Birthdays in Sport on December 15

1860 Abner Powell, American baseball player, born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania (d. 1953)
1899 Harold Abrahams, English sprinter (d. 1978)
1919 Ake Seyffarth, 10K speed skater (Olympic gold 1948)
1925 Sam Pollock, Canadian ice hockey general manager
1929 Keith Andrew, cricketer (England wicket-keeper in 2 Tests 1954-63)
1930 Alim-ud-Din, cricketer (Pakistani batsman in 25 Tests 1954-62)
1938 Bob [Robert] Foster, American professional boxer "The Deputy Sheriff", born in Borger, Texas (d. 2015)
1940 Nick Buoniconti, NFL linebacker (Miami Dolphins)/sportscaster (NBC)
1941 Austin Savage, Welsh hockey player
1943 Mihaly Hesz, Hungarian 1K kayaker (Olympic gold 1968)
1944 Stan Bahnsen, pitcher (NY Yankee, 1968 AL Rookie-of-year)
1946 Art Howe, American baseball player and manager
1951 Joe Jordan, Scottish soccer star
1952 Allan Simonsen, Danish footballer
1957 Mario Marois, Canadian ice hockey player
1958 Eddy Annys, Belgian high jumper

1959 Greg Matthews, cricketer (NSW & Aust off-spin all rounder Yeah yeah)
1959 Rashid Khan, cricketer (4 Tests for Pakistan 1982-85)
1963 Asif Karim, cricketer (slow left-arm bowler for Kenya 1996 World Cup)
1963 David Wingate, NBA guard/forward (Seattle Supersonics)
1964 Carlton Bailey, NFL linebacker (Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers)
1964 Jerry Ball, NFL defensive tackle (Oakland Raiders, Minnesota Vikings)
1965 Walter Reeves, NFL tight end (Cleveland Browns)
1966 Carl Hooper, cricketer (WI off-spin all-rounder)
1967 Chris Gioskos, CFL tackle (Toronto Argonauts)
1967 Christine Larsen, synchronized swimmer (Olympic silver 1996), born in New Westminster, British Columbia
1967 Frank Hartley, NFL tight end (Cleveland Browns, San Diego Chargers)
1967 Keith Askins, NBA guard/forward (Miami Heat)
1967 Mo Vaughn, American MLB first baseman (Boston Red Sox, MVP-1995), born in Norwalk, Connecticut
1967 David Howells, English footballer, born in Guildford, Surrey
1969 Dan Williams, NFL defensive end (Denver Broncos, KC Chiefs)
1969 Sean Briscombe, diver (Olympics 1996), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
1969 Wayne Simmons, linebacker (KC Chiefs)
1969 Chantal Petitclerc, Canadian wheelchair athlete
1970 Damon Thomas, American NFL wide receiver (Buffalo Bills), born in Clovis, California
1970 Lawrence Funderburke, NBA forward (Sacramento Kings)
1970 Mitchell Butler, NBA guard (Washington Bullets, Cleveland Cavaliers)
1970 Frankie Dettori, Italian jockey, born in Milan, Italy
1971 Boudewijk Pahlplatz, soccer player (FC Twente, PSV)
1971 Chris Maumalanga, NFL defensive tackle (Chicago Bears, Az Cardinals)
1971 Eric Bjornson, NFL tight end (Dallas Cowboys)

1971 Ken Alexander, WLAF linebacker (Barcelona Dragons)
1972 Rodney Harrison, American NFL safety (San Diego Chargers), born in Markham, Illinois
1973 Geoff Stewart, Australian rower (Olympics 1996)
1973 James Stewart, Australian rower (Olympics 1996)
1973 Mike Cherry, quarterback (NY Giants)
1973 Mirko Ludemann, Weiwasser GER, NHL defenseman (Team Germany, Colorado)
1973 Tammy Melinda Pearman, American soccer forward/defender (Olympics 1996), born in Brooklyn, New York
1974 Jeffrey van der Stone, soccer player (RKC)
1976 Baichung Bhutia, Indian footballer
1976 Aaron Miles, American baseball player
1977 Catherine Fox, 400m freestyle relay (Olympic gold 1996)
1977 Larissa Fontaine, gymnast (alt-Olympics 1996), born in Chicago, Illinois
1978 Henrietta Nagyova, Nove Zamky Slovakia, tennis star (ITF/Cali-COL)
1978 Jerome McDougle, American football player
1981 Andy González, Puerto Rican baseball player
1981 Roman Pavlyuchenko, Russian football player
1981 Thomas Herrion, American football player (d. 2005)
1982 Borja García, Spanish racing driver
1983 Wang Hao, Chinese table tennis player
1984 Martin Skrtel Slovakian Footballer