Birthdays of Sport Stars on November 23
1894 : Ture Persson, Sweden, sprinter (Olympic-silver-1912)
1930 : Jack McKeon, baseball player
1931 : Yevgeni Grischin, USSR, 500m/1500m speed skater (Oly-gold-1956, 60)
1933 : Hayes Jenkins, US, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1956)
1938 : Oscar Robertson, NBA guard (Cin, Milwaukee, Olympic-gold-1960)
1940 : G”sta Pettersson, Sweden, cyclist (Olympic-silver-1968)
1940 : Luis Tiant, Cuba, baseball pitcher (Boston Red Sox, NY Yankees)
1941 : Alan Mullery, English soccer player
1951 : Bernd Landvoigt, German DR, coxless pairs (Olympics-gold-1976)
1951 : J”rg Landvoigt, German DR, coxless pairs (Olympics-gold-1976)
1952 : Francie Larrieu Smith, US, 1.5/3/10K track runner (AAU 1 mile-1979)
1954 : Ken Schrom, baseball player
1956 : Shane Gould, Brisbane Queensland, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold-1972)
1959 : Brook Jacoby, baseball player
1962 : Andrea Blackwell, Calgary Alberta, basketball forward (Olympics-96)
1963 : Dale Sveum, baseball player
1964 : John Williams, NFL linebacker/FB (Pitts Steelers)
1964 : Jose Gonzales, baseball player
1965 : Rodion Gataullin, Uzbekistan, pole vaulter (Olympics-silver-88)
1967 : Brian Glynn, Iserlohn Ger, NHL defenseman (Hartford Whalers)
1967 : Diane O'Grady, North Bay Ontario, rower (Olympics-96)
1968 : John O'Neill, Detroit, US field hockey midfielder (Olympics-96)
1970 : Glenn Murray, Manning SC, outfielder (Phila Phillies)
1971 : Ashraf Amaya, NBA forward (Vancouver Grizzlies)
1971 : Jim Pyne, NFL guard/corner (Tampa Bay Bucs)
1971 : Vin Baker, NBA forward (Seattle Supersonics, Milwaukee Bucks)
1973 : Reggie Green, NFL guard (Seattle Seahawks)
1974 : Jamie Sharper, linebacker (Baltimore Ravens)
1974 : Malik Rose, NBA forward (San Antonio Spurs)
1974 : Saku Koivu, Turku Fin, NHL left wing (Montreal Canadiens, Oly-B-98)
1974 : Tora Suber, WNBA guard (Charlotte Sting)
1975 : Arno Schreuders, Dutch soccer player (RKC)
1978 : Aliane Baquerot, NYC, rhythmic gymnast (US team-96)