You ever wonder when your favorite athletes were born? I have.
I started looking for a list of Athlete’s birthdays. Imagine my surprise when I came cross an interesting fact. Finding a full, good list of athlete’s birthdays is more difficult than you would think. Especially in the age of Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram it should be an easier task, right?
When I googled “athlete birthdays” I usually found a top 10 or 15 list. That’s cool. Except, every list is practically the same. Boring.
So, we here at FANTOM are creating full list of athlete birthdays. You can see our other weeks of June:
Here is the list of athletes born during the final week of June.
June 23:
- 1923 – Jerry Rullo, American professional basketball player (d. 2016)
- 1925 – Art Modell, American businessman (d. 2012)
- 1928 – Jean Cione, American baseball player (d. 2010)
- 1961 – LaSalle Thompson, American basketball player, coach, and manager
- 1963 – Colin Montgomerie, Scottish golfer
- 1965 – Peter O’Malley, Australian golfer
- 1976 – Brandon Stokley, American football player
- 1978 – Matt Light, American football player and sportscaster
- 1979 – LaDainian Tomlinson, American football player
- 1985 – Marcel Reece, American football player
June 24:
- 1895 – Jack Dempsey, American boxer and soldier (d. 1983)
- 1901 – Chuck Taylor, American basketball player and salesman (d. 1969)
- 1933 – Sam Jones, American basketball player and coach
- 1964 – Gary Suter, American ice hockey player and scout
- 1980 – Andrew Jones, Australian race car driver
- 1984 – J.J. Redick, American basketball player
- 1986 – Phil Hughes, American baseball player
- 1987 – Lionel Messi, Argentinian footballer
June 25:
- 1934 – Jean Geissinger, American baseball player (d. 2014)
- 1942 – Willis Reed, American basketball player, coach, and manager
- 1947 – John Hilton, English table tennis player
- 1963 – Doug Gilmour, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
- 1964 – Dell Curry, American basketball player and coach
- 1966 – Dikembe Mutombo, Congolese-American basketball player
- 1970 – Aaron Sele, American baseball player and scout
- 1972 – Carlos Delgado, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
- 1978 – Marcus Stroud, American football player
June 26:
- 1895 – George Hainsworth, Canadian ice hockey player and politician (d. 1950)
- 1907 – Debs Garms, American baseball player (d. 1984)
- 1911 – Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American golfer and basketball player (d. 1956)
- 1919 – Jimmy Newberry, American pitcher
- 1936 – Hal Greer, American basketball player
- 1968 – Shannon Sharpe, American football player and sportscaster
- 1974 – Derek Jeter, American baseball player
- 1974 – Jason Kendall, American baseball player
- 1976 – Chad Pennington, American football player and sportscaster
- 1980 – Michael Vick, American football player
- 1984 – Deron Williams, American basketball player
June 27:
- 1929 – Dick the Bruiser, American football player and wrestler (d. 1991)
- 1964 – Chuck Person, American basketball player and coach
- 1966 – Jeff Conine, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1970 – Jim Edmonds, American baseball player and sportscaster
June 28:
- 1931 – Junior Johnson, American race car driver
- 1936 – Chuck Howley, American football player
- 1941 – Al Downing, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1949 – Don Baylor, American baseball player and coach
- 1960 – John Elway, American football player and manager
- 1964 – Mark Grace, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1971 – Bobby Hurley, American basketball player and coach
- 1981 – Brandon Phillips, American baseball player
June 29:
- 1863 – Wilbert Robinson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1934)
- 1910 – Burgess Whitehead, American baseball player (d. 1993)
- 1936 – Harmon Killebrew, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2011)
- 1949 – Dan Dierdorf, American football player and sportscaster
- 1951 – Craig Sager, American sportscaster (d. 2016)
- 1954 – Rick Honeycutt, American baseball player and coach
- 1956 – Pedro Guerrero, Dominican-American baseball player and manager
- 1981 – Joe Johnson, American basketball player
- 1991 – Kawhi Leonard, American basketball player
June 30:
- 1891 – Man Mountain Dean, American wrestler and sergeant (d. 1953)
- 1925 – Fred Schaus, American basketball player and coach (d. 2010)
- 1927 – Shirley Fry Irvin, American tennis player
- 1927 – Frank McCabe, American basketball player
- 1931 – Yo-Yo Davalillo, Venezuelan baseball player and manager (d. 2013)
- 1944 – Ron Swoboda, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1957 – Bud Black, American baseball player and manager
- 1962 – Tony Fernández, Dominican baseball player
- 1965 – Mitch Richmond, American basketball player
- 1973 – Chan Ho Park, South Korean baseball player
- 1981 – Ben Utecht, American football player
- 1985 – Trevor Ariza, American basketball player
