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Sports Today in Birthdays and Deaths by Age for April 4

Last Updated 03-01-2024

🏆🏌JoAnne Gunderson Carner -- is 85 in the year 2024 and 86 in the year 2025; b.4/4/1939 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Golfer
Misc: 5-time U.S. Amateur champion; 2-time U.S. Open champ; 3-time LPGA Player of Year (1974,81-82); seventh in career wins (42).

🏆⚾Mike Epstein -- is 81 in the year 2024 and 82 in the year 2025; b.4/4/1943
MLB Player

🏆🏁Lawrence Hough -- is 80 in the year 2024 and 81 in the year 2025; b.4/4/1944
Rower, Olympic Athlete

🏆🏈Ed White -- is 77 in the year 2024 and 78 in the year 2025; b.4/4/1947
Hall of Famer, NFL Guard
Names/Places: RN: Edward Alvin White
Misc: 4x Pro Bowl, Super Bowls IV, VIII, IX, XI; in the College Football and the San Diego Chargers Halls of Fame
Sports Teams: University of California Berkeley, Minnesota Vikings (1969-1977), San Diego Chargers (1978-1985)

🏆⚽Werner Roth -- is 76 in the year 2024 and 77 in the year 2025; b.4/4/1948
Hall of Famer, Soccer Player, Yugoslav

🏆🏈John Hannah -- is 73 in the year 2024 and 74 in the year 2025; b.4/4/1951
Hall of Famer, NFL Guard, College Football Player
Misc: 9x Pro Bowl, 10X All-Pro; in the College and Pro Football Halls of Fame
Sports Teams: University of Alabama, New England Patriots (1973-1985)

🏆Rosemarie Ackermann -- is 72 in the year 2024 and 73 in the year 2025; b.4/4/1952
Olympic Athlete, East German
Misc: She was the first female high jumper ever to clear the height of 2.00 m, on 26 August 1977 in Berlin; Olympic-gold-1976

🏆Jack (Soccer) Brand -- is 71 in the year 2024 and 72 in the year 2025; b.4/4/1953 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Soccer Goal Keeper, West German
Misc: holds the most shutouts in the North American Soccer League with 15 in 1980; in the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame

🏆Hope Olson -- is 68 in the year 2024 and 69 in the year 2025; b.4/4/1956
Model, Playmate
Misc: October 1976

🏆⚾Tom Herr -- is 68 in the year 2024 and 69 in the year 2025; b.4/4/1956
MLB Player

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🏆John Wesley Jones -- is 66 in the year 2024 and 67 in the year 2025; b.4/4/1958
Olympic Athlete
Misc: 4X100m relayer (Olympic-gold-1976)

🏆Kevin George Record -- is 64 in the year 2024 and 65 in the year 2025; b.4/4/1960
Sports Figure
Misc: Lynchburg (Va.) College Hall of Famer. Played soccer, lacrosse and tennis and went on to become award-winning sportswriter in Charlottesville, Va. Now resides in Tallahassee, Fla.

🎭🏆Ava Fabian -- is 62 in the year 2024 and 63 in the year 2025; b.4/4/1962
Actress, Model, Playmate
Misc: August 1986

🏆🏈Jack Del Rio -- is 61 in the year 2024 and 62 in the year 2025; b.4/4/1963
NFL Coach, NFL Linebacker

🏆🏌Greg Kraft -- is 60 in the year 2024 and 61 in the year 2025; b.4/4/1964
Golfer

🏆🏈Jessie Tuggle -- is 59 in the year 2024 and 60 in the year 2025; b.4/4/1965
Hall of Famer, NFL Linebacker, College Football Player
Misc: 5x Pro Bowl, 3x All-Pro; Falcons #58 retired; Valdosta #88 retired; in the Collge Football Hall of Fame
Sports Teams: Valdosta State, Atlanta Falcons (1987-2000)

🏆🏒Rob Murray -- is 57 in the year 2024 and 58 in the year 2025; b.4/4/1967
NHL Player, Canadian

🏆⚾Jim Dedrick -- is 56 in the year 2024 and 57 in the year 2025; b.4/4/1968
MLB Player

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🏆🏀Anthony Tucker -- is 55 in the year 2024 and 56 in the year 2025; b.4/4/1969
NBA Player

🏆🏀Rich King -- is 55 in the year 2024 and 56 in the year 2025; b.4/4/1969
NBA Center

🏆⚾Carlos Reyes -- is 55 in the year 2024 and 56 in the year 2025; b.4/4/1969
MLB Pitcher

🏆🏒Mike Needham -- is 54 in the year 2024 and 55 in the year 2025; b.4/4/1970
NHL Player, Canadian

🏆🏒Yanic Perreault -- is 53 in the year 2024 and 54 in the year 2025; b.4/4/1971
NHL Player, Canadian

🏆🏈Chad Eaton -- is 52 in the year 2024 and 53 in the year 2025; b.4/4/1972
NFL Player

🏆⚾Matt Wagner -- is 52 in the year 2024 and 53 in the year 2025; b.4/4/1972
MLB Pitcher

🎭🎵🏆Jill Scott -- is 52 in the year 2024 and 53 in the year 2025; b.4/4/1972
Actress, Songwriter, Rhythm and Blues Singer, Model

🏆⚾Scott Rolen -- is 49 in the year 2024 and 50 in the year 2025; b.4/4/1975
MLB Player
Misc: 7x All-Star, 8x Gold Glove, Silver Slugger
Sports Teams: Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Toronto Blue Jays, Cincinnatti Reds

🏆🏁🏍Josh Hayes -- is 49 in the year 2024 and 50 in the year 2025; b.4/4/1975 N.S.
Motorcyclist

🏆🏒Roberto Luongo -- is 45 in the year 2024 and 46 in the year 2025; b.4/4/1979
NHL Goaltender, Olympic Athlete, Canadian
Sports Teams: Vancouver Canucks

🏆🏈Andrew Gardner -- is 38 in the year 2024 and 39 in the year 2025; b.4/4/1986 N.S.
NFL Linebacker

🏆⚽Aiden McGeady -- is 38 in the year 2024 and 39 in the year 2025; b.4/4/1986 N.S.
Soccer Player, Scottish

🏆⚽McDonald Mariga -- is 37 in the year 2024 and 38 in the year 2025; b.4/4/1987 N.S.
Soccer Player, Kenyan

🏆⚽Sami Khedira -- is 37 in the year 2024 and 38 in the year 2025; b.4/4/1987 N.S.
Soccer Player, German

🏆Spencer Scott -- is 35 in the year 2024 and 36 in the year 2025; b.4/4/1989
Model, Playmate
Misc: October 2007

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🎭🏆Jessica Serfaty -- is 33 in the year 2024 and 34 in the year 2025; b.4/4/1991 N.S.
Actress, Model

🏆🏀Frank Kaminsky -- is 31 in the year 2024 and 32 in the year 2025; b.4/4/1993 N.S.
NBA Player

🏆🥊Samuel "Dutch Sam" Elias -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/4/1775 N.S. d.7/3/1816 N.S. (41)
Hall of Famer, Boxer, English
Misc: not to be confused with "Young Dutch Sam", another boxer

🏆⚾Tristram Speaker -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/4/1888 d.12/8/1958 (70)
Hall of Famer, MLB Manager, MLB Center Fielder
Misc: AL Chalmers Award Winner 1912; AL batted .344 over 22 seasons; hit record 793 career doubles, 3515 hits; Tris hit more doubles than Pete Rose.
Sports Teams: Boston Americans/Red Sox (1907-1915), Cleveland Indians (1916-1926), Washington Senators (1927), Philadelphia Athletics (1928), Cleveland Indians (manager 1919-1926)

🏆🥊Joe Stecher -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/4/1893 d.3/29/1974 (80)
Hall of Famer, Wrestler
Misc: sometimes spelled Joe Stetcher

🏆🏌Tony Manero -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/4/1905 d.10/22/1989 (84)
Golfer

🏆🏌Fred Corcoran -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/4/1905 d.6/23/1977 (72)
Hall of Famer, Golfer
Misc: president & founder PGA & LPGA

🏆🏈"Wrong Way" Roy Riegels -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/4/1908 d.3/26/1993 (84)
College Football Player
Misc: famous for his wrong way run to his own goal line in Rose Bowl 1929

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🏆⚾"Mickey" Owen -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/4/1916 d.7/13/2005 (89)
MLB Catcher

🏆⚾Gil Hodges -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/4/1924 N.S. d.4/2/1972 N.S. (47)
Hall of Famer, MLB Manager, MLB First Baseman
Misc: 3x Gold Glove; shares record for most home runs in one game on August 31, 1950
Sports Teams: Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Mets

🏆⚾🏈🥊Charlie Powell -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/4/1932 d.9/1/2014 (82)
Baseball Figure, NFL Player, Boxer
Misc: once fought Cassius Clay as a boxer

💰🏆🏁William Clifton "Bill" France Jr. -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/4/1933 N.S. d.6/4/2007 N.S. (74)
Hall of Famer, Executive, Auto Racer
Misc: served from 1972-2000 as the head of NASCAR

💰🏆A. Bartlett Giamatti -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/4/1938 d.9/1/1989 (51)
Executive, Sports Figure
Names/Places: FN:Angelo
Misc: The Youngest Yale Univ president; 7th MLB Commissioner; died at age 51 after only five months as commissioner of baseball and just days after he banished Pete Rose from the game.

🎵🏆🥊Ernie Terrell -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/4/1939 d.12/16/2014 (75)
Music Producer, Singer, Boxer

🏆⚾Jim Fregosi -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/4/1942 d.2/14/2014 (71)
MLB Manager, MLB Shortstop
Misc: Gold Glove

🏆⚾Ray Fosse -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/4/1947 N.S. d.10/13/2021 N.S. (74)
MLB Player
Misc: 2x Gold Glove

🏆🏒Patrick John Joseph "Pat" Burns -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/4/1952 d.11/19/2010 (58)
Hall of Famer, NHL Coach
Misc: worked from 1988-2004
Sports Teams: Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins, New Jersey Devils

🏆🏁🏇Kelso -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/4/1957 d.10/16/1983 (26)
Racehorse

🏆🏒Dale Hawerchuk -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/4/1963 N.S. d.8/18/2020 N.S. (57)
Hall of Famer, NHL Center, Canadian
Misc: played 1981-1997
Sports Teams: Winnipeg Jets, Buffalo Sabres, St. Louis Blues, Philadelphia Flyers

🏆Jesús Rollán -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/4/1968 N.S. d.3/11/2006 N.S. (37)
Hall of Famer, Olympic Athlete, Water Polo Player, Spanish

🏆🥊Jimmy Barry -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/7/1870 d.4/4/1943 (73)
Hall of Famer, Boxer, American, Irish

🏆🏈Guy Chamberlain -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/16/1894 d.4/4/1967 (73)
Hall of Famer, NFL Coach, NFL Tight End, College Football Coach
Misc: 5x NFL champion
Sports Teams: Canton Bulldogs (player 1919, player 1922-1923, coach 1922-1923), Cleveland Bulldogs (player 1924, coach 1924), Frankford Yellow Jackets (player 1925-1926, coach 1925-1926), Chicago Cardinals (player 1927-1928, coach 1927), Decatur Staleys (player 1920), Chicago Staleys (player 1921), Millville Big Blue (player 1925), Haven-Villa of Winter Haven (player 1926)

🏆🏈Tommy Davis -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/13/1934 d.4/4/1987 (52)
NFL Kicker
Misc: kicked 234 extra points, 82 yard punt

🏆Samuel H. Reshevsky -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/26/1911 d.4/4/1992 (80)
Chess Player, Polish

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💰🏆🏈Elmer J. Nordstrom -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/23/1904 d.4/4/1993 (88)
Businessperson, NFL Owner
Misc: Nordstrom chairman, his dad John W. founded it
Sports Teams: Seattle Seahawks (one time owner)

🏆🏁🏃Henry Norwood Ewell -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/25/1918 d.4/4/1996 (78)
Runner, Olympic Athlete
Misc: 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1948)

🏆⚾"Early" Wynn -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/6/1920 d.4/4/1999 (79)
Hall of Famer, MLB Pitcher
Misc: 9x All-Star; won 20 games 5 times; Cy Young Award winner in 1959; 300 career wins in 23 years.
Sports Teams: Washington Senators (1939, 1941-1944, 1946-1948), Cleveland Indians (1949-1957), Chicago White Sox (1958-1962), Cleveland Indians (1963); Chicago White Sox

🏆🏈Leo Brooks -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/7/1947 d.4/4/2002 N.S. (0)
NFL Player

🏆⚾George Bamberger -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/1/1923 N.S. d.4/4/2004 N.S. (80)
MLB Manager, MLB Player
Sports Teams: Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers

🏆🏒Elmer Lach -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/22/1918 d.4/4/2015 (97)
Hall of Famer, NHL Center, Canadian
Sports Teams: Montreal Canadiens (possibly 1940-1954)

🎵🏆🏌Don Cherry -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/11/1924 N.S. d.4/4/2018 N.S. (94)
Pop Singer, Golfer

🏆🥊Johnny Valiant -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/25/1946 N.S. d.4/4/2018 N.S. (71)
Hall of Famer, Wrestler, Wrestling Manager
Names/Places: RN: John L. Sullivan, born Thomas Sullivan

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🏆⚽Ray Wilkins -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/14/1956 N.S. d.4/4/2018 N.S. (61)
Hall of Famer, Sports Commentator, Soccer Midfielder, English
Misc: MBE

🏆🏁🏊Thompson Mann -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/1/1942 N.S. d.4/4/2019 N.S. (76)
Hall of Famer, Swimmer, Olympic Athlete, American

🎭🏆🏈Timothy Brown -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/24/1937 N.S. d.4/4/2020 N.S. (82)
Actor, NFL Runningback
Names/Places: aka Thomas Allen Brown; used the name Tim Brown as a football player but used the name Timothy Brown as an actor to distinguish him from Jim Brown, a running back who also became an actor
Misc: Super Bowl III
Sports Teams: Green Bay Packers (1959), Philadelphia Eagles (1960-1967), Baltimore Colts (1968)
TV Shows: M*A*S*H (as Spearchucker Jones)
Movie Titles: Frequency, Black Gunn, M*A*S*H, Nashville, Zebra Force, Gus, Midnight Ride

🏆🏈Tom Dempsey -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/12/1947 N.S. d.4/4/2020 N.S. (73)
NFL Kicker
Misc: kicked the longest field goal in NFL history at 63 yards in 1970

🏆🏁🎿Roland Thöni -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/17/1951 N.S. d.4/4/2021 N.S. (70)
Skier, Olympic Athlete, Italian
Names/Places: aka Roland Thöni
Misc: slalom (Olympic-bronze-1972)

🏆🏁🏊Craig Breedlove -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/23/1937 N.S. d.4/4/2023 N.S. (86)
Hall of Famer, Auto Racer, Swimmer
Names/Places: RN:Norman
Misc: 613.995 MPH world land speed record in Spirit of America jet car; Speed diving

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