HAPPY BIRTHDAY

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August 27

1897 Ad van Emmenes, Dutch soccer reporter, born in Amsterdam (d. 1989)

1908 Sir Donald Bradman AC, Australian cricket batsman and captain (52 Tests; 6,996 runs @ WR 99.94 average; HS 334; 29 x 100s), born in Cootamundra, Australia (d. 2001)

1908 Frank Leahy, American football coach (Notre Dame), born in O’Neill, Nebraska (d. 1973)

1909 Sylvère Maes, Belgian cyclist (Tour de France 1936, 39), born in Gistel, Belgium (d. 1966)

1916 Tony Harris, South African cricketer (8 Tests for South Africa 1947-49, 100 runs) and rugby union player (Springbok), born in Kimberley, Cape Province (d. 1993)

1917 Peanuts Lowrey, American baseball player, born in Culver City, California (d. 1986)

1925 Ken Grieves, Australian cricketer (NSW leg-spin all-rounder), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1992)

1927 Liselott Linsenhoff, German equestrian rider (Olympic gold 1968, 72), born in Frankfurt, Germany (d. 1999)

1928 Joan Kroc, American 3rd wife of Ray Kroc, the owner of McDonald’s and the San Diego Padres, born in West St. Paul, Minnesota (d. 2003)

1928 Othmar Schneider, Austrian skier (Olympic gold 1952), born in Lech, Austria (d. 2012)

1929 Elizabeta Bagrintseve, USSR, discus thrower (Olympic silver 1952)

1931 Sven Tumba, Swedish ice hockey center, football winger, golfer, course designer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2011)

1931 Joe Cunningham, American baseball player

1935 Ernie Broglio, American baseball player

1946 Tony Howard, cricketer (WI off-spinner one Test v NZ 1972)

1947 John Morrison, cricketer (“Mystery” NZ batsman 1973-82)

1947 Ed Herrmann, MLB catcher (White Sox), born in San Diego, California (d. 2013)

1949 Doug Tewell, American golfer (PGA Senior C’ship 2000, The Tradition 2001), born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

1950 Cynthia Potter, American springboard diver (Olympic bronze 1976)

1951 Don Pooley Jr, American golfer (US Senior Open 2002), born in Phoenix, Arizona

1954 Derek Warwick, race car driver

1954 John Lloyd, England, tennis star (former husband of Chris Everet)

1955 Roderick Hopkins Davis, yachting Star class (Olympics 1996), born in Auckland, New Zealand

1957 Bernhard Langer, German golfer (US Masters 1985, 93; 42 European Tour titles), born in Anhausen, Germany

1959 Gerhard Berger, formula-1 racer (Italian Grand Prix-1988)

1960 Damon Keeve, heavyweight (209+ lbs) judoka (Olympics 1992, 96), born in San Francisco, California

1962 Scott Davis, tennis star, born in Santa Monica, California

1965 Michael Perry, NFL defensive tackle (Denver Broncos)

1965 Wayne James, cricketer (Zimbabwe Test wicketkeeper v Pakistan 1993)

1966 Deena Wigger, US shooter (Olympic-92), born in Colorado Springs, Colorado

1967 Brian McRae, Bradenton FL, outfielder (Chicago Cubs)

1967 Rob Burnett, NFL defensive end (Cleveland Browns/ Baltimore Ravens)

1968 Christine Schaefer, Florence Ky, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-5th-1994)

1968 Emanual Davis, NBA guard (Houston Rockets)

1969 Kipp Vickers, NFL guard (Indianapolis Colts)

1969 Mark Ealham, cricketer (Kent & England Test allrounder 1996)

1969 Steven Van Randwijck, field hockey player (Olympics 1996), born in Washington, D.C.

1970 Andy Bichel, Australian cricketer and pace bowler, born in Laidley, Queensland, Australia

1970 Dene Hills, cricketer (prolific Tasmanian batsman)

1970 Greg Woodcroft, 52 kg freestyle wrestler (Olympics 1996), born in Hamilton, Ontario

1970 Jim Thome, infielder (Cleveland Indians), born in Peoria, Illinois

1970 Mark Ilott, cricketer (England left-arm pace bowler 1993-)

1970 Reggie Slater, NBA forward (Toronto Raptors)

1970 Peter Ebdon, English snooker player

1970 Jeff Kenna, Irish footballer

1971 Ernest Faber, soccer player (PSV)

1971 Jim Flanigan, NFL defensive tackle (Chicago Bears)

1972 Chris Imes, South Paris Maine, US hockey defenseman (Olympics 1994)

1972 Donta Jones, NFL linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers)

1972 Denise Lewis, English heptathlete

1973 Danny Coyne, Welsh footballer

1973 Dietmar Hamann, German footballer

1974 José Vidro, Puerto Rican baseball player

1974 Michael Mason, New Zealand cricketer

1975 Mark Rudan, Australian footballer

1976 Cartos Moya, Spanish tennis star

1977 Deco, Portuguese footballer

1979 Tian Liang, Chinese diver

1984 David Bentley, English footballer

1984 Sulley Muntari, Ghanaian footballer

1987 Darren McFadden, American football player

1992 Carissa Moore, American surfer (WSL Women’s World Tour Champion 2011, 13, 15, 19), born in Honolulu, Hawaii