Birthdays in Sport on this Day in History Birthdays in Sport for Sunday 2nd March 2014 ◄ Feb March Apr ► 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 All Events Birthdays Deaths Results 1 - 47 of 47 1902 - Moe Berg, American baseball player and spy (d. 1972) 1909 - Mel Ott, American baseball player, 1st NLer to hit 500 home runs, hall of famer (NY Giants) (d. 1958) 1912 - Arthur Beaumont C Langton, cricketer (S Afr pace bowler of 1930s) 1913 - Mort Cooper, baseball player (NL MVP 1942) 1917 - Jim Konstanty, baseball player (NL MVP 1950) 1918 - Peter OSullevan, Ireland, horse racing commentator 1923 - Don Taylor, cricketer (NZ 3 Tests, Auck stands w/Sutcliffe in Wisden) 1927 - Roger Walkowiak, French cyclist 1934 - Howard Hopalong Cassady, NFLer 1938 - Donald Schwall, baseball player (1961 AL rookie of year) 1943 - Zygfryd Blaut, Polish footballer (d. 2005) 1944 - Pam Barnett, LPGA golfer 1955 - Steve Small, cricketer (stalwart NSW opening batsman) 1958 - Ian Woosnam, Welsh golfer 1958 - Kevin Curren, South Africa, tennis star 1959 - Laura Hurlbut, LPGA golfer 1960 - Hector Calma, Filipino basketball player 1962 - Al Del Greco, NFL kicker (Houston/Tennessee Oilers) 1962 - Philip Jonas, Johannesburg SA, Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Payless-2nd) 1962 - Raimo Summanen, Finnish ice hockey player and coach 1963 - Tanyu Kiryakov, Bulgarian pistol shooter 1965 - Ron Gant, Victoria Texas, American baseball outfielder (St Louis Cardinals) 1966 - Judith Wiesner, Hallein Austria, tennis star (1994 Schenectady) 1967 - Allan Boyko, CFL slot back (Winnipeg Blue Bombers) 1967 - Bruce Boyko, CFL fullback (Winnipeg Blue Bombers) 1967 - Leo Gomez, Canovanas Puerto Rico, infielder (Chicago Cubs) 1968 - Penny Stamper Davis, Carlisle England, Canadian 470 yachter (Oly-96) 1970 - Kevin Miniefield, NFL defensive back (Chic Bears) 1971 - James Hammerstrand, LaMesa California, Volleyball middle blocker (Oly-96) 1971 - Ray Hall, NFL defensive tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars) 1971 - Ruffin Hamilton, NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons) 1973 - John Elmore, guard (Baltimore Ravens) 1973 - Trevor Sinclair, English footballer 1973 - Dejan Bodiroga, Serbian basketball player 1974 - Martine Dessureault, Montreal Quebec, 50m swimmer (Olympics-96) 1977 - Andrew Strauss, English Cricket player 1977 - Jay Gibbons, American baseball player 1978 - Giannis Skopelitis, Greek footballer 1979 - Damien Duff, Irish footballer 1980 - Édson Nobre, Angolan footballer 1982 - Henrik Lundqvist, Swedish ice hockey player 1982 - Ben Roethlisberger, American football player 1982 - Corey Webster, American football player 1982 - Kevin Kurányi, German footballer 1983 - Glen Perkins, American baseball player 1985 - Reggie Bush, American football player 1988 - Matthew Mitcham, Australian diver
Posted on: Sun, 02 Mar 2014 15:44:04 +0000