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.
Here is the list of athletes born during the second week of June.
June 8:
- 1917 – Byron White, American football player and judge (d. 2002)
- 1924 – Billie Dawe, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (d. 2013)
- 1933 – Rommie Loudd, American football player and coach (d. 1998)
- 1939 – Herb Adderley, American football player
- 1944 – Mark Belanger, American baseball player (d. 1998)
- 1962 – John Gibbons, American baseball player and manager
- 1964 – Butch Reynolds, American runner and coach
- 1968 – Rob Ray, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
- 1970 – Troy Vincent, American football player
- 1973 – Bryant Reeves, American basketball player
- 1976 – Lindsay Davenport, American tennis player and coach
- 1983 – Coby Karl, American basketball player
- 1990 – Mickey Bushell, English wheelchair racer
June 9:
- 1874 – Launceston Elliot, Scottish weightlifter and wrestler (d. 1930)
- 1908 – Branch McCracken, American basketball player and coach (d. 1970)
- 1939 – Dick Vitale, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
- 1951 – Dave Parker, American baseball player and coach
- 1973 – Tedy Bruschi, American football player and sportscaster
- 1977 – Olin Kreutz, American football player
- 1980 – Udonis Haslem, American basketball player
- 1983 – Josh Cribbs, American football player
June 10:
- 1951 – Dan Fouts, American football player and sportscaster
- 1973 – Pokey Reese, American baseball player
- 1983 – Marion Barber III, American football player
- 1986 – Al Alburquerque, Dominican baseball player
- 1988 – Jeff Teague, American basketball player
June 11:
- 1879 – Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player and manager (d. 1944)
- 1901 – Cap Fear, Canadian football player and rower (d. 1978)
- 1903 – Ernie Nevers, American football player and coach (d. 1976)
- 1913 – Vince Lombardi, American football player, coach, and manager (d. 1970)
- 1956 – Joe Montana, American football player and sportscaster
- 1982 – Diana Taurasi, American basketball player
- 1983 – Chuck Hayes, American basketball player
- 1983 – José Reyes, Dominican baseball player
- 1989 – Maya Moore, American basketball player
- 1993 – Brittany Boyd, American basketball player
June 12:
- 1941 – Marv Albert, American sportscaster
- 1971 – Ryan Klesko, American baseball player
- 1973 – Jason Caffey, American basketball player and coach
- 1974 – Hideki Matsui, Japanese baseball player
- 1974 – Kerry Kittles, American basketball player
- 1976 – Antawn Jamison, American basketball player and sportscaster
- 1979 – Dallas Clark, American football player
- 1980 – Larry Foote, American football player
- 1990 – Jrue Holiday, American basketball player
June 13:
- 1915 – Don Budge, American tennis player and coach (d. 2000)
- 1932 – Billy Williams, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)
- 1968 – Peter DeBoer, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1977 – Earthwind Moreland, American football player
- 1983 – Jason Spezza, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1985 – Pedro Strop, Dominican baseball player
- 1986 – Jonathan Lucroy, American baseball catcher
- 1989 – Hassan Whiteside, American basketball player
- 1990 – James McCann, American baseball player
June 14:
- 1895 – Jack Adams, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 1968)
- 1926 – Don Newcombe, American baseball player
- 1952 – Pat Summitt, American basketball player and coach (d. 2016)
- 1961 – Sam Perkins, American basketball player
- 1967 – Dedrick Dodge, American football player and coach
- 1969 – Steffi Graf, German tennis player
- 1971 – Bruce Bowen, American basketball player and sportscaster
June 15:
- 1878 – Margaret Abbott, Indian-American golfer (d. 1955)
- 1938 – Billy Williams, American baseball player and coach
- 1948 – Mike Holmgren, American football player and coach
- 1948 – Henry McLeish, Scottish footballer, academic, and politician, 2nd First Minister of Scotland
- 1949 – Dusty Baker, American baseball player and manager
- 1956 – Lance Parrish, American baseball player, coach, and manager
- 1958 – Wade Boggs, American baseball player
- 1972 – Justin Leonard, American golfer
- 1972 – Andy Pettitte, American baseball player
- 1983 – Derek Anderson, American football player
- 1984 – Tim Lincecum, American baseball player
- 1986 – Trevor Plouffe, American baseball player
- 1997 – Madison Kocian, American gymnast
