Birthdays in Sport in 1885

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  • Jan 15 Grover Lowdermilk, American baseball player (d. 1968)
  • Feb 17 Steve Evans, American baseball player (d. 1943)
  • Mar 6 Ringgold "Ring" Lardner, US sports writer (You Know Me Al)
  • Mar 11 Malcolm Campbell, 1st auto racer to travel 5 miles/min (8 km/min)
  • Mar 24 Charlie Daniels, US swimmer (4 Olympic golds 1904, 08)
  • Apr 13 Vean Gregg, American baseball player (d. 1964)
  • Sep 4 Dimitrios Loundras, Greek gymnast (d. 1971)
  • Sep 28 Wilbur 'Lefty' Good, pitcher (NY Yankees, 1905)
  • Oct 16 Dorando di Desiderio Pietri, Italian marathoner (Olympic-DQ gold-1908)
  • Oct 22 Giovanni Martinelli, Montagnana Italy, opera singer (NY Met)
  • Dec 21 Frank Patrick, Canadian hockey player (d. 1960)
  • Dec 24 Arthur Dolphin, cricketer (Yorkshire & England keeper, later Test ump)