2004 Reggie White, football player, dies at 43
2004 Pat Tillman, soldier/pro football player, dies at 27
2002 John Entwistle, bass player, The Who, dies at 57
2001 Larry Adler, harmonica player, dies at 87
1999 "Wilt ""The Stilt"" Chamberlain", basketball great/sometime actor, Record-smashing basketball player who scored over 70 points in several pro games, dies at 63
1999 Bert Remsen, actor, The Player, dies at 74
1999 Super Bowl XXXIII, Pro Player Stadium, Miami, Denver Broncos beat Atlanta Falcons 34-19
1998 Hockey News selects Wayne Gretzky best NHL player ever
1997 Roy McMillan, baseball player (Reds), dies of heart failure at 68
1997 Richie Ashburn, HOF baseball player (Phillies, Mets), dies at 70
1997 Eddie Murray is 6th baseball player to play in 3,000 games
1997 Mario LeMieux is 7th NHL player to score 600 goals
1996 Portland's Jermaine O'Neal, 18, becomes youngest NBA player
1996 Braves Andruw Jones is youngest player to homer in World Series
1996 Rene Lacoste, tennis player, dies at 92
1996 San Francisco Giant Bobby Bond is 2nd player to hit 40 home runs and steal 40 bases
1996 Paul Molitor of Twins is 21st player to reach 3,000 hits
1996 A's Mark McGwire is 13th player to hit 50-HRs in a season
1996 "Jock" John Wallace, soccer player/manager, dies at 60
1996 Jock Wallace, football player/manager, dies at 60
1996 Robert Collins, keyboard player, dies at 33
1996 Sritharan Jeganathan, cricketer, 1st Sri Lankan Test player to die
1996 Timothy Gullikson, tennis player and coach, dies at 45
1996 Bernard Edwards, bass player, dies at 44
1996 Magic Johnson is 2nd NBA player to reach 10,000 career assists
1995 Paul Adams becomes South Africa's youngest Test Cricket player, 18 years 340 ds
1995 Sal Gliatto, baseball player, dies at 93
1995 Robert Lorimer Riggs, tennis Player, dies at 77
1995 Edward Gill, baseball player, dies at 100
1995 Lord Home of Hirsel, cricket (Middlesex player later British PM), dies
1995 Alex Brown, snooker player, dies at 87
1995 Von McDaniel, baseball player, dies at 56
1995 William Kennedy, baseball player, dies at 76
1995 Jeff King of Pirates is 16th NL player to HR twice in one inning
1995 Dick Bartell, baseball player, dies at 87
1995 Herbert Hippauf, baseball player, dies at 56
1995 Gabor Ormai, viola Player, dies at 40
1995 David Bell debuts for the Indians (3rd generation player, Gus and Buddy)
1995 Earring George Mayweather, blues harmonica player, dies at 66
1995 George H Poyser, English soccer player (Manchester City), dies at 84
1995 Vic Buckingham, English soccer player/trainer (Ajax), dies at 79
1994 Woodrow "Woody" Strode, U.S. rugby player/black cowboy actor (Oil), dies
1994 Augustus John "Gus" Risman, rugby League Player, dies at 83
1994 Frankie Kennedy, flute player, dies at 38
1994 Haywood Frank Henry, sax player, dies at 81
1994 Louis Myers, blues guitarist /harmonica player, dies at 64
1994 Billy Wright, English soccer player (World Champion 1950), dies at 70
1994 Clarence Ford, sax player, dies at 64
1994 Aad Ivens, Dutch checkers player, dies at 80
1994 Earle Warren, alto Sax Player, dies at 79
1994 Cliff Wilson, snooker player, dies at 60
1994 Danny Barker, U.S. banjo player/guitarist (Bourbon St. Black), dies at 85
1994 Edward James "Murt" O'Donoghue, snooker player
1994 Joe Daley, jazz tenor/clarinet/flute player, dies at 75
1994 Elbert "Skippy" Williams, tenor Sax player, dies at 77
1994 Manuel F "Garincha" dos Santos, soccer player (Brazil), dies at 49
1994 Grady "Fats" Jackson, tenor Sax Player, dies at 66
1994 Roger "Ram" Ramirez, jazz piano player/composer, dies at 80
1994 Bobby Pratt, jazz Trombone/Piano Player, dies at 67
1994 Lynn Blessing, vibes Player, dies at 65
1993 Irving Torgoff, U.S. baseball player (Detroit Tigers), dies at 75
1993 Muriel C Bradbrook, English writer (Rise of Common Player), dies at 84
1993 Drazen Petrovic, NBA player (New Jersey Nets), dies in auto-accident at 28
1993 Johnny Mize, baseball player, dies at 80
1993 Marvin Young, producer/child actor (Player), dies at 90
1993 Roy Riegels, University of California football player who ran wrong way, dies at 84
1993 Charlie Gehringer, baseball player, dies at 89
1993 Chris Street, basketball player, dies at 20
1992 Rinus Terlouw, Dutch soccer player/trainer (Sparta), dies
1992 Dottie Green, female baseball player (Peaches), dies of cancer at 71
1992 1st time a positional player pitches for New York Mets, Phil Pecota, in 19-2 lose to Pirates
1992 Toronto's Dave Winfield, 40, is oldest player to reach 100-RBI
1992 Easley Blackwood, expert bridge player, dies at 89
1992 Roepie Kruize, hockey player (Olympic-bronze-48/silver-52), dies at 67
1991 Florida Marlins sign their 1st player, 16 year old pitcher Clemente Nunez
1991 Ken Keltner, U.S. baseball player (Cleveland Indians), dies at 75
1991 Aad Mansfield, soccer player/trainer (ADO/Feyenoord/FC Utrecht), dies
1991 Dolphin Dan Marino surpasses Joe Montana as the highest paid NFL player with a 5-year extension for $25 million
1991 Theo Laseroms, [Tank], Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord), dies
1991 Luc de Rijck, Belgian soccer player (Turnhout), dies
1991 Nugget's Michael Adams becomes shortest NBA player to get a triple-double
1991 Rod Carew is 22nd player elected to Hall of Fame on 1st try
1990 Reds Eric Davis is 22nd player to homer in his 1st World Series at bat
1990 Andre Dawson steals his 300th base and is only player other than Willie Mays to have 300 HRs, 300 steals and 2,000 hits
1990 Stefan Edberg (#1 seeded player) loses in 1st round to Alex Volkov
1990 51st PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Gary Player
1990 Tony Conigliaro, baseball player (Red Sox), dies of pneumonia at 45
1989 1st time since 1948 a player hit 6 consecutive doubles (Kirby Puckett)
1989 Piet Kruiver, Dutch soccer player, dies at 51
1989 Former baseball player and manager Leo Durocher injured in a car crash
1989 Oklahoma football player Charles Thompson is charged with selling cocaine; he is later sentenced to 2 years in prison
1989 Kareem Abdul-Jabar becomes 1st NBA player to score 38,000 points
1988 2 gambling clubs and 1 player share 61.38 M California lotto jackpot
1988 Wade Boggs is 1st player to get 200 hits for 6 consecutive seasons
1988 9th U.S. Seniors Golf Open: Gary Player
1988 49th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Gary Player
1987 2nd regular-season National Football League player strike begins
1987 Travis Jackson, baseball player (New York Giants), dies at 83
1987 8th U.S. Seniors Golf Open: Gary Player
1987 Paul Butterfield, singer/harmonica player, dies of drug abuse at 44
1987 Julius Erving becomes 3rd NBA player to score 30,000 points
1986 Cliff Burton, bass player (Metallica), dies in a bus crash at 24
1986 Robert L "Bobby" Layne, football player (Detroit Lions), dies at 59
1986 Ivan Lendl is 1st tennis player to earn over $10 million, lifetime
1986 Bob Horner becomes 11th player to hit 4 home runs in a game
1986 Martina Navratilova is 1st tennis player to earn $10 million
1986 James H "Jim" Crowley, U.S. football player (Notre Dame), dies at 83
1984 Tim Raines is 1st player with 4 consecutive 70-stolen-base seasons
1984 Al Schacht, [Clown prince of baseball], baseball player, dies at 91
1984 Piet Kraak, Dutch soccer player, dies at 63
1983 Vitas Gerulatis bets his house that Martina Navratilova can't beat 100th ranked male tennis player
1983 Greg Luzinski is 1st player to put 3 home runs onto roof at Comiskey Park
1983 Harry James, swing-era bandleader/trumpet player, dies at 67
1983 U.S. Football League holds its 1st player draft
1980 New York Yankee Dave Winfield becomes highest-paid player, 10 years $15M
1980 Charles Urbanus, Dutch baseball player, dies at 66
1980 Gordie Howe becomes 1st NHL player to score 800 career goals
1979 Willie Horton becomes 43rd player to hit 300 home runs in the majors
1979 Petra Cada, Prague Czechoslovakia, Canadian table tennis player 1996 Olympics
1979 High-school player Daryl Moreau makes 126th consecutive free throws
1978 Phillies Pete Rose becomes highest paid baseball player
1978 Jimmy Connors is 1st player to win U.S. Open on 3 different surfaces
1978 Reggie Jackson is 19th player to hit 20 HR in 11 straight years
1978 Cincinnati Red Pete Rose becomes 14th player to get 3,000 hits
1978 Victor Sikora, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles
1978 42nd Golf Masters Championship: Gary Player wins, shooting a 277
1978 U.S. Court of Appeals upholds Commissioner Kuhn's voiding of attempted player sales by A's owner Charlie Finley in June 1976
1977 Robert C "Cal" Hubbard, U.S. baseball player/umpire, dies at 77
1977 Arnold Bruggink, Dutch soccer player, FC Twente
1977 Zephnad Wattimury, Dutch soccer player (FC Groningen
1977 Pascal de Vries, soccer player, FC Twente
1977 Tom van der Leegte, Dutch soccer player, PSV
1977 Izaak Boleslavski, Russian chess player, dies at 67
1977 Ali el Kattabi, soccer player, Sparta
1976 Jerry Lee Lewis, attempting to shoot soda bottles hits his bass player Norman Owens twice in the chest
1976 "Ronaldo" de Lima, Brazilian soccer player, Cruzeiros/PSV
1976 Markus Wieland, Tegernsee GER, hockey player, Team Germany 1998
1976 Cleve manager Frank Robinson last game as a player
1976 Danny Blankers, soccer player, PSV/Willem II
1976 Bjorn van der Doelen, Dutch soccer player, PSV
1976 Nordin Wooter, Dutch soccer player, Ajax
1976 Boudewijn Send, soccer player, PSV
1976 Germain Wattamaleo, soccer player, Sparta
1976 Nwankwo Kanu, soccer player, Ajax
1976 Michael Renfurm, Surinam/Dutch soccer player, Sparta
1976 Patrick Stephan Kluivert, Surinam/Dutch soccer player, Ajax
1976 Frank van Twillert, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles
1976 Clarence Seedorf, Surinam/Dutch soccer player, Ajax, Real Madrid
1976 Arno Knapen, Dutch soccer player, Holten, FC Twente
1976 Maringo Vlijter, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles
1976 Florian Keller, Munchen GER, hockey player, Team Germany, Rosenheim
1976 Mike Ferrier, Suriname/Dutch soccer player, FC Volendam, Salernitana
1976 Vincent Polvliet, soccer player for the FC Utrecht
1976 Ad Verhoeven, soccer player (Xerxes/Sparta), dies in auto-accident
1976 Chester Arthur Burnett, U.S. blues pianist/harmonica player, dies at 65
1976 Mendel Witzenhauser, soccer player, Ajax, VVV
1975 Patrick Paauwe, Dutch soccer player, PSV, Graafschap
1975 Arno Schreuders, Dutch soccer player, RKC
1975 Carla Boyd, Wynyard Tasmania, basketball player 1996 Olympics bronze
1975 Melchior Schoenmakers, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen
1975 Arafath Hill, soccer player, FC Groningen
1975 Leo Koswal, soccer player, Dordrecht '90
1975 Jan Harm Schippers, Dutch soccer player: South Carolina Heerenveen, Veendam
1975 John Harm Skippers, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen
1975 Jurgen Dirkx, soccer player, PSV
1975 Julian "Cannonball" Alderly, sax player, dies of a stroke at 46
1975 Jimmy van Fessem, soccer player, Willem II
1975 Rik Platvoet, Dutch soccer player, FC Twente, MVV
1975 Vincent Goossens, soccer player, Dordrecht '90
1975 Stijn Haeldermans, Belgian soccer player, MVV
1975 Hank Aaron returns as a Milwaukee player (Brewer)
1975 Roy Makaay, Dutch soccer player, Vitesse
1975 Raymond Graanoogst, Suriname/Dutch soccer player for the FC Utrecht
1975 Robert Fuchs, soccer player, PSV
1975 Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Dutch soccer player, Feyenoord
1975 Jan l'Ami, Dutch soccer player, Willem II
1975 Martijn Reuser, Dutch soccer player, Ajax
1975 Maarten Kerkhof, soccer player, Vitesse, De Graafschap
1975 Willem Korsten, Dutch soccer player, Vitesse
1975 Marcel Koning, soccer player, FC The Hague/NEC
1975 Jacky Verbeek, Dutch soccer player, RKC
1974 Jeffrey van der Stone, soccer player, RKC
1974 Paul Staight, Victoria Australia, badminton player 1996 Olympics
1974 Arjan Ebbinge, soccer player, FC Groningen
1974 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, tennis player (U.S. Open 1909-11), dies at 87
1974 Serge Heuveling, soccer player, NEC
1974 Juan Viedna Schenkhuizen, soccer player, Ajax, NEC
1974 Sander Westerveld, soccer player, FC Twente
1974 Geert Jelle de Vries, Dutch soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen
1974 Pele retires as soccer player
1974 Bas Leferink, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles
1974 Lucian Sahetapy, soccer player, FC Groningen
1974 Sekou Soumah, soccer player, Willem II
1974 Bobby Petta, soccer player, Feyenoord, RKC
1974 Nabil Bouchlal, soccer player, Willem II
1974 103rd British Golf Open: Gary Player shoots a 282 at Royal Lytham
1974 Andre Ooyer, soccer player, Ajax/FC Volendam
1974 Harvey Esajas, Suriname/Dutch soccer player, Feyenoord
1974 Jana Nejedly, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, Canadian tennis player 1996 Olympics
1974 Addilson dos Santos, soccer player, Sparta
1974 Roger Juffing, soccer player (Fortuna Sittard
1974 Stolen "Guitar Player" painting by Jan Vermeer found in London
1974 Carlos Fortes, soccer player, Sparta
1974 Toine Rorije, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles
1974 Marcel Nijenhuis, soccer player, NEC
1974 38th Golf Masters Championship: Gary Player wins, shooting a 278
1974 Sascha van Wissen, Dutch soccer player, MVV
1974 Tony Alberda, Dutch soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen, Emmen
1974 Andre Batista Santos "Vampeta", Brazilian soccer player, PSV
1974 Joost Volmer, soccer player, FC Twente
1974 Hans Bond, Dutch soccer player, FC Volendam
1974 Ron Fox, soccer player, Willem II
1974 Olaf Lindenbergh, soccer player, Ajax, De Graafschap
1974 Bob Mulder, soccer player, Appingedam, FC Groningen
1974 Pavel Mikhalevitch, soccer player, NEC
1974 Gregory Playfair, Suriname/Dutch soccer player, PSV
1974 Tarik Oulida, soccer player, Ajax/Seville
1974 Arjan Blaauw, Dutch soccer player, FC Groningen
1973 Johan Cruyff chosen European soccer Player of year
1973 Cubs' Ron Santo became 1st baseball player to veto his trade
1973 Dick van Burik, soccer player, Ajax/NAC
1973 Sjoerd Sanders, soccer player, PSV/MVV
1973 Tijani Babangida, soccer player, Roda JC
1973 Alex Pijper, Dutch soccer player, FC Groningen
1973 Peter Heijsteek, soccer player, DFC/Dordrecht '90
1973 Leonid Stein, Russian chess player, dies at about 39
1973 Mischa Smoking, soccer player, Dordrecht '90
1973 Arne van de Berg, soccer player, Willem II
1973 Rick Plum, Dutch soccer player, Roda JC, MVV
1973 Todd Sweeris, Grand Rapids, Michigan, table tennis player 1996 Olympics
1973 Josee Corbeil, Pointe-Claire Quebec, volleyball player 1996 Olympics
1973 Ralph Miller, last 19th century baseball player, dies
1973 Michel Traveller, soccer player, Ajax
1973 Sebastien Lareau, born in Montreal, Quebec, tennis player 1996 Olympics
1973 Peter Hoekstra, Dutch soccer player, PSV, Ajax
1973 Ferdy Vierklau, soccer player for the FC Utrecht
1973 Marc Overmars, Dutch soccer player, Ajax
1973 Bert Zuurman, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen
1973 Edgar Davids, Dutch soccer player, Ajax, AC Milan
1973 Louis Laros, Dutch soccer player, Willem II, Vitesse
1973 Frankie "Fordham Flash" Frisch, baseball player, dies at 74
1973 Paul Lieftink, Dutch soccer player, NAC, Spakenburg
1973 James Young, Australian water polo player 1996 Olympics
1973 Andreas Gliatis, soccer player, NEC
1973 Arie Obdam, Dutch soccer player, FC Volendam
1973 Said Larossi, soccer player, Emmen/Vitesse
1973 Boston Red Sox sign Orlando Cepeda as 1st player signed as a DH
1973 Regilio Vreede, soccer player, Blue White, RKC
1973 Daniel Nijhof, Dutch soccer player, FC Twente
1973 Grateful Dead bass player, Phil Lesh, busted on drugs in California
1973 Berry Radstraat, Dutch soccer player, NEC, SCH
1973 Ronald Hamming, soccer player, FC Groningen, Fortuna Sittard
1973 Clyde Wijnhard, soccer player, Ajax, RKC
1972 Bobby Schoonens, soccer player, RKC
1972 Yureck Person, soccer player, NAC
1972 Kevin Han, Shanghai China, U.S. badminton player 1996 Olympics
1972 Christian van der Weerden, Dutch soccer player, NEC, Vitesse
1972 Dick Kooijman, Dutch soccer player, Heracles, FC Groningen, Az
1972 Alfred Schreuders, soccer player, RKC
1972 Jackie Robinson, 1st black baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers), dies at 53
1972 Tom van Mol, soccer player, PSV
1972 Eric van de Merwe, soccer player, Dordrecht '90
1972 Francois Gesthuizen, soccer player, PSV, NAC
1972 Ramon van Haaren, soccer player, RKC
1972 Mariano Bombarda, Italian, soccer player, ACV, FC Groningen
1972 Daniel Nestor, born in Belgrade Yugo, Canadian tennis player 1996 Olympics
1972 54th PGA Championship: Gary Player shoots a 281 at Oakland Hills Mich
1972 Allison Cook, Australian basketballl player 1996 Olympics bronze
1972 Garry Player wins PGA golf tournament
1972 Darryl Yung, Victoria BC, badminton player 1996 Olympics
1972 Nathan Thomas, Australian water polo player 1996 Olympics
1972 Dennis Military man, soccer player, Sparta/Vitesse
1972 Arie van de Padt, Dutch soccer player, Tonegido, Sparta
1972 Dirk-Jan Derksen, Dutch soccer player, Roda JC
1972 Patrick van Diemen, Dutch soccer player, FC Utrecht, NEC
1972 Marco van Hoogdalem, Dutch soccer player, Roda JC
1972 Patrick Pothuizen, soccer player, Vitesse
1972 Erik Maes, Dutch soccer player, MVV
1972 Jean-Paul van Gastel, soccer player, Willem II
1972 Jeffrey van As, soccer player, MVV
1972 Ajah Wilson-Ogechukwu, soccer player, Roda JC
1972 Wilt Chamberlain is 1st NBA player to score 30,000 points
1972 Hank Aaron becomes 1st baseball player to sign for $200,000 a year
1972 Erwin van de Looi, soccer player, Vitesse
1972 Raymond Beerens, Dutch soccer player, PSV, FC Groningen
1972 Dennis Iliohan, Dutch soccer player, FC Lisse, ADO Den Haag
1972 Reinier Robbemond, Dutch soccer player, Dordrecht '90
1972 Huub Loeffen, Dutch soccer player, Vitesse
1971 Boudewijk Pahlplatz, soccer player, FC Twente, PSV
1971 Cedric Ihalauw, soccer player, Roda JC
1971 Amanda Hardy, Altona Australia, badminton player 1996 Olympics
1971 Roy van de Hill, soccer player, Roda JC
1971 Lloyd Kammeron, soccer player, Feyenoord, Go Ahead Eagles
1971 Robert Wijnands, Dutch soccer player for the FC Utrecht
1971 Twan Scheepers, soccer player, MVV
1971 Jeffrey Prommayon, soccer player, PSV
1971 Mitchel van der Gaag, Dutch soccer player, PSV, Motherwell
1971 Rene Ponk, soccer player for the FC Utrecht
1971 Erik Smit, Dutch soccer player for the FC Utrecht
1971 Marcel Boudesteyn, soccer player, Excelsior/FC Groningen
1971 Henryk Larsson, soccer player, Feyenoord
1971 Paul Janssen, soccer player, Fortuna S, NAC
1971 Dennis de Brown, soccer player, Sparta
1971 Olaf Sheep, soccer player, Dordrecht '90, NAC
1971 Ernest Faber, soccer player, PSV
1971 Sharon Tina Jenkins, Auckland NZ, badminton player 1996 Olympics
1971 Paul Newlove, rugby league player
1971 Roy Keane, soccer player
1971 Mary Joe Fernandez, Dominican Republic, tennis player, U.S. National 16s
1971 Dick Schreuder, Dutch soccer player, PSV/FC Groningen/RKC
1971 Ger Senden, soccer player, Roda JC
1971 John Achterberg, soccer player, NAC
1971 Dennis Gerritsen, soccer player, NAC
1971 Iwan Tomasz, soccer player, Roda JC, Feyenoord
1971 Romano Sion, soccer player, Dordrecht '90/FC Groningen
1971 Aaron Ledesma, baseball player
1971 Murray Hocking, Victoria Australia, badminton player 1996 Olympics
1971 Ferdino Hernandez, soccer player for the FC Utrecht
1971 Sandy Schreur, Dutch soccer player, NEC
1971 Lori Ann Mundt, Yorkto,n Saskatchawan, volleyball player 1996 Olympics
1971 Eric Stock, soccer player, NEC
1971 Finidi George, soccer player, Ajax
1971 Janis Kelly, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, volleyball player 1996 Olympics
1971 Jiri Vykoukai, born in Olomouc CZ, hockey player, Team Czech Rep, Oly-gold-98
1971 Edwin van Holten, soccer player, FC Volendam
1971 Andre Karnebeek, soccer player, FC Twente
1971 Mohammed Sylla, soccer player, Willem II, FC Martigues
1971 Arco Jochemsen, Dutch soccer player, SVDB, Vitesse
1971 Jari Litmanen, soccer player, Ajax
1971 Marco Sas, Dutch soccer player, NAC
1971 Jim Butler, Iowa City Iowa, table tennis player, Olympics-92, 96
1971 Satchel Paige becomes 1st negro-league player elected to baseball HOF
1971 Maarten Atmodikoro, soccer player, Dordrecht '90, NAC
1971 Milko Pieren, Dutch soccer player, Sparta
1971 Mark Noordlander, soccer player, Sparta
1971 Maurice Hofman, Dutch soccer player, MVV
1971 Michel Kreek, Dutch soccer player, Ajax
1971 Ulrich van Gobbel, Suriname/Dutch soccer player, Feyenoord
1971 Rene van Rijswijk, Dutch soccer player, RKC
1970 Edwin Huizinga, Dutch soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen, Emmen
1970 Ghalid Salamat, soccer player, MVV
1970 Romeo Wouden, Dutch soccer player, Dordrecht '90, Heerenveen
1970 Michael Mols, soccer player, FC Twente
1970 Berthil de Avest, soccer player, Roda JC/FC Twente
1970 Max Huiberts, soccer player, Roda JC
1970 Suvat Karadag, soccer player for the FC Utrecht
1970 Wim Bubberman, soccer player, Sparta
1970 Phillip Cocu, Dutch soccer player, Vitesse, PSV
1970 Winston Bogarde, soccer player, Sparta/Ajax
1970 Sander Boschke, soccer player, FC Twente
1970 Mark Schenning, Dutch soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles
1970 Jean-Paul de Young, soccer player for the FC Utrecht
1970 Marciano Vink, soccer player, Genoa/PSV
1970 Mark Luijpers, Dutch soccer player, Roda JC
1970 Gaston Taument, soccer player, Feyenoord
1970 Danny de Supervise, soccer player, FC Volendam
1970 Marc Latupeirissa, soccer player, Willem II
1970 Dean Gorre, Suriname/Dutch soccer player, Feyenoord
1970 Ronald Waterreus, soccer player, Roda JC, PSV
1970 Fabian Wilnis, Dutch soccer player, NAC, De Graafschap
1970 Wilco Hellinga, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen
1970 Patricia Palinkas becomes 1st woman pro football player (Orlando)
1970 Arno Doornernik, soccer player, Roda JC
1970 Orlando Trustfull, soccer player, Feyenoord
1970 Rhona Susan Robertson, Auckland NZ, badminton player 1996 Olympics
1970 Roger Knarren, soccer player, MVV
1970 Carl Everett, baseball player
1970 Mike Kelly, baseball player
1970 Tigers Al Kaline collides with another player and swallows his tongue
1970 Clemens Zwijnenberg, soccer player, FC Twente
1970 Hank Aaron becomes 9th player to get 3,000 hits
1970 John Karelse, soccer player, NAC
1970 Gabriela Sabatini, Argentina, tennis player 1988 Olympics silver
1970 Ronald de Boer, Dutch soccer player, Ajax
1970 Marco Heering, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles
1970 Edwin Zoetebier, Dutch soccer player, FC Volendam
1970 Barry van Galen, Dutch soccer player, Roda JC
1970 Paul Bosvelt, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles/FC Twente
1970 Errol Refos, soccer player, Feyenoord
1970 Harry Decheiver, soccer player, RKC
1970 Rhett Harty, born in Pasedena California, U.S. soccer player, 1992 Olympics
1970 Erik ten Hag, soccer player, FC Twente, RKC, FC Utrecht
1970 Ivan Vukov, soccer player, FC Volendam
1970 Edwin de Kruyf/Kruijff, soccer player, FC Utrecht, FC Groningen
1970 Hans Spark, soccer player, RKC
1970 Dennis Hulshof, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles
1970 Sporting News names Willie Mays as Player of the Decade for the 1960s
1970 AAU player Steve Myers makes a basketball field goal of 92'3 " from out of bounds, Tacoma-it shouldn't have counted, but was allowed
1970 Elroy Kromheer, soccer player, FC Volendam
1970 Frank Kooiman, soccer player, Sparta
1970 Geert Brusselers, soccer player, NAC
1970 Rene Binken, soccer player, Volendam
1970 Tom Sier, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen
1969 Rob Maas, Dutch soccer player, Feyenoord
1969 Scott Player, WLAF punter for the Frankfurt Galaxy
1969 Arthur Numan, soccer player, PSV
1969 Frank Dikstaal, soccer player, MVV
1969 Antoon Kuil, soccer player, Veendam, South Carolina Heerenveen
1969 Ben Iroha, soccer player, Vitesse
1969 Pierre van Hooijdonk, Dutch soccer player, NAC, Celtic
1969 Sam Militello, baseball player
1969 Iain Sydie, North York Ontario, badminton player 1996 Olympics
1969 Arjan van der Laan, Dutch soccer player, Sparta
1969 Mark Verhoeven, Dutch soccer player, MVV/NEC
1969 San Francisco Giant Willie Mays, becomes 2nd player to hit HR # 600
1969 Marian Chlad, soccer player, FC Groningen
1969 Marthijn Pothoven, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles
1969 Bobby Bonds is baseballs 4th 30-HR, 30-steal player
1969 Jerry Simons, soccer player, Dordrecht '90, Vitesse
1969 Steven Van Randwijck, Washington D.C., field hockey player 1996 Olympics
1969 Maurice Graef, soccer player, VVW, Roda JC
1969 Bart Spark, soccer player, Veendam, South Carolina Heerenveen
1969 Wilfried Elzinga, soccer player, FC Twente
1969 Dave Smits, soccer player, Willem II
1969 Roberto Lanckohr, soccer player, MVV
1969 Erik Meijer, Dutch soccer player, PSV, Uerdingen
1969 Jaimie Dawson, Geneva, Switzerland, Canadian badminton player 1996 Olympics
1969 Richard Roelofsen, soccer player, Vitesse/MVV
1969 Erik Tammer, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen, Go Ahead Eagles
1969 Armand Benneker, Dutch soccer player, MVV
1969 Jurgen Streppel, soccer player, Telstar/RKC
1969 Melissa Gurney, born in California, tennis player, Virginia Slims of, South Dakota, 1986
1969 Steffi Graf, born in Bruhl, West Germany, tennis player, Grand Slam 1988
1969 Johan Hansma, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen
1969 Regi Blinker, soccer player, Feyenoord
1969 Ramon Caraballo, baseball player
1969 Dennis Bergkamp, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, soccer player, Ajax
1969 Katerina Maleeva, Bulgaria, tennis player, U.S. Open Junior 1984
1969 Brett Steven, born in Bermuda, NZ tennis player 1996 Olympics
1969 John van Halst, soccer player, FC Twente
1969 Amy Feng, born in Tianjin, China, U.S. table tennis player 1996 Olympics
1969 Dennis de Nooijer, Dutch soccer player, Sparta
1969 Gerard de Nooijer, Dutch soccer player, Sparta
1969 Reid Hayston Hamilton, born in NZ, beach volleyball player 1996 Olympics
1969 John Forest, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles
1969 Earnest Stewart, soccer player, Willem II
1969 Arjan Vermeulen, soccer player, Vitesse
1969 Phil Esposito becomes 1st NHL Player to score 100 points in a season
1969 Robert Molenaar, Dutch soccer player, FC Volendam
1969 Fiona Robinson, Collie Western Aust, basketball player, Oly-bronze-96
1969 Kurt Abbott, U.S. baseball player for the Florida Marlins
1969 Robert Young, NFL player for the St. Louis Rams
1969 John Veenhof, Dutch soccer player, FC Groningen
1969 Rob van Dijk, Dutch soccer player, Feyenoord
1969 Stephen Hendry, British snookers player
1969 Kees van Wonderen, Dutch soccer player, NEC/NAC
1969 Jack Kent Cooke, owner of NHL's Los Angeles Kings, fines each player $100 for "NOT" arguing with the referee
1968 Cees Marbus, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles
1968 Carlos Hasselbaink, Dutch soccer player, VVV/FC Utrecht/Haarlem
1968 Jeffrey Kooistra, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen/NEC
1968 Edward Linskens, soccer player, PSV
1968 Glenn Clear, soccer player, Vitesse
1968 Nico John Hoogma, soccer player, FC Twente
1968 Warry van Wattum, Dutch soccer player, Dordrecht '90, FC Groningen
1968 Marco Roelofsen, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen
1968 Yvo Joordens, soccer player, MVV
1968 Ricardo de Jongh, soccer player, Dordrecht '90
1968 Michel Doesburg, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen
1968 Jack de Gier, soccer player, Cambuur L, Go Ahead Eagles
1968 97th British Golf Open: Gary Player shoots 289 at Carnoustie Scotland
1968 Michel Langerak, soccer player, Dordrecht '90
1968 Edwin Vurens, Dutch soccer player, FC Twente
1968 Anton Scheutjens, soccer player, Roda JC
1968 Lisa Campbell, Victoria, Australia, badminton player 1996 Olympics
1968 Vernell Coles, basketball player 1988 Olympics bronze
1968 Peter van Foxes, soccer player, Ajax
1968 Bill Bellamy, actor, Fled, How to be a Player, Joey Breaker
1968 Peter Blackburn, born in Australia, badminton player 1996 Olympics
1968 Erwin Vanderbroeck, Dutch soccer player, Roda JC
1968 Jason van Blerk, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles
1968 Rene Groen, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen
1968 John Velddman, soccer player, Sparta
1968 Erik Regtop, Dutch soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen
1968 Peter Hofstede, Dutch soccer player, Roda JC, FC Utrecht
1968 John de Visser, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen
1967 Cal Eldred, baseball player
1967 Boris Becker, West Germany, tennis player, Wimbledon 1985, 86, 89
1967 Carling Bassett-Seguso, Canada, tennis player/actress, Spring Fever
1967 Gheorge Popescu, Romania, soccer player, Barcelona
1967 Gica Popescu, Romania, soccer player, PSV
1967 Roland Jansen, soccer player, Willem II
1967 Romeo van Aerde, soccer player, RKC
1967 John Smit, soccer player, NAC
1967 Rein van Duynhoven, soccer player, Helmond Sport, MVV
1967 Margo Malowney, born in Saint John, New Brunswick, volleyball player 1996 Olympics
1967 Aaron Krickstein, Ann Arbor, Michigan, tennis player, Tel Aviv 1983
1967 Martin Laamers, soccer player, Vitesse
1967 Sean O'Neill, born in Toledo, Ohio, U.S. Olympic table tennis player 1992 Olympics
1967 Emiel van Eijkeren, soccer player, FC The Hague/NEC
1967 Virgil Breedveld, soccer player, Dordrecht '90
1967 Erik van der More, soccer player for the FC Utrecht
1967 Rick Wilkins, baseball player
1967 Mark van Hintum, soccer player, Willem II
1967 Ante Mise, Yugoslav soccer player, Hajduk Split/Vitesse
1967 Carlos van Wanrooy, soccer player, NEC
1967 Paul Gascoigne, soccer player
1967 Luc Nilis, Belgian soccer player, RSC Anderlecht/PSV
1967 Miroslav Stefanovic, soccer player, FC Volendam
1967 Marcel Valk, soccer player, RKC, Go Ahead Eagles
1967 Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel, born in Florida, tennis player, Virginia Slims of Ark 1987
1967 Patrick Lodewijks, Dutch soccer player, PSV, FC Groningen
1967 Tom Waddle, NFL player, Chicago Bears/Cincinnati Bengals
1967 Roel Liefden, soccer player, Dordrecht '90, FC Groningen
1967 Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere, Sofia Bulgaria, tennis player, 1984 U.S. Mix
1967 Bennie Dekker, Dutch soccer player, NEC/AZ/De Graafschap
1967 Aurelio Vidmar, soccer player, Standard Luik, Feyenoord
1967 Peter Hofstede, Dutch soccer player, Roda JC, FC Utrecht
1967 New Orleans Saints sign their 1st player (Paige Cothren-kicker)
1967 Marco Boogers, Dutch soccer player, RKC, Sparta, West Ham United
1967 Johnny Keane, baseball player/mgr (Cards, New York Yanks), dies at 55
1966 Hans van Arum, Dutch soccer player, Vitesse, Willem II
1966 Roberto Beam, soccer player, Vitesse/MVV
1966 Hans Visser, Dutch soccer player, MVV, FC Utrecht
1966 Brian Wilsterman, soccer player, Dordreecht '90
1966 Ulrich Cruden, soccer player, NEC
1966 Rosalyn Fairbank, South Africa, tennis player
1966 Ruud Cabbage, soccer player, FC Twente
1966 Alex Pastoor, Dutch soccer player, FC Volendam
1966 John van de Brom, soccer player, Ajax
1966 Raymond Atteveld, Belgian soccer player, Waregem, Roda JC
1966 Rhonda Cator, Australia, badminton player 1996 Olympics
1966 Cees Lock of hair, soccer player, NEC
1966 Glenn Donald Hamilton, NZ, beach volleyball player 1996 Olympics
1966 Carlo L'Ami, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen
1966 Henk Fraser, soccer player, Feyenoord
1966 Paul Stevenson, Victoria, Australia, badminton player 1996 Olympics
1966 Jacques "Jacq" Koumans, soccer player, NAC
1966 David Justice, baseball player, Atlanta Braves, /husband of Halle Barry
1966 Matthew Maynard, cricketer, big hitting Glamorgan and England player
1966 David Nascimento, soccer player, Roda JC/FC Utrecht
1966 Player reps elect Marvin Miller, as exec director of Players' Association
1966 Claus Boekweg, Dutch soccer player, FC Groningen, FC Zwolle
1966 Erik van Kessel, Dutch soccer player for the FC Utrecht
1966 Pete Smith, U.S. baseball player, Atlanta Braves, New York Mets
1966 Stefan Edberg, Sweden, tennis player, Wimbledon 1988, U.S. Open 1991
1965 Erika von Heiland, Angeles City Phil, U.S. badminton player, Oly-92,96
1965 Grant Connell, Regina Saskatchawan, tennis player 1996 Olympics
1965 Zeljko Petrovic, soccer player, FC The Bosch/RKC
1965 Bart Latuheru, soccer player, Vitesse
1965 John Feskens, Dutch soccer player, Willem II
1965 Ruud Hesp, soccer player, Roda JC
1965 Doris Piche, La Sarre Quebec, badminton player 1996 Olympics
1965 Juul Ellerman, soccer player, PSV, FC Twente
1965 Theo Bos, Dutch soccer player: Vitesse
1965 Troy Neel, baseball player
1965 Marc Dunn, Kingston Ontario, volleyball player 1996 Olympics
1965 Johan Garrels, soccer player, Alphense Boys, RKC
1965 Aldo Swager, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen
1965 Alphons Arts, Dutch soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles
1965 Kathleen Horvath, born in Chicago, Illinois, tennis player, French Open, Jr. 1980
1965 Fred Grim, soccer player, Cambuur L, Ajax
1965 Eric van der Luer, soccer player, Roda JC
1965 Japanese community of San Francisco holds Masanori Murakami Day at Candlestick Park to honor 1st Japanese player to play in major leagues
1965 Andrew Gaze, Australian basketball player, Olympics-1984, 88, 92, 96
1965 Joe Morgan is 1st Houston player with 6 hits in a game
1965 Arno Hofstede, Dutch soccer player, Willem II, Go Ahead Eagles
1965 65th U.S. Golf Open: Gary Player shoots 282 at Bellerive CC in St. Louis
1965 Andrea Jaeger, born in Chicago, tennis player, retired as a teenager
1965 Beau Allred, baseball player
1965 Emilio Sanchez, born in Madrid, Spain, Tennis player, 1988 Olympic bronze
1965 Pat Cash, Australia, tennis player, Wimbledon 1987
1965 Sonny Boy Williamson, [Aleck Miller], blues player, dies at 65
1965 Chris Jorgis, Palo Alto California, U.S. badminton player 1992 Olympics
1965 Mike Butcher, baseball player
1965 Norman Whiteside, British soccer player
1965 Adri Bogers, Dutch soccer player, Willem II
1965 Reggie Miller, NBA player for the Indiana Pacers
1965 Andrew Hudson, South African cricket player
1965 Cindy Brown, U.S., basketball player 1988 Olympics gold
1965 Reginald Thal, soccer player, MVV
1965 Ben Lee, Rangoon Burma, U.S. badminton player 1992 Olympics
1965 John van Loen, Dutch soccer player, Feyenoord, San Frecce
1965 Rene Trost, Dutch soccer player, Roda JC
1965 Tim McDonald, NFL player for the San Francisco 49ers
1965 Mark Dewey, U.S. baseball player, Pittsburgh Pirates
1964 Anil Kaul, Amritsar India, Canadian badminton player 1996 Olympics
1964 Raymond Libregts, soccer player, MVV
1964 Marcel van der Net, Dutch soccer player for the FC Utrecht
1964 Jose Gonzales, baseball player
1964 Ronald Agenor, Rabat Morocco, tennis player, 1989 French quarters
1964 Jill Hetherington, Brampton Ontario, tennis player 1996 Olympics
1964 Johan de Kock, Dutch soccer player, Roda JC
1964 Pieter Axe, soccer player, FC Utrecht/South Carolina Heerenveen
1964 Gerrie Slagboom, Dutch soccer player: Dordrecht '90
1964 Leon Meijs, soccer player, Willem II
1964 Danny Hoekman, soccer player, NEC
1964 Peter Remie, soccer player, NAC
1964 Masanori Murakami is 1st Japanese player in majors (New York Mets)
1964 Giuseppe Giannini, Rome, Italy, soccer player, Rome A Team
1964 Jimmy Arias, Buffalo, New York, tennis player, US Davis Cup team
1964 Nigel Redman, English rugby international player
1964 Erminia Russo, Kelowna BC, volleyball player 1996 Olympics
1964 Barbara Chiu, born in Canton, China, Canada table tennis player, Oly-33-92, 96
1964 Joe Magrane, baseball player
1964 Mike Twardoski, baseball player
1964 Nico Jalink, Dutch soccer player, Sparta, NAC
1964 Steve Searcy, baseball player
1964 Joy Ellen Kitzmiller, born in Los Angeles, California, U.S. badminton player 1992 Olympics
1964 John Parrott, snooker player
1964 Miloslav Mecir, Czechoslovakia, tennis player 1988 Olympics gold
1964 Kim Oden, U.S. Olympic volleyball player, NCAA Play of Decade-80s
1964 Ulrich Wilson, soccer player, FC Volendam
1964 Carlos Aalbers, Dutch soccer player, NEC
1964 Paul Parker, soccer player
1964 Ab Plugboer, soccer player, FC Utrecht
1964 Alison Johnson, born in Tustin, California, WPVA volleyball player, U.S. Open-4th-1993
1964 Linda French, born in Oak Park, Illinois, badminton player 1996 Olympics
1964 Richard de Vries, soccer player, De Graafschap
1964 Roger Reijners, soccer player, MVV
1964 John Gallagher, rugby league player
1964 Roger Smith, Freeport Bahamas, tennis doubles player
1964 Cees van der de Linden, soccer player
1964 Cheryl Miller, Riverside California, basketball player 1984 Olympics gold
1963 Joop Gall, Dutch soccer player, FC Groningen
1963 Pam Casale, Camden, New Jersey, tennis player, Marco Island finals 1985
1963 John Lammers, Dutch soccer player, NAC
1963 Gerald Sandel, soccer player, Sparta
1963 Robin White, San Diego Cal, tennis player, U.S. Open doubles 1988
1963 Mike Snoei, soccer player, Sparta
1963 Dale Sveum, baseball player
1963 Gideon Joe Ng, born in Toronto, Ontario, table tennis player 1996 Olympics
1963 John Barnes, British soccer player
1963 Hans Gilhaus, soccer player, Vitesse
1963 1st time since 1910 no AL player, played in every game
1963 Ed Drakich, Windsor Ontario, volleyball player 1996 Olympics
1963 Bonnie Gadusek, Pittsburgh, tennis player, French Juniors 1981
1963 Jozsef Kiprich, soccer player, Feyenoord
1963 David Zhuang, born in China, U.S. table tennis player 1996 Olympics
1963 Sonny Silooy, soccer player, Ajax
1963 Abe Button, soccer player, Vitesse
1963 Lily Yip, Canton China, U.S. table tennis player, Olympics-92, 96
1963 Oriole's Dick Hall retires his 28th consecutive player in relief
1963 Cynthia Stevenson, born in Oakland California, actress, Player, Bob, Hope and Gloria
1963 Michel Boerebach, Dutch soccer player, FC Twente
1963 Edwin Gorter, soccer player, Lommel/FC Utrecht
1963 Henri Leconte, born in France, tennis player, French finalist 1988
1963 Jose Oquendo, baseball player
1963 Don August, baseball player
1963 Si-An Deng, born in Shanghai, China, Canadian badminton player 1996 Olympics
1963 Jeff Musselman, baseball player
1963 Bettina Bunge, born in Switz, tennis player, Virginia Slims of California 1983
1963 Catarina Lindqvist, born in Sweden, tennis player, Swedish Open 1986
1963 Edward Sturing, soccer player, Vitesse
1963 Jos van Eck, Dutch soccer player, Sparta
1963 Jan Willem van Ede, Dutch soccer player, FC Utrecht, PSV
1963 Arnold Oosterveer, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen
1963 Robert Collins, keyboard player
1963 Rob Andrew, English rugby player
1963 Todd Benzinger, U.S. baseball player for the San Francisco Giants
1963 Harris Huizingh, soccer player, FC Groningen
1963 Jessie Hester, NFL player for the St. Louis Rams
1963 Lijuan Geng, Hebei China, Canadian tennis player 1996 Olympics
1963 Frank Wijnhoven, Dutch soccer player, NEC, Treffers
1963 Rogers Hornsby, baseball player, dies of a heart ailment at 66
1963 Oscar Backing, Austria/Neth viola player, dies at 83
1962 Keith Lee, basketball player, Memphis State
1962 Ejo Elburg, Dutch soccer player, Pax, NEC
1962 John de Wolf, soccer player, Feyenoord
1962 Arnold Scholten, soccer player, Feyenoord
1962 John Gaasbeek, soccer player, FC Twente/NAC
1962 Bo Jackson, baseball/football player, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Raiders
1962 Cathy Boswell, Joliet, Illinois, basketball player 1984 Olympics gold
1962 Ruud Bread, soccer player, NAC
1962 Johnny Huang, Canton China, table tennis player 1996 Olympics
1962 Leon Hutten, soccer player, RKC
1962 Gertjan Verbeek, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen
1962 Sandra "Sweetness" Hodge, basketball player, Harlem Globetrotters
1962 44th PGA Championship: Gary Player shoots a 278 at Aronimink GC PA
1962 Duane Sutter, NHL player, New York Islander
1962 Darnell Coles, baseball player
1962 Joey Meyer, baseball player
1962 Cleve sends Harry Chiti to Mets for a player to be named later, on
1962 Andre Wasiman, soccer player, FC Volendam
1962 Maarten de Young, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen
1962 Johan Steur, soccer player, FC Volendam
1962 Marcel Brands, soccer player, RKC
1962 Chunli Li, Auckland NZ, table tennis player 1996 Olympics
1962 Hana Mandlikova, Prague Czechoslovakia, tennis player, 1985 U.S. Open
1962 Hennie Meijer, soccer player, Cambuur L, FC Heerenveen
1962 Mark Gardner, U.S. baseball player for the Florida Marlins
1961 Storm Davis, baseball player
1961 William "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player, dies at 99
1961 Jeff Robinson, baseball player, Det, Balt
1961 Randy Milligan, baseball player
1961 NBA's Bob Cousy becomes 2nd player to score 15,000 points
1961 Anne Donovan, born in Ridgewood, New Jersey, basketball player 1984 Olympics gold
1961 Mark Bucek, Winter Pak, Florida, Nike golfer, 1994 Gary Player Tour
1961 Barbara Potter, Connecticut, tennis player, changed shirt on Wimbledon Court
1961 Wilfried Brookhuis, soccer player, NEC
1961 Steve Young, NFL quarterback, San Francisco 49ers, NFL Player of Year '92
1961 Erwin Koeman, soccer player, PSV, FC Groningen
1961 Karolyn Kirby, U.S. beach volleyball player, Goodwill-gold-94
1961 Gary Varsho, baseball player
1961 Kevin Romine, baseball player
1961 Lisa Wagner, bowler, 3-time LPBT Player of Year, Bowler of Decade
1961 25th Golf Masters Championship: Gary Player wins, shooting a 280
1961 Gijs Steinmann, Dutch soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles
1961 Ellery Hanley, rugby league player
1961 Wei Wang, born in Beijing, China, U.S. table tennis player 1996 Olympics
1961 Akiba Rubinstein, Polish chess player (opening theorist), dies at 78
1961 Cor Lems, soccer player, ADO The Hague/Dordrecht '90
1961 Ruud Really, soccer player, Feyenoord
1961 Vern Fleming, LIC, New York, basketball player 1984 Olympics gold
1961 Andrea Carnevale, soccer player, Napoli
1960 Andy Van Slyke, baseball player
1960 Piet Keur, Dutch soccer player/trainer, South Carolina Heerenveen, AZ
1960 Mike Ramsey, U.S., ice hockey player, 1980 Olympics gold |
