Birthdays in Sport on March 27

1903 Walt Kiesling, American NFL guard and coach (HOF), born in Saint Paul, Minnesota (d. 1962)
1910 Rudi Ball, German-Jewish ice hockey star (Olympic bronze 1932), born in Berlin (d. 1975)
1932 Wes Covington, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies), born in Laurinburg, North Carolina (d. 2011)
1939 Cale Yarborough, American auto racer (Daytona 500-1968, 77, 83, 84), born in Timmonsville, South Carolina
1941 Liese Prokop, Austrian pentathlete (Olympic silver 1968), born in Tulln District, Austria (d. 2006)
1945 Briton Selby, Canadian NHL player, born in Kingston, Ontario
1946 Bill Sudakis, American baseball player, born in Joliet, Illinois
1947 Dough Wilkerson, American football player, born in Fayetteville, North Carolina
1950 Vic Harris, American MLB player, born in Los Angeles, California
1951 Bobby Lalonde, NHLer (Boston Bruins), born in Montreal
1955 Kim Brassey, racehorse trainer
1956 Brian Kelly, American CFL wide receiver (Edmonton Eskimos), born in Arcadia, California
1956 Thomas Wassberg, Swedish cross country skier (4 Olympic gold 1980, 84, 88), born in Lennartsfors, Värmland, Sweden
1958 Bart Connor, American gymnast and sportscaster (Olympic gold 1984), born in Chicago, Illinois

1958 Bart Conner, American parallel bars gymnast (Olympic gold 1984), born in Chicago, Illinois
1960 Steve Jarvin, Australian soling sailor (Olympics 1996), born in Sydney
1960 Hans Pflügler, German footballer, born in Freising, Germany
1961 Ellery Hanley, British rugby league player, born in Leeds
1961 Tony Rominger, Swiss road racing cyclist, born in Vejle, Denmark
1963 Ed Pinckney, American NBA forward (Philadelphia 76ers), born in The Bronx, New York
1963 Randall Cunningham, American NFL quarterback (Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings), born in Santa Barbara, California
1963 James Todd Graves, American sport shooter (Olympics 1992, 96), born in Rouston, Louisiana
1966 Kate Donahoo, US judoka (Olympic-92), born in Las Vegas, Nevada
1967 Jaime Navarro, Puerto Rican baseball pitcher (Chicago Cubs), born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico
1967 Tom Hammonds, American NBA forward (Minn Timberwolves, Denver Nuggets), born in Fort Walton Beach, Florida
1969 Tom Beer, American NFL running back (Detroit Lions), born in Detroit, Michigan
1970 Anthony Prior, American NFL cornerback (NY Jets, Minnesota Vikings), born in Lowell, Massachusetts
1970 Ed Philion, NFL nose tackle (Buffalo Bills), born in Windsor, Ontario
1972 Kirby Dar Dar, American NFL wide receiver (Miami Dolphins), born in Morgan City, Louisiana
1972 Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Dutch footballer, born in Paramaribo, Suriname
1973 Serge Tremblay, Canadian weightlifter (Olympics 1996), born in La Malbaie, Canada
1974 Gaizka Mendieta, Spanish footballer, born in Bilbao, Spain
1975 B. J. Gallis, CFL linebacker (BC Lions), born in Scranton, Pennsylvania
1975 Tom Goegebuer, Belgian weightlifter, born in Belgium
1976 Danny Fortson, American NBA forward (Denver Nuggets), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1976 Djamel Belmadi, Algerian football player and manager (Al-Duhail), born in Champigny-sur-Marne, France
1977 Tom van der Leegte, Dutch soccer player (PSV), born in Bergeijk, Netherlands
1977 Vitor Meira, Brazilian racing driver, born in Brasilia, Brazil
1979 Michael Cuddyer, American baseball player (Minnesota Twins), born in Norfolk, Virginia
1981 Terry McFlynn, Northern Irish footballer, born in Magherafelt, Northern Ireland
1985 Dario Baldauf, Austrian football player, born in Bregenz, Austria
1985 Stijn De Smet, Belgian football player, born in Bruges, Belgium
1986 Manuel Neuer, German football player (Bayern Munich, German national team), born in Gelsenkirchen, West Germany
1987 Chad Denny, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Sydney, Canada