Birthdays of Sport Stars on August 07
1906 : [Leroy] Satchel Paige, baseball pitcher, never look back
1921 : Ezzard Charles, world heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51)
1933 : Murray Halberg, New Zealand, 5K runner (Olympic-gold-1960)
1939 : Laurie Silvers, horse trainer
1940 : James Toner, horse trainer
1946 : Jim Day, Canada, equestrian show jumper (Olympic-gold-1968)
1948 : Fred Brown, NBAer (Seattle SuperSonic)
1958 : Michael Marx, Portland Or, US fencer-epee (Olympic-84, 88, 92, 96)
1960 : Barbara Bierman, Miami Fla, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-13th-1994)
1960 : Isabelle Boeri-B‚gard, France, foils (Olympic-gold-1980)
1960 : Ralph Sampson, NBA center (Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets)
1963 : Lance Johnson, Cincinnati OH, outfielder (NY Mets)
1966 : Hector Burba, Dayton OH, pitcher (Cin Reds)
1966 : Henk Fr„ser, soccer player (Feyenoord)
1966 : Jeff Shaw, Washington Ohio, pitcher (Cin Reds)
1967 : Alfred Jackson, CFL receiver (BC Lions)
1967 : Erik van der More, soccer player (FC Utrecht)
1968 : Reggie Cobb, NFL running back (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1969 : Joe Sakic, Burnaby BC, NHL center (Colorado Avalanche, Canada 1998)
1970 : Michael McCrary, NFL defensive end (Seattle Seahawks)
1971 : Darren Krein, WLAF defensive end (Barcelona Dragons)
1972 : Aldi Henry, CFL defensive back (Calgary Stampeders)
1972 : Darnay Scott, NFL wide receiver (Cin Bengals)
1972 : Lisa Leslie, Calif, WNBA center (LA Sparks)/foward (Oly-gold-1996)
1972 : Michael Westbrook, NFL wide receiver (Washington Redskins)
1972 : Stoney Case, NFL quarterback (Arizona Cardinals)
1974 : Patrick Lalime, St Bonaventure, NHL goalie (Pitts Penguins)
1980 : Michele Kwan, Torrance Calif, figure skater (Oly-94, Oly-silver-98)