Birthdays in Sport Apr 5 Clas Thunberg, Finnish speed skater (Olympic gold 1924, 28), born in Helsinki, Finland (d. 1973) Apr 18 Violette Morris, French athlete and spy for Nazi Germany, born in Paris (d. 1944) Apr 27 Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, born in Bradford, Ohio (d. 1939) Share On Facebook Share On Twitter 1892 On This Day in Sport 1894