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2005 Hank Stram, American Athlete

2004 Johnny Oates, American Athlete

2004 Arthur Lydiard, New Zealander Athlete

2004 Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch Athlete

2004 Tug McGraw, American Athlete

2003 Ron Burton, American Athlete

2003 Chris Brasher, British Athlete

2003 Craig Kelly, American Athlete

2002 Bob Hayes, American Athlete

2002 Ted Williams, athlete, last person to hit .400 for a season as a major leaguer, dies at 83

2002 Carl Olson, American Athlete

2001 Harvey Martin, American Athlete

2000 Bob Lemon, American Athlete

2000 Phillip Carrick, cricketer, athlete, dies

1999 Pee Wee Reese, American Athlete

1999 Harry Walker, American Athlete

1999 Joe DiMaggio, athlete, dies at 84

1999 Early Wynn, American Athlete

1996 W. H. Murray, Scottish Athlete

1995 Bobby Stokes, athlete, English footballer, scored the winning goal in 1976, Southampton F.C. vs. Manchester United, FA Cup Final, in the 83rd-minute, considered biggest upset in FA Cup Final history, dies at 44

1991 Cool Papa Bell, American Athlete

1991 Harold Grange, American Athlete

1990 Ed Parker, American Athlete

1990 Fred Shero, Canadian Athlete

1990 Lev Yashin, Russian Athlete

1989 Michelle Wie, American Athlete

1989 Freddy Adu, born in Tema, Ghana, athlete, soccer phenomenon, played for D.C. United, Real Salt Lake

1988 Carly Patterson, American Athlete

1987 Maria Sharapova, Russian Athlete

1987 Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian Athlete

1986 Tommy Farr, Welsh Athlete

1985 Wayne Rooney, English Athlete

1985 Smokey Joe Wood, American Athlete

1985 Michael Phelps, American Athlete

1985 Sarah Hughes, American Athlete

1985 Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese Athlete

1984 LeBron James, American Athlete

1984 Sasha Cohen, American Athlete

1984 Walt Alston, American Athlete

1984 Paul Gallagher, Scottish Athlete

1984 Carmelo Anthony, American Athlete

1983 Kim Clijsters, Belgian Athlete

1983 Miguel Cabrera, Venezuelan Athlete

1983 Natalie Gulbis, American Athlete

1982 Ian Thorpe, Australian Athlete

1982 Andy Roddick, American Athlete

1982 Robert Anthony, born in Chicago, Illinois, ring name, 'Egotistico Fantastico', professional wrestler, athlete, World Junior Heavyweight Champion, Iron Man Champion, AAW Heavyweight Championship

1981 Bill Shankly, Scottish Athlete

1981 Serena Williams, American Athlete

1981 Roger Federer, Swiss Athlete

1981 Anna Kournikova, Russian Athlete

1981 Lleyton Hewitt, Australian Athlete

1980 Yao Ming, Chinese Athlete

1980 Robbie Keane, Irish Athlete

1980 Michelle Kwan, American Athlete

1980 Richard Jefferson, American Athlete

1980 Steven Gerrard, English Athlete

1980 Jesse Owens, American Athlete

1980 Dixie Dean, English Athlete

1980 Steve Blake, American Athlete

1980 Marat Safin, Russian Athlete

1979 Michael Owen, English Athlete

1979 Tim Cahill, Australian Athlete

1979 Jamal Lewis, American Athlete

1979 Jonny Wilkinson, English Athlete

1978 Jackie Stiles, American Athlete

1978 Rio Ferdinand, English Athlete

1978 Dante Hall, American Athlete

1978 Nick Johnson, American Athlete

1978 Frank Lampard, English Athlete

1978 Barry Zito, American Athlete

1978 Michael East, American Athlete

1977 Bode Miller, American Athlete

1977 Thierry Henry, French Athlete

1977 Tom Brady, American Athlete

1977 Ricky Williams, American Athlete

1977 Kelli White, American Athlete

1977 Randy Moss, American Athlete

1977 Vince Carter, American Athlete

1976 Matt Welsh, Australian Athlete

1976 Peyton Manning, American Athlete

1976 Paul Robeson, athlete/lawyer/singer, dies in Philadelphia at 77

1975 Tiger Woods, born in Cypress, California, pro golfer, highest paid pro athlete, most successful golfer of all time

1975 Marion Jones, American Athlete

1975 Jury can't decide on trial of Dave Forbes of Boston Bruins (1st athlete indicted for excessive violence during play)

1975 Jonah Lomu, New Zealander Athlete

1975 Robbie Fowler, English Athlete

1975 Gary Neville, English Athlete

1975 David Ortiz, Dominican Republican Athlete

1974 Alessandro Del Piero, Italian Athlete

1974 Dizzy Dean, American Athlete

1974 Frederick Kelly, American Athlete

1973 Ato Boldon, born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, athlete, world's fastest human sprinter, 4-time World Champion and Olympic medalist

1973 Paula Radcliffe, English Athlete

1973 Ryan Giggs, Welsh Athlete

1973 Ichiro Suzuki, Japanese Athlete

1973 Nomar Garciaparra, American Athlete

1973 Jamie Redknapp, English Athlete

1973 Lee Westwood, English Athlete

1973 Haile Gebrselassie, Athlete

1972 Hermann Maier, Austrian Athlete

1972 Luis Figo, Portuguese Athlete

1972 U.S. swimmer Mark Spitz becomes 1st athlete to win 7 olympic gold medals

1972 Zinedine Zidane, French Athlete

1972 Brian McBride, American Athlete

1972 Dwayne Johnson, American Athlete

1972 Steve McManaman, English Athlete

1971 Irena Slavutskay, Israel, athlete, 1996 Olympics

1971 Ian Walker, English Athlete

1971 Billie Jean King became 1st female athlete to win $100,000

1971 Kenny Cunningham, Irish Athlete

1971 Ekaterina Gordeeva, Russian Athlete

1970 Latrell Sprewell, American Athlete

1970 Alan Shearer, English Athlete

1970 Cobi Jones, American Athlete

1969 Nancy Kerrigan, American Athlete

1969 Retief Goosen, South African Athlete

1968 Tony Hawk, American Athlete

1968 Ritchie Woodhall, born in Woodside, Telford, England, boxer, athlete, television and radio broadcaster, bronze medal winer, 1988 Seoul Olympics, 1990 Gold Commonwealth Games

1967 Paul Ince, English Athlete

1966 Bill Goldberg, American Athlete

1966 Mike Tyson, American Athlete

1966 Eric Cantona, French Athlete

1966 Craig Kelly, American Athlete

1965 Will Carling, English Athlete

1965 French Luitjes, Dutch athlete, dies at 21

1965 Chris Washburn, born in Hickory, North Carolina, Christopher Scott Washburn, athlete, NBA player, played for North Carolina State 1985 - 1986

1965 John Jensen, Danish Athlete

1965 Vinnie Jones, British Athlete

1964 Yvonne Murray, born in Musselburgh, Scottish track, running athlete, won Olympic bronze medal, 3000m, Seoul, 1988

1964 Greg Best, born in Lynchburg, Virginia, Equestrian athlete, Silver Medal 1988, 1992 Olympics

1964 Jeff Fenech, Australian Athlete

1964 Paul Parker, born in West Ham, London, athlete, soccer player, commentator, critical player at 1990 World Cup with England, manager, Blue Square Premier League

1963 Randy Johnson, American Athlete

1962 Alain Robert, French Athlete

1961 For 2nd cons year, AP names Wilma Rudolph female athlete of year

1961 David Kirk, New Zealander Athlete

1961 Carl Lewis, born in Birmingham, Alabama, American Athlete

1961 Thomas Dooley, German Athlete

1960 Diego Maradona, Argentinian Athlete

1960 Steve Cauthen, American Athlete

1960 Sean Kerly, born in Whitstable, Kent, England, Sean Robin Kerly, athlete, field hockey player, awarded bronze medal at 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 1984, scored eight goals at 1988 Olympics in Seoul, playing for Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad

1959 Lee Haney, American Athlete

1959 Magic Johnson, American Athlete

1959 Martin Weston, born in Worcester, England, athlete, professional cricketer, played for Worcestershire 1979 - 1995

1958 Alvin Martin, British Athlete

1958 Tom Feeney, American Athlete

1958 Hal Sutton, American Athlete

1957 Glenn Hoddle, British Athlete

1957 Hansi Muller, born in Stuttgart, Germany, athlete, footballer, played for German national football team

1957 Danny Heep, born in San Antonio, Texas, Daniel William Heep, athlete, baseball player, outfielder, coach, played for Houston Astros, played in two World Series, 1986 with New York Mets, 1988 with Los Angeles Dodgers, head coach for University of the Incarnate Word, Texas

1957 Payne Stewart, American Athlete

1956 Charles Burgess Fry, English athlete/cricketer/journalist, dies at 84

1956 Sugar Ray Leonard, American Athlete

1955 Norio Honaga, born in Japan, athlete, professional wrestler, junior heavyweight three-time, New Japan Pro Wrestling Champion in IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, retired and became referee in 1988

1955 Alan Hansen, Scottish Athlete

1955 Tim Young, born in Ontario, Canada, athlete, former professional ice hockey center in the National Hockey League

1955 Eric Money, born in Detroit, Michigan, athlete, former pro basketball player for the NBA, averaged 12.2 points per game

1954 Sammy McIlroy, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, soccer player, athlete, played for Manchester United, manages Morecambe Football Club, in Football League Two, the fourth division of English football

1954 Marvin Hagler, American Athlete

1954 Randy Cross, American Athlete

1953 David Moorcroft, British athlete

1952 Joaquin Andujar, Dominican Republican Athlete

1952 Cathy Rigby, American Athlete

1952 Phillip Carrick, born in Yorkshire, England, cricketer, athlete

1952 Roger Milla, Cameroonian Athlete

1952 David Icke, English Athlete

1952 Mike Varty, born in Detroit, Michigan, athlete, American football linebacker for the National Football League

1952 Ben Crenshaw, American Athlete

1951 Shoeless Joe Jackson, American Athlete

1951 Bill Klem, American Athlete

1951 John Conteh, born in Liverpool, England, athlete, former British boxer, world light-heavyweight boxing champion

1951 John Hannah, American Athlete

1951 Bobby Stokes, born in Portsmouth, England, athlete, English footballer, scored the winning goal in 1976, Southampton F.C. vs. Manchester United, FA Cup Final, in the 83rd-minute, considered biggest upset in FA Cup Final history

1951 Fred Wilt wins AAU Sullivan Memorial Trophy (U.S. athlete of 1950)

1950 Harvey Martin, American Athlete

1950 Julius Irving, American Athlete

1950 Rich Glover, born in Bayonne, New Jersey, athlete, American football player, played in the NFL's New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles

1950 Jack Youngblood, American Athlete

1949 Jack Lovelock, New Zealand/U.S. surgeon/athlete 1936 Olympics gold, dies at 39

1949 Tom Kite, American Athlete

1949 Rob Walton, Canadian Athlete

1948 Peggy Fleming, American Athlete

1948 Gary McCord, American Athlete

1948 Walter Smith, Scottish Athlete

1948 Mordecai Brown, American Athlete

1947 Emiel Puttemans, Flemish athlete

1947 O. J. Simpson, American Athlete

1946 George Best, Irish Athlete

1946 Catfish Hunter, American Athlete

1946 Johnny Oates, American Athlete

1945 Franz Beckenbauer, German Athlete

1945 Peter Storey, English Athlete

1945 Bubba Smith, American Athlete

1945 David Pleat, English Athlete

1944 Earl Monroe, American Athlete

1944 Rodney Marsh, born in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, athlete, footballer, striker, player for Manchester City, Queens Park Rangers, Tampa Bay Rowdies, coached the New York United team in the American Soccer League

1944 Tug McGraw, American Athlete

1944 Frans Luitjes, Dutch athlete

1944 Francis Lee, English Athlete

1943 Joe Morgan, American Athlete

1942 Bob Hayes, American Athlete

1942 Dennis Conner, American Athlete

1942 Angel Cordero, Jr., Athlete

1942 Richie Allen, American Athlete

1941 Bobby Moore, English Athlete

1940 Joe Torre, American Athlete

1939 Lee Trevino, American Athlete

1939 Ron Atkinson, British Athlete

1939 Murray Rose, Scottish Athlete

1938 Ann Jones, English Athlete

1938 Paul Maguire, American Athlete

1938 Ron Fairly, American Athlete

1938 Ian St. John, Scottish Athlete

1937 Gordon Banks, English Athlete

1936 Al Oerter, born in New York City, American athlete, four-time, consecutive, Olympic Champion in the discus throw

1936 Ron Burton, American Athlete

1935 Billy Sunday, American Athlete

1935 Len Dawson, American Athlete

1935 Gene Oliver, American Athlete

1934 Marlene Bauer Hagge, Eureka, South Dakota, LPGA golfer, 1950 Woman Athlete

1933 Just Fontaine, French Athlete

1932 Bob Pettit, American Athlete

1932 Wes Santee, born in Ashland, Kansas, runner, athlete, competed in 1,500-meter events, competed against Roger Bannister, John Landy

1932 U.S. bobsled team member Eddie Eagan becomes only athlete to win gold in both Summer and Winter Olympics (1920 boxing gold)

1931 Eddie Mathews, American Athlete

1931 Ed Parker, American Athlete

1931 Christopher Chataway, British MP/athlete, world record 5k

1930 University of California dedicates $1,500 to research on prevention and cure of athlete's foot

1929 Lev Yashin, Russian Athlete

1929 Arnold Palmer, American Athlete

1929 Yvette Corlett, athlete

1928 Whitey Ford, American Athlete

1928 Chris Brasher, British Athlete

1928 Jimmy Hill, British Athlete

1928 Carl Olson, American Athlete

1928 Dick Lane, American Athlete

1926 Duke Snider, American Athlete

1926 Bob Richards, American Athlete

1925 Fred Shero, Canadian Athlete

1925 Christy Mathewson, American Athlete

1925 Ted Lindsay, Canadian Athlete

1925 Yogi Berra, American Athlete

1924 Candy Cummings, American Athlete

1923 Hank Stram, American Athlete

1923 Willie Keeler, American Athlete

1918 Harry Walker, American Athlete

1918 Pee Wee Reese, American Athlete

1917 Lou Bourdeau, baseball player/manager, 1948 AP Athlete of Year

1917 Arthur Lydiard, New Zealander Athlete

1914 Tommy Farr, Welsh Athlete

1913 Bill Shankly, Scottish Athlete

1913 W. H. Murray, Scottish Athlete

1911 Walt Alston, American Athlete

1910 Dizzy Dean, American Athlete

1907 Dixie Dean, English Athlete

1906 Satchel Paige, American Athlete, baseball pitcher, never look back

1903 Lou Gehrig, American Athlete, 1st baseman, New York Yankees

1903 Harold Grange, American Athlete

1903 Cool Papa Bell, American Athlete

1902 Bobby Jones, American Athlete

1895 Babe Ruth, American Athlete, baseball legend

1891 Frederick Kelly, American Athlete

1889 Smokey Joe Wood, American Athlete

1889 Shoeless Joe Jackson, American Athlete

1876 Mordecai Brown, American Athlete

1875 Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian Athlete

1874 Bill Klem, American Athlete

1872 Willie Keeler, American Athlete

1862 Billy Sunday, American Athlete

1848 Candy Cummings, American Athlete

1653 An athlete from Croydon is reported to have run 20 miles from St. Albans to London in less than 90 minutes


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