Birthdays in Sport on June 24

Ambrose Bierce

1842 Ambrose Bierce, American writer and satirist (Devil's Dictionary, Nuggets & Dust), born in Meigs County, Ohio (d. 1914)

Jack Dempsey

1895 Jack Dempsey, American boxer (world heavyweight champion 1919-26), born in Manassa, Colorado (d. 1983)

1901 Charles Hollis "Chuck" Taylor, American basketball player and shoe salesman, born in Azalia, Indiana (d. 1969)
1903 Ernest Leslie Bouts, motor-racing driver
1911 Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentine auto racer (World F1 champion 1951, 1954-57), born in Balcarce, Argentina (d. 1995)
1912 Brian Johnston, British cricket commentator (BBC radio commentator & cake connoisseur), born in Little Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire (d. 1994)
1924 Brian Bevan, Australian rugby league footballer (d. 1991)
1927 Joseph Pierce Jr, horse trainer
1931 Billy Casper, American golfer (US Open 1959, 66; US Masters 1970), born in San Diego, California (d. 2015)
1934 Bob Holthus, horse trainer
1938 Boris Lagutin, USSR, light-middleweight boxer (Olympic gold 1964, 68)
1938 Don Mincher, Huntsville, Alabama, Major League Baseball 1st baseman, (d. 2012)
1941 Graham McKenzie, cricketer (prolific Australian pace bowler 1961-71)
1945 Betty Stove, Netherlands, tennis player (US Doubles 1972)
1951 Ivar Formo, Norwegian 50K cross country skier (Olympic gold 1976)

1951 Raelene Boyle, Australia, sprinter (Olympic silver 1972)
1955 Loren Roberts, American golfer (British Senior Open 2006, 09; US Open 1994 runner-up), born in San Luis Obispo, California
1958 T. C. Chen, Taiwanese golfer (US Open 1985 runner-up), born in Taipei City, Taiwan
1959 Rob Delahaye, soccer player (MVV)
1960 Juli Inkster, American golfer (7 LPGA major titles; US Open 1999, 2002), born in Santa Cruz, California
1960 Nate Carr, freestyle wrestler (Olympic bronze 1988), born in Erie Pennsylvania
1961 Bernie Nicholls, Haliburton, NHL center (Chicago Blackhawks)
1961 Natalya Shaposhnikova, USSR, sidehorse vaulter (Olympic gold 1980)
1963 Duval Love, NFL guard (Arizona Cardinals)
1963 Preki, Serbian-born American soccer player
1964 Gary Suter, NHL defenseman (Chicago Blackhawks, USA), born in Madison, Wisconsin
1965 Patrick Jeffrey, diver (Olympic 5th 1996), born in Morristown, New Jersey
1965 Shane Churla, Fernie, NHL right wing (LA Kings, NY Rangers)
1965 Uwe Krupp, NHL defenceman (Colo Avalanche, Germany 98), born in Cologne, Germany
1967 Bill Huard, Welland, NHL left wing (Dallas Stars)
1969 Melissa Gurney, California, tennis player (Virginia Slims of SD, 1986)
1969 Sean Maye, 400m/800m runner
1969 Todd Lewis, 10k runner, born in Flint, Michigan
1969 Thabo Mngomeni, Cape Town, South African football player
1970 Carlos Yancy, NFL cornerback (NE Patriots)
1971 LaMonte Coleman, NFL fullback (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1972 Mitch Berger, punter (Minnesota Vikings)
1972 Shawn King, NFL defensive end (Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers)
1972 Robbie McEwen, Australian cyclist
1973 Jere Lehtinen, Espoo Fin, NHL right wing (Dallas Stars, Olympic bronze 1998)

1973 Michael Cheever, American NFL corner (Jacksonville Jaguars), born in Newnan, Georgia
1974 Adam Treu, guard/tackle (Oakland Raiders)
1974 Carrie Zarse, diver (Olympics 1996), born in Chicago, Illinois
1975 Marek Malik, Czech ice hockey player
1976 Tyce Routson, Bellevue Wash, diver (Olympics 1996)
1977 Cliff Bayer, American fencer-foil (Olympics 1996), born in NYC, New York
1977 Dimosthenis Dikoudis, Greek basketball player
1978 Pantelis Kafes, Greek footballer
1978 Shunsuke Nakamura, Japanese footballer
1978 Juan Román Riquelme, Argentine footballer
1978 Luis García, Spanish footballer
1980 Cicinho, Brazilian footballer
1980 Andrew Jones, Australian racing driver
1982 Kevin Nolan, English footballer
1982 Jarret Stoll, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 J.J. Redick, American basketball player
1986 Stuart Broad, English cricketer
1986 Phil Hughes, American baseball player
1987 Arturo Lupoli, Italian footballer

Lionel Messi

1987 Lionel Messi, Argentine soccer striker (5 FIFA Ballon d’Or, FC Barcelona), born in Rosario, Argentina

1990 Michael Del Zotto, Canadian ice hockey player
2001 Mo'ne Davis, American Little League baseball pitcher, 1st girl to pitch a shutout, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania