-11-26

Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian basketball player (d. 1995)

1948-12-01

George Foster, American baseball player

1948-12-19

Ken Brown, Canadian ice hockey player

1948-12-21

Dave Kingman, baseball player (Mets, Yanks, Giants)

1948-12-23

Jack Ham, American football player (Steelers)

1948-12-31

René Robert, National Hockey League player

1949-01-04

Mick Mills, British(?) soccer player

1949-01-15

Luis Alvarado, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 1987)

1949-01-22

Mike Caldwell, American baseball player

1949-02-06

Richie Zisk, baseball player

1949-02-12

Len Randle, baseball player (NY Mets)

1949-02-22

Olga Morozova, Russian tennis player

1949-03-01

Sido Martens, Dutch guitarist/singer/mandolin player (Fungus)

1949-03-03

Jesse Jefferson, American baseball player

1949-03-06

Martin Buchan, Scottish soccer player

1949-03-18

Alex "Hurricane" Higgins, Irish snooker player (2X world-champ)

1949-06-12

Marc Tardif, Canadian ice hockey player

1949-06-15

Dusty Baker, baseball player (LA Dodgers)

1949-06-28

Don Baylor, Tx, baseball player (Rockies, 1979 AL RBI leader, 267 HBP)

1949-06-28

Natalya Nazarova, Unfinished Piece for the Player Piano

1949-07-08

Dale Hoganson, Canadian ice hockey player

1949-07-10

Sunil Gavaskar, Indian cricket player (opener, 10122 Test runs)

1949-07-21

Al Hrabosky, baseball player

1949-07-27

André Dupont, Quebec ice hockey player

1949-08-13

Bobby Clarke, Manitoba, NHL player/coach (Phila Flyer)

1949-08-22

Doug Bair, baseball player

1949-09-11

Roger Uttley, English rugby player

1949-10-11

Bobby Jones, baseball player

1949-10-18

George Hendrick, baseball player

1949-10-19

Lynn Dickey, American football player

1949-10-21

Michel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1971)

1949-10-25

Réjean Houle, Canadian ice hockey player