You ever wondered what famous sports personalities were born today? This is a series that will list some of the most famous sports birthdays on each day. These sports figures will often come from the NFL, NBA, MLB and the NHL. There will also be birthdays from other sports like NASCAR and professional golf. We will also say happy birthday to the most famous people in MMA, boxing and the Olympics.
You born on this day
Personalities from sports
God given talent
Birthdays
1930 James McLane, US, 1500m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1948), 3 Gold Medals
1931 Marjorie Jackson-Nelson, Australian Olympic athlete, Governor of South Australia who won two Gold Medals in the Olympic Games
1944 Midget Farrelly, Australian World Surfing Champion
1967 Michael Johnson, American athlete, sprinter who won four Gold Medals in the Olympics
1968 Brad Johnson, American football player, Super Bowl winning quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
1968 Bernie Williams, Puerto Rican baseball player who played with the New York Yankees and won four World Series Championships
1968 – Denny Neagle, MLB pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates) and many other MLB teams
1980 Daisuke Matsuzaka, Japanese baseball player for the Boston Red Sox
1981 Lauren Williams is a Canadian professional wrestler, who is currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Angelina Love. She is a record-setting five-time TNA Women’s Knockout Champion and a former a one-time TNA Knockout Tag Team Champion with Winter. She works outside of TNA under the ring name Angel Williams.
1982 Nene, Brazilian basketball player for the Denver Nuggets
Come back tomorrow for more Sport Stars Birthdays
Sources
Wiki
Baseball reference.com
Todayinsports.com