Birthdays of Sport Stars on May 05
1883 : Charles Bender, only American Indian in baseball's Hall of Fame
1900 : Charles Jewtraw, US, 500m speed skater (Olympic-gold-1924)
1919 : Tony Canadeo, Chicago, NFL hall of fame halfback (Green Bay Packers)
1941 : Aleksandr Ragulin, USSR, ice hockey play (Olympic-gold-1964, 68, 72)
1941 : Howie Komives, NBA star (NY Knicks, Buffalo Braves)
1965 : Paul Frase, NFL defensive tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1966 : Mike Stapleton, Sarnia, NHL center (Winnipeg Jets)
1967 : Brad Baxter, NFL fullback (NY Jets)
1968 : Michael Titley, WLAF TE (London Monarchs)
1970 : LaPhonso Ellis, NBA forward (Denver Nuggets)
1971 : Harold Miner, NBA guard (Cleveland Cavaliers)
1971 : Ken Brown, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos)
1972 : Barrett Brooks, NFL tackle (Phila Eagles)
1972 : Mikael Renberg, Pitea Swe, NHL right wing (Phila Flyers, TB Lightning)
1972 : Ron Snook, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1972 : Rushia Brown, WNBA forward/center (Cleveland Rockers)
1972 : Travis Jervey, NFL running back (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1972 : Zigmund Palffy, Skalica Slo, NHL right wing (NY Islanders)
1973 : Johan Hedberg, Nacka SWE, hockey goalie (Team Sweden, Oly-1998)
1977 : Tiffany Roberts, Petaluma Calif, soccer midfielder (Olympics-96)