Birthdays of Sport Stars on December 25
1881 : Joseph V McCarthy, baseball manager (NY Yankees)
1923 : N”el Vandernotte, France, cox (Olympic-bronze-1936)
1925 : Ossi Reichert, German FR, giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1956)
1945 : Ken "The Snake" Stabler, NFL quarterback (Oak Raiders, Super Bowl XI)
1946 : Larry Csonka, NFL running back (Miami Dolphins, NY Giants)
1947 : Connie Petracek, Chambersburg PA, swimmer (Olympics-92, 96)
1949 : Dan Pastorini, NFL QB (Raiders) [or May 26]
1950 : Barry Pearson, NFLer
1950 : Manny Trillo, baseball infielder (Phila Phillies)
1953 : Dave Wasick, NFLer
1958 : Joop Hiele, soccer player (Dordrecht '90, Go Ahead Eagles)
1958 : Rickey Henderson, Chic, baseball player (stolen base king, A's, Yanks)
1959 : Chris Spice, Australian field hockey coach (Olympics-96)
1959 : Ton Lokhoff, Dutch soccer player (NAC)
1961 : Storm Davis, baseball player
1962 : Mary Ellen Clark, Abington Pa, diver (Olympics-2 bronze-92, 96)
1963 : Joop Gall, Dutch soccer player (FC Groningen)
1964 : Anil Kaul, Amritsar India, Canadian badminton player (Olympics-96)
1964 : Raymond Libregts, soccer player (MVV)
1965 : Dmitri Mironov, Moscow Rus, NHL defenseman (Pitts Penguins, Anaheim)
1966 : Craig Veasey, NFL defensive tackle/defensive end (Houston Oilers)
1968 : Corey Widmer, NFL linebacker (NY Giants)
1968 : Don Silvestri, NFL/WLAF kicker (NY Jets, London Monarchs)
1968 : Jim Dowd, Brick, NHL center (Vancouver Canucks)
1970 : Ghalid Salamat, soccer player (MVV)
1970 : Stu Barnes, Spruce Grove, NHL center (Florida Panthers)
1974 : Grayson Shillingford, NFL wide receiver (Seattle Seahawks)
1976 : Scott Vermillion, Independence MO, soccer defender (Olympics-gold-96)