Birthdays of Sport Stars on March 09
1885 : Ringgold "Ring" Lardner, baseball player
1915 : Pete Gray, one-armed outfielder (St Louis Browns)
1922 : Herbert P Douglas Jr, Pitts, long jumper (Olympic-bronze-1948)
1927 : Jack Jensen, baseball player (AL MVP 1958)
1952 : Iuliana Semenova, USSR, basketball (Olympic-gold-1976)
1957 : Jon Engen, Oslo Norway, US biathelete (Olympics-1994)
1963 : Kent Ferguson, Cedar Rapids Iowa, diver (Olympics-92, 96)
1963 : Terry Mulholland, Uniontown PA, pitcher (Phila Phillies)
1964 : Phil Housley, St Paul MN, NHL defenseman (NJ Devils, Team USA Oly-98)
1965 : Brian Bosworth, NFL quarterback (Seattle)
1966 : Louis Oliver, NFL safety (Miami Dolphins)
1967 : Curt Schreiner, Albany NY, biathelete (Olympics-1994)
1967 : Eric Flaim, Pembroke Mass, short track skater (Olympics-1994)
1969 : Bryce Burnett, NFL/WLAF tight end (Broncos, Barcelona Dragons)
1969 : Mahmoud Abdul Rauf, NBA guard (Sacramento Kings, Denver Nuggets)
1971 : Bev Oden, Millington Tenn, volleyball middle blocker (Olympics-96)
1971 : Jiro Nihei, hockey goaltender (Team Japan 1998)
1971 : Lou Benfatti, NFL defensive tackle (NY Jets)
1971 : Sean Holcomb, NFL linebacker (NE Patriots)
1973 : Josh LaRocca, WLAF QB (Rhein Fire)
1973 : Troy Bailey, WLAF DE (Scotland Claymores)
1975 : Adonal Foyle, NBA center (SF Warriors)
1975 : Roy Makaay, Dutch soccer player (Vitesse)
1977 : Radek Dvorak, Tabor Cze, NHL left wing (Florida Panthers)