Birthdays in Sport for Thursday 5th June 2014 1874 - Jack Chesbro, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees - won 41 in 1904) 1879 - René Pottier, French cyclist (d. 1907) 1912 - Eric Hollies, cricketer (England leggie, bowled Bradman) 1912 - Josef Neckermann, German FR, equestrian dressage (Olympic-gold-1968) 1916 - Eddie Joost, baseball player 1916 - Syd Barnes, cricketer (Australian batsmen of 30s/40s) 1920 - Marion Motley, AAFC, NFL fullback (Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh) 1921 - Lancelot Pierre, cricketer (1 Test WI v England 1948, 0-28) 1923 - Jorge Daponte, Argentine racing driver (d. 1963) 1925 - Art Donovan, NFL defensive tackle (Balt, NY Yanks, Dallas), (d. 2013) 1932 - A R Dawson, rugby player 1936 - M A Kelly Seymour, cricketer (S Afr off-spinner in 7 Tests 1963-70) 1938 - Karin Balzer, German DR, hurdler (Olympic-gold-1968) 1940 - H R Tiger Lance, cricketer (South African batting all-rounder 1961-67) 1941 - Duane Duke Sims, baseball player 1941 - Robert Kraft, American owner of the New England Patriots 1942 - Nelson Bo Burton Jr, bowler/sportscaster (Pro Bowlers Tour) 1944 - Chris Finnegan, UK, Middleweight boxing champ (Olympic-gold-1968) 1944 - Tommie Smith, US sprinter (Olympic-gold-1968) [or Jan 5] 1945 - Ambar Roy, cricketer (nephew of Pankaj Batted in 4 Tests 1969-70) 1945 - John Carlos, track star (Olympic bronze 1968); gave black power salute 1950 - Adrian Cosma, Romania, team Handball (Olympic-silver-1976) 1954 - Phil Neale, cricketer 1955 - Edino Nazareth Filho, Brazilian football player 1957 - Jim Woodward, Wilmington DE, Nike golfer (1994 Miss Gulf Coast-50th) 1961 - Ramesh Krishnan, Indian tennis star 1964 - Laura Charameda, Marshall Mich, cyclist (Olympics-96) 1965 - Bob Probert, Windsor, NHL right wing (Chicago Blackhawks) 1966 - Bill Spiers, Orangeburg SC, infielder (Houston Astros) 1966 - Tina Barrett, Balt, LPGA golfer (1989 Mitsubishi Motors Ocean State) 1967 - Joe Deloach, US, 200m runner (Olympic-gold-1988) 1967 - Matt Bullard, NBA forward (Houston Rockets, Atlanta Hawks) 1967 - Ray Lankford, Modesto California, outfielder (St Louis Cardinals) 1969 - Ed Smith, WLAF tight end (Frankfurt Galaxy) 1969 - Keith Powe, WLAF/CFL defensive lineback (Win Blue Bombers, Claymores) 1970 - Martin Gelinas, Shawinigan, NHL left wing (Vancouver Canucks) 1970 - Todd Burger, guard (Chicago Bears) 1971 - Pedro Garau, WLAF running back (Barcelona Dragons) 1971 - Vaughn Parker, NFL guard/tackle (San Diego Chargers) 1971 - Takaya Tsubobayashi, Japanese racing driver 1973 - Brady Smith, defensive end (New Orleans Saints) 1973 - Clay Williams, WLAF OL (Amsterdam Admirals) 1973 - Sean Moran, defensive end (Buffalo Bills) 1973 - Lamon Brewster, American boxer 1974 - Russ Ortiz, American baseball player 1975 - Zydrunas Ilgauskas, NBA center (Cleveland Cavaliers) 1978 - Fernando Meira, Portuguese football player 1979 - Fraser Watts, Scottish cricketer 1979 - Jason White, American NASCAR driver 1980 - Sutee Suksomkit, Thai football player 1983 - Bill Bray, American baseball player 1983 - Marques Colston, American football player 1985 - Kenny De Ketele, Belgian cyclist
Posted on: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 15:34:56 +0000
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