Birthdays of Sport Stars on August 01
1857 : Roger Connor, 1st baseman (NY Giants)
1861 : Samuel D Riddle, horse owner (Man 'o War)
1906 : Edward Lansing Gordon Jr, Jackson Miss, long jumper (Olympic-gold-32)
1907 : Bill Stern, Rochester NY, sportscaster (Saturday Night Fights)
1914 : Cristyl Cranz, Germany, slalom (Olympic-gold-1936)
1927 : Ruben Gomez, baseball player
1933 : Frank Baumann, baseball player
1933 : Peter Walwyn, British race horse trainer
1938 : Don Pavletich, baseball player
1940 : Jack Acker, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees)
1956 : Bill Caudill, baseball player
1958 : Nancy Lieberman Cline, Bkln, WNBA guard (Phoenix Mercury) (Oly-S-76)
1960 : Lynn Jennings, Princeton NJ, 5k runner
1960 : Mike Fitzgerald, baseball player
1961 : [Frederick] Carl[eton] Lewis, Birmingham, track (Oly-9 gold-84-96)
1964 : Mike Twardoski, baseball player
1966 : Eric Ball, NFL running back (Oakland Raiders)
1966 : Shawn Burr, Sarnia, NHL left wing (Tampa Bay Lightning)
1966 : Simon Arkell, Australian pole vaulter (Olympics-17th-92, 96)
1967 : Dave Richardson, CFL tackle (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1967 : Mike Eastwood, Ottawa, NHL center (Winnipeg Jets)
1967 : Pamela Anderson Lee, Ladysmith BC, playmate (Feb 90/Home Improvement)
1967 : Tony Bennett, NFL linebacker (Indianapolis Colts)
1968 : Charles Wilson, NFL wide receiver (NY Jets)
1969 : Gary Brown, NFL running back (Houston Oilers)
1970 : Kevin O'Brien, WLAF linebacker (Barcelona Dragons)
1970 : Van Malone, NFL safety (Detroit Lions)
1971 : Darick Holmes, NFL running back (Buffalo Bills)
1971 : Oleg Antonenko, hockey forward (Team Belarus, Olympics-1998)
1972 : Corey Hirsch, Medicine Hat, NHL goalie (Vancouver Canucks)
1972 : Darrick Bledose, WLAF cornerback (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1973 : Malina Milson, Australian softball 1st baseman (Olympics-bronze-96)
1976 : Patrick Stephan Kluivert, Surinam/Dutch soccer player (Ajax)
1978 : Jacqie Turner, west Covina Calif, figure skater, 1997 SW Pacific-2nd