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Sports Today in Birthdays and Deaths by Age for June 8

Last Updated 08-16-2025

🏆⚾🏈Fisher DeBerry -- is 87 in the year 2025 and 88 in the year 2026; b.6/8/1938
Hall of Famer, College Baseball Coach, College Football Coach, College Football Player
Misc: in the College Football Hall of Fame
Sports Teams: Wofford College (football player 1956-1960, football coach 1969-1970, baseball coach 1970), Appalachaiun State (football coach 1971-1979), Air Force (football coach 1980-2006)

🏆⚾Don Robinson -- is 68 in the year 2025 and 69 in the year 2026; b.6/8/1957
MLB Pitcher

🏆Mary King -- is 64 in the year 2025 and 65 in the year 2026; b.6/8/1961 N.S.
Equestrian, Olympic Athlete

🎭🏆Ursula Buchfeller -- is 64 in the year 2025 and 65 in the year 2026; b.6/8/1961
Actress, Model, Playmate, West German
Misc: October 1979

🏆⚾Kevin Gross -- is 64 in the year 2025 and 65 in the year 2026; b.6/8/1961
MLB Pitcher
Sports Teams: Los Angeles Dodgers

🏆⚾Scott Ruskin -- is 62 in the year 2025 and 63 in the year 2026; b.6/8/1963
MLB Player

🏆Butch Reynolds -- is 61 in the year 2025 and 62 in the year 2026; b.6/8/1964
Olympic Athlete, Track and Field
Misc: set current world record in 400 meters (43.29) in 1988; banned for 2 1/2 years for allegedly failing drug test in 1990; sued IAAF and won $27.3 million judgementin 1992; won silver medal in 400 meters and ran third leg of world record 4x400-meter relay (2:54.29) at 1993 World Championships.

🏆⚾Kevin Ritz -- is 60 in the year 2025 and 61 in the year 2026; b.6/8/1965
MLB Pitcher

🏆🏀Anthony Bonner -- is 57 in the year 2025 and 58 in the year 2026; b.6/8/1968
NBA Forward

🏆🏈Troy Vincent -- is 55 in the year 2025 and 56 in the year 2026; b.6/8/1970 N.S.
NFL Player

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🏆⚾Matt Whisenant -- is 54 in the year 2025 and 55 in the year 2026; b.6/8/1971
MLB Pitcher

🏆🏈David Sloan -- is 53 in the year 2025 and 54 in the year 2026; b.6/8/1972
NFL Player

🏆🏀Bryant Reeves -- is 52 in the year 2025 and 53 in the year 2026; b.6/8/1973
NBA Player
Names/Places: NN:Big Country (not of the 1980s rock group)

🏆🏈Jeff Saturday -- is 50 in the year 2025 and 51 in the year 2026; b.6/8/1975
NFL Player

🏆⚾Matt Perisho -- is 50 in the year 2025 and 51 in the year 2026; b.6/8/1975
MLB Pitcher

🏆🎾Lindsay Davenport -- is 49 in the year 2025 and 50 in the year 2026; b.6/8/1976 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Tennis Player

🏆🎾Kim Clijsters -- is 42 in the year 2025 and 43 in the year 2026; b.6/8/1983 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Tennis Player, Belgiumese

🏆🏀Coby Karl -- is 42 in the year 2025 and 43 in the year 2026; b.6/8/1983 N.S.
NBA Player
Names/Places: George's son

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🎭🏆Torrey DeVitto -- is 41 in the year 2025 and 42 in the year 2026; b.6/8/1984 N.S.
Actress, Producer, Model
TV Shows: The Vampire Diaries, Army Wives, Pretty Little Liars (as Melissa Hastings), Chicago Med (as Dr. Natalie Manning)
Movie Titles: I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer

🏆⚽Javier Mascherano -- is 41 in the year 2025 and 42 in the year 2026; b.6/8/1984 N.S.
Soccer Player, Argentine

🏆🥊Gionna Daddio -- is 31 in the year 2025 and 32 in the year 2026; b.6/8/1994 N.S.
Wrestler

🏆🥊Liv Morgan -- is 31 in the year 2025 and 32 in the year 2026; b.6/8/1994 N.S.
Wrestler

🏆🎾Jelena Ostapenko -- is 28 in the year 2025 and 29 in the year 2026; b.6/8/1997 N.S.
Tennis Player, Latvian

🏆🏈Tyson Bagent -- is 25 in the year 2025 and 26 in the year 2026; b.6/8/2000 N.S.
NFL Quarterback

🏆Athing Mu -- is 23 in the year 2025 and 24 in the year 2026; b.6/8/2002 N.S.
Olympic Athlete, Track and Field

🏆James Stillman Rockefeller -- Birth Anniversary -- b.6/8/1902 d.8/10/2004 (102)
Olympic Athlete
Misc: won an Olympic gold medal as captain of an eight-man crew with coxswain.

🏆🥊Bill Longston -- Birth Anniversary -- b.6/8/1906 d.12/12/1982 (76)
Hall of Famer, Wrestler
Names/Places: aka Wild Bill Longson

🏆🥊Baron Michele Leone -- Birth Anniversary -- b.6/8/1909 N.S. d.11/26/1988 N.S. (79)
Hall of Famer, Wrestler, Italian
Misc: he was one of the biggest stars and most prominent heels of the early television era of wrestling

🏆⚾Van Lingle Mungo -- Birth Anniversary -- b.6/8/1911 d.2/12/1985 (73)
MLB Pitcher
Sports Teams: Brooklyn Robins/Dodgers (1931-1941), New York Giants (1942-1943, 1945)

🏆🏀J. Walter Kennedy -- Birth Anniversary -- b.6/8/1912 d.6/26/1977 N.S. (65)
Hall of Famer, NBA Executive
Names/Places: mistakenly referred to as Walter J. Kennedy
Misc: was the commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1963 until 1975.

⚖🏆🏈Byron Raymond "Whizzer" White -- Birth Anniversary -- b.6/8/1917 N.S. d.4/15/2002 N.S. (84)
Hall of Famer, Supreme Court Justice, NFL Runningback
Misc: All-America HB at Colorado (1935-37); signed with Pittsburgh in 1938 for the then largest contract in pro history ($15,800); took Rhodes scholarship in 1939; returned to NFL in 1940 to lead league in rushing and retired in 1941; named to U.S. Supreme Court by President Kennedy in 1962 and stepped down in 1993; in the College Football Hall of Fame
Sports Teams: University of Colorado at Boulder, Pittsburgh Pirates (1938), Detroit Lions (1940-1941)

🏆🥊Terry Allen -- Birth Anniversary -- b.6/8/1924 d.4/8/1987 N.S. (62)
Boxer, English

🏆⚾Eddie Gaedel -- Birth Anniversary -- b.6/8/1925 d.6/18/1961 (36)
MLB Player
Misc: 3'7" pinch-hitter (he walked)
Sports Teams: St. Louis Browns

🏆⚾Del Ennis -- Birth Anniversary -- b.6/8/1925 d.2/8/1996 (70)
MLB Player
Misc: drove in 100 runs in seven seasons
Sports Teams: Philadelphia Phillies

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🏆🎳Norma Shaw -- Birth Anniversary -- b.6/8/1937 N.S. d.6/10/2009 N.S. (72)
Bowler, English

🎭🏆🏈Bernie Casey -- Birth Anniversary -- b.6/8/1939 N.S. d.9/19/2017 N.S. (78)
Actor, NFL Player
TV Shows: Bay City Blues
Movie Titles: Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Revenge of the Nerds, I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

🏆🏈Herbert Allen "Herb" Adderley -- Birth Anniversary -- b.6/8/1939 N.S. d.10/30/2020 N.S. (81)
Hall of Famer, NFL Cornerback
Misc: 5x Pro Bowl, 4x First-Team All-Pro, 5x NFL champ, 3x Super Bowl champ; defensive cornerback and kickoff-return specialist; in the Packers Hall of Fame
Sports Teams: Green Bay Packers (1961-1969), Dallas Cowboys (1970-1972)

🏆Willie D. Davenport -- Birth Anniversary -- b.6/8/1943 d.6/17/2002 (59)
Olympic Athlete, Track and Field
Misc: 110m hurdler (Olympic-gold-1968); some say b. June 6

🏆⚾Mark Belanger -- Birth Anniversary -- b.6/8/1944 d.10/6/1998 (54)
MLB Shortstop
Misc: 8x Gold Glove

🏆🏀Mark McNamara -- Birth Anniversary -- b.6/8/1959 N.S. d.4/27/2020 N.S. (60)
NBA Player

🎭🎵🏆Rob Pilatus -- Birth Anniversary -- b.6/8/1965 N.S. d.4/3/1998 (32)
Dancer, Lip Syncher, Model, German
Misc: Wikipedia says b. in 1964
Group Names: Milli Vanilli

🏆⚾"Satchel" Paige -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/7/1906 d.6/8/1982 (75)
Hall of Famer, MLB Pitcher
Names/Places: MN:Leroy
Misc: starred in the Negro leagues 1924-48, entered majors at age 42; the only pitcher in the Hall Of Fame with a losing record 28-31 in the majors

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🏆⚾Jim Northrup -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/24/1939 d.6/8/2011 (71)
MLB Player
Misc: 2 grand slams in one game [6/24/68]
Sports Teams: Detroit Tigers

🏆🎾Maria Bueno -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/11/1939 N.S. d.6/8/2018 N.S. (78)
Hall of Famer, Tennis Player, Brazilian
Misc: who won 4 U.S. Championships (1959,63-64,66) and 3 Wimbledons (1959-60,64).

🏆🏀George Thompson -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/29/1947 N.S. d.6/8/2022 N.S. (74)
NBA Player

🏆🏀Chet Walker -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/22/1940 N.S. d.6/8/2024 N.S. (84)
Hall of Famer, NBA Forward
Misc: Consensus first-team All-America (Bradley, 1962); NBA All-Rookie Team (1963); 7x NBA All-Star; 1x NBA champion (Philadelphia 76ers, 1967).
Sports Teams: Bradley College, Syracuse Nationals / Philadelphia 76ers (1962-1969), Chicago Bulls (1969-1975)

🏆🏀David Greenwood -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/27/1957 N.S. d.6/8/2025 N.S. (68)
NBA Player

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Paddington Tom Jones -- Calculated Annual Tribute Days (Calantrib) -- b.??/??/1766 N.S. d.8/22/1833 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Boxer, English

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