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Sports Today in Birthdays and Deaths by Age for August 4

Last Updated 04-13-2024

🏆Hayes W. Jones -- is 86 in the year 2024 and 87 in the year 2025; b.8/4/1938
Hall of Famer, Olympic Athlete, Track and Field
Misc: National Track & Field Hall of Famer: Olympic gold medalist [1964]: 110-meter hurdles [:13.6]

🏆Gianni Lonzi -- is 86 in the year 2024 and 87 in the year 2025; b.8/4/1938 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Olympic Athlete, Water Polo Player, Italian

🏆Elizabeth Ann Roberts -- is 83 in the year 2024 and 84 in the year 2025; b.8/4/1941 N.S.
Model, Playmate
Misc: January 1958

🏆⚾Cleon Jones -- is 82 in the year 2024 and 83 in the year 2025; b.8/4/1942
MLB Player

🏆⚾John Grubb -- is 76 in the year 2024 and 77 in the year 2025; b.8/4/1948
MLB Player

🏆Valerie Lane -- is 75 in the year 2024 and 76 in the year 2025; b.8/4/1949
Model, Playmate
Misc: October 1973

🏆🏈John Riggins -- is 75 in the year 2024 and 76 in the year 2025; b.8/4/1949
Hall of Famer, NFL Runningback
Names/Places: The Diesel and Riggo
Misc: 116 TDs; NFL Individual Record: touchdowns [24] scored in a season [1983]; Super Bowl XVII MVP
Sports Teams: New York Jets (1971-1975), Washington Redskins (1976-1979, 1981-1985)

🏆🏒Jack (Hockey) Brand -- is 71 in the year 2024 and 72 in the year 2025; b.8/4/1953
NHL Player, Canadian

🏆Joni Huntley -- is 68 in the year 2024 and 69 in the year 2025; b.8/4/1956
Olympic Athlete, Track and Field

🏆⚽John Wark -- is 67 in the year 2024 and 68 in the year 2025; b.8/4/1957
Hall of Famer, Soccer Player, Scottish
Misc: Scotland International Footballer, also played for Liverpool and Ipswitch Town

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🏆🏁🏃Mary Decker-Slaney -- is 66 in the year 2024 and 67 in the year 2025; b.8/4/1958
Runner, Olympic Athlete, Track and Field
Misc: U.S. middle distance runner; has held 7 separate American track & field records from the 800 to 10,000 meters; won both 1,500 and 3,000 meters at 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, but no Olympic medals.

🏆🏀Michael Holton -- is 63 in the year 2024 and 64 in the year 2025; b.8/4/1961 N.S.
Sports Analyst, Basketball Announcer, NBA Player
Sports Teams: Portland Trail Blazers (studio analyst)

🏆⚾Roger "Rocket Man" Clemens -- is 62 in the year 2024 and 63 in the year 2025; b.8/4/1962 N.S.
MLB Pitcher
Misc: fanned a record 20 batters in 9-inning game (1986); 6 AL Cy Young Awards: three with the Red Sox (1986, 1987, and 1991), two with the Blue Jays (1997 and 1998), and one with the Yankees (2001), NL Cy Young Award Winner in 2004 with the Astros; AL MVP and All Star MVP in 1986
Sports Teams: Toronto Blue Jays, New York Yankees, Houston Astros, Boston Red Sox

🏆⚾John Farrell -- is 62 in the year 2024 and 63 in the year 2025; b.8/4/1962
MLB Manager, MLB Pitcher

🏆🏈Clyde Simmons -- is 60 in the year 2024 and 61 in the year 2025; b.8/4/1964
NFL Defensive End

🏆⚾B. J. Surhoff -- is 60 in the year 2024 and 61 in the year 2025; b.8/4/1964
MLB Player

🎭🏆Marcus Schenkenberg -- is 56 in the year 2024 and 57 in the year 2025; b.8/4/1968
Actor, Model, Dutch (Netherlands), Swedish
TV Shows: The Surreal Life

🏆🏈James Francis -- is 56 in the year 2024 and 57 in the year 2025; b.8/4/1968
NFL Linebacker

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🏆🏌Dudley Hart -- is 56 in the year 2024 and 57 in the year 2025; b.8/4/1968
Golfer

🏆⚾Troy O'Leary -- is 55 in the year 2024 and 56 in the year 2025; b.8/4/1969
MLB Player

🏆🏁Jeff Gordon -- is 53 in the year 2024 and 54 in the year 2025; b.8/4/1971 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Sports Announcer, Auto Racer, American
Names/Places: RN: Jeffrey Michael Gordon
Misc: NASCAR

🏆🏈Eddie Cade -- is 51 in the year 2024 and 52 in the year 2025; b.8/4/1973
NFL Player

🏆⚾Steve Bourgeois -- is 50 in the year 2024 and 51 in the year 2025; b.8/4/1974
MLB Pitcher

🏆⚾Eric Milton -- is 49 in the year 2024 and 50 in the year 2025; b.8/4/1975
MLB Pitcher

🏆⚾Scott Linebrink -- is 48 in the year 2024 and 49 in the year 2025; b.8/4/1976
MLB Pitcher

🏆⚾Paxton Crawford -- is 47 in the year 2024 and 48 in the year 2025; b.8/4/1977
MLB Player

🏆🏁Kurt Busch -- is 46 in the year 2024 and 47 in the year 2025; b.8/4/1978 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Auto Racer

👑🎭🏆Meghan Markle -- is 43 in the year 2024 and 44 in the year 2025; b.8/4/1981 N.S.
Prince, Actress, Model
Names/Places: Britain's Duchess of Sussex
TV Shows: Suits (as Rachel Zane)
Movie Titles: Horrible Bosses, Remember Me, Anti-Social

🏆Dasha Astafieva -- is 39 in the year 2024 and 40 in the year 2025; b.8/4/1985
Model, Playmate, Ukrainian
Misc: January 2009

🏆⚽Antonio Valencia -- is 39 in the year 2024 and 40 in the year 2025; b.8/4/1985 N.S.
Soccer Player, Ecuadorian

🏆⚽Kelley O'Hara -- is 36 in the year 2024 and 37 in the year 2025; b.8/4/1988 N.S.
Soccer Player, Olympic Athlete, American

🏆River Viiperi -- is 33 in the year 2024 and 34 in the year 2025; b.8/4/1991 N.S.
Model, Spanish

🏆Saido Berahino -- is 31 in the year 2024 and 32 in the year 2025; b.8/4/1993 N.S.
Soccer Striker, English

🎭🏆Bruna Marquenzine -- is 29 in the year 2024 and 30 in the year 2025; b.8/4/1995 N.S.
Actress, Model, Brazilian

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🏆⚾Jacob "Jake" Beckley -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/4/1867 N.S. d.6/25/1918 N.S. (50)
Hall of Famer, MLB First Baseman
Names/Places: NN:Eagle Eye
Sports Teams: Pittsburgh Alleghenys (1888-1889), Pittsburgh Burghers (1890) Pittsburgh Alleghenys/Pirates (1891-1896), New York Giants (1896-1897), Cincinnati Reds (1897-1903), St. Louis Cardinals (1904-1907)

🏆⚾Dolf Luque -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/4/1890 d.7/3/1957 (66)
MLB Pitcher, Cuban

🏆Glenn Cunningham -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/4/1909 d.3/10/1988 (78)
Olympic Athlete, Track and Field
Misc: repeatedly broke world and national records for the mile in the 1930s.

🏆Mikhail Botvinnik -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/4/1911 Ju-1 or 8/17/1911 N.S. d.5/5/1995 N.S. (83)
Chess Player, Russian
Misc: world chess champion (1948-63)

🏆🏒Neil McNeil Colville -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/4/1914 d.12/26/1987 (73)
Hall of Famer, NHL Defensive, Canadian
Misc: played 1934-1950
Sports Teams: New York Rangers

🏆⚾Luke Easter -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/4/1915 N.S. d.3/29/1979 N.S. (63)
MLB Player
Names/Places: NN:Luscious

🏆🏌Ted Kroll -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/4/1919 d.4/23/2002 (82)
Golfer

🏆🏒Maurice "The Rocket" Richard -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/4/1921 N.S. d.5/27/2000 N.S. (78)
Hall of Famer, NHL Right Wing, NHL Forward, Canadian
Misc: played 1942-1960; scored 544 regular season goals, 82 playoff goals; the first to score 500 career goals; 8-time NHL first team All-Star; MVP in 1947; first to score 50 goals in one season (1945); played on 8 Stanley Cup winners in Montreal.
Sports Teams: Montreal Canadiens

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🏆🏈Perry Moss -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/4/1926 d.8/7/2014 (88)
NFL Executive, NFL Coach, NFL Player

🏆⚾Joe Pignatano -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/4/1929 N.S. d.5/23/2022 N.S. (92)
MLB Coach, MLB Player

🏆🥊Tiger Conway Sr. -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/4/1932 N.S. d.11/13/2006 N.S. (74)
Hall of Famer, Wrestler
Names/Places: RN: Plasse Dennis Bradford Conway

🏆🏁🏍Joe Leonard -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/4/1932 d.4/27/2017 N.S. (84)
Auto Racer, Motorcyclist

🏆⚾Dallas (Baseball) Green -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/4/1934 d.3/22/2017 N.S. (82)
MLB Executive, MLB Manager, MLB Pitcher
Misc: managed the Phillies to their first World Series championship in 1980; in the Delaware Sports and Philadelphia Baseball Halls of Fame
Sports Teams: Chicago Cubs (General Manager 1982-1987), Philadelphia Phillies (manager 1979-1981), New York Yankees (manager 1989), New York Mets (manager 1993-1996)

🏆Greg Foster -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/4/1958 N.S. d.2/19/2023 N.S. (64)
Olympic Athlete, Track and Field
Misc: 3-time winner of World Championship gold medal in 110-meter hurdles (1983,87,91); best Olympic performance a silver in 1984; world indoor champion in 1991; made world Top 10 rankings 15 years (a record for running events).

🏆⚾Lucas Gale "Luke" Allen -- Birth Anniversary -- b.8/4/1978 N.S. d.4/26/2022 N.S. (43)
MLB Player

🏆⚾Dick Bartell -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/22/1907 d.8/4/1995 (87)
MLB Player
Names/Places: NN:Rowdy Richard

🏆⚾Willard Jessie Brown -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/26/1915 d.8/4/1996 (81)
Hall of Famer, MLB Player
Names/Places: nicknamed "Home Run" Brown
Misc: was an American baseball player who played outfielder in the Negro Leagues, and Major League Baseball.
Sports Teams: Kansas City Monarchs (Negro Leagues, 1936-1944, 1948-1950), St. Louis Browns (1947)

🏆🥊Lloyd Marshall -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/4/1914 d.8/4/1997 (83)
Hall of Famer, Boxer

🏆⚽Millard Lang -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/7/1912 d.8/4/2002 (89)
Hall of Famer, Soccer Forward, Lacrosse Player
Misc: in both the National Soccer Hall of Fame and the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame

🏆🏀Sue Gunter -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/22/1939 N.S. d.8/4/2005 N.S. (66)
Hall of Famer, College Basketball Coach
Sports Teams: Middle Tennessee State University (1962-1964), Stephen F. Austin State University (1964-1980), Louisiana State University (1982-2004)

🏆🏀Arnold D. "Arnie" Risen -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/9/1924 N.S. d.8/4/2012 N.S. (87)
Hall of Famer, NBA Player
Misc: 2x NBA Champion (1951, 1957); 4x NBA All-Star (1952-55); 9x All-BAA Second Team (1949)
Sports Teams: Ohio State University Buckeyes, Indianapolis Kautskys (NBL, 1945-1948), Rochester Royals (1948-1955), Boston Celtics (1955-1958)

🏆⚽Nicholas Kropfelder -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/19/1923 d.8/4/2012 (89)
Hall of Famer, Soccer Center Forward

🏆🏈Art Donovan -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/5/1924 N.S. d.8/4/2013 N.S. (89)
Hall of Famer, NFL Defensive
Names/Places: NN: The Bulldog
Misc: AFL/NFL defensive tackle
Sports Teams: Baltimore Colts (1950, 1953-1961), New York Yanks (1951), Dallas Texans (1952)

🏆🥊Bobby Eaton -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/14/1958 N.S. d.8/4/2021 N.S. (62)
Hall of Famer, Wrestler, American
Names/Places: RN: Robert Lee Eaton

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🏆⚾James Rodney Richard -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/7/1950 N.S. d.8/4/2021 N.S. (71)
MLB Pitcher

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