📰Bob Schieffer -- is 87 in the year 2024 and 88 in the year 2025; b.2/25/1937
Hall of Famer, Newscaster, Journalist
TV Shows: CBS News, Face the Nation (moderator), CBS Saturday Evening News (1973-96)
🎵Don Randi -- is 87 in the year 2024 and 88 in the year 2025; b.2/25/1937 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Songwriter, Keyboardist, Bandleader
🏆🏒Louis Joseph Vairo -- is 79 in the year 2024 and 80 in the year 2025; b.2/25/1945 N.S.
Hall of Famer, NHL Coach
Sports Teams: New Jersey Devils
🏆🥊"Nature Boy" Rick Flair -- is 75 in the year 2024 and 76 in the year 2025; b.2/25/1949 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Wrestler
Names/Places: NN:Ric, RN:Richard Morgan Fliehr
Misc: wrestling career spanned almost 40 years with the NWA, WCW, WWF later WWE, and TNA.; WCW wrestling champ
🎖José de San Martin -- Birth Anniversary -- b.2/25/1778 d.8/17/1850 (72)
Hall of Famer, Revolutionary (m), Argentine
Names/Places: born in Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata, now known as Argentina
🏆🎾Oliver Campbell -- Birth Anniversary -- b.2/25/1871 d.7/11/1953 (82)
Hall of Famer, Tennis Player
🏆Bert Bell -- Birth Anniversary -- b.2/25/1895 d.10/11/1959 (64)
Hall of Famer, Sports Executive
Misc: NFL Commissioner #2; owned the Eagles and the Steelers at different times of his life
🏆🏒King Clancy -- Birth Anniversary -- b.2/25/1903 d.11/10/1986 (83)
Hall of Famer, NHL Defensive, Canadian
Misc: played 1921-1937; was an NHL player, coach, referee, & executive
Sports Teams: Ottawa Senators, Toronto Maple Leafs
🏆🎾Bobby Riggs -- Birth Anniversary -- b.2/25/1918 d.10/25/1995 (77)
Hall of Famer, Tennis Player
Names/Places: RN:Robert Larimore Riggs; 2x Priscilla Wheelan's hubby
Misc: won Wimbledon once (1939) and U.S. title twice (1939,41) before turning pro in 1941; the consummate tennis hustler who won his greatest fame by losing to Billie Jean King in the "Battle of the Sexes.", he did, however, beat Margaret Smith Court
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🏆⚾Monford "Monte" Irvin -- Birth Anniversary -- b.2/25/1919 d.1/11/2016 N.S. (96)
Hall of Famer, MLB Outfielder
Sports Teams: New York Giants
🎭🎵🎸Ralph Jones -- Birth Anniversary -- b.2/25/1921 d.6/1/2000 (79)
Hall of Famer, Actor, Rock and Roll Drummer
Group Names: The Comets (the backing band for Bill Haley)
🏆🏀Morice Frederick "Tex" Winter -- Birth Anniversary -- b.2/25/1922 N.S. d.10/10/2018 N.S. (96)
Hall of Famer, NBA Coach, College Basketball Player, College Basketball Coach
Sports Teams: Kansas State (Asst. coach, 1947-1951), Marquette (coach, 1951-1953), Kansas State (coach, 1953-1968), Washington (coach, 1968-1971), Houston Rockets (NBA coach, 1971-1973), Northwestern (coach, 1973-1978), Long Beach State (coach, 1978-1983), Chicago Bulls (Asst. coach, 1985-1998), Los Angeles Lakers (Asst coach, 1999-2008)
🏆🥊Billy Darnell -- Birth Anniversary -- b.2/25/1926 d.9/7/2007 (81)
Hall of Famer, Wrestler
Misc: major star of the 1940s and 50s
💰🎭🎵Clarence Avant -- Birth Anniversary -- b.2/25/1931 N.S. d.8/13/2023 N.S. (92)
Hall of Famer, Entrepreneur, Movie Producer (m), Music Executive
Names/Places: NN: The Black Godfather
📰🎭🎵Faron Young -- Birth Anniversary -- b.2/25/1932 d.12/10/1996 (64)
Hall of Famer, Publisher (m), Movie Actor, Songwriter, Country Singer/Guitarist
TV Shows: Nashville (as Music City News pub)
✍🎭Larry Gelbart -- Birth Anniversary -- b.2/25/1938 d.9/11/2009 (71)
Hall of Famer, Dramatist/Playwright (m), Screen/Scriptwriter, TV Producer (m)
TV Shows: M*A*S*H (developer)
✍🏆Billy Packer -- Birth Anniversary -- b.2/25/1940 N.S. d.1/26/2023 N.S. (82)
Hall of Famer, Author (m), Sports Analyst, Sportscaster
Misc: spent over three decades as a color analyst for television coverage of college basketball
TV Shows: NBC Sports, CBS Sports
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🏆⚾Ron Santo -- Birth Anniversary -- b.2/25/1940 d.12/3/2010 (70)
Hall of Famer, MLB Third Baseman
Misc: scored 342 homers; 9x All-Star, 5x Gold Glove; Cubs #10 retired
Sports Teams: Chicago Cubs (1960-1973), Chicago White Sox (1974)
💰🎭🎵🎸George Harrison -- Birth Anniversary -- b.2/25/1943 d.11/29/2001 (58)
Hall of Famer, Executive, Stage Actor, Movie Producer (m), Music Producer, Songwriter, Organist, Zitarist, Rock and Roll Singer/Guitarist, English
Names/Places: b. in Liverpool
Group Names: of The Quarrymen, Moondogs, Silver Beatles, The Beatles, The Traveling Wilburys' Lucky/Spike, soloist
Song Titles: Love Me Do, From Me To You, She Loves You, I Want To Hold Your Hand, I Saw Her Standing There, All My Loving, Twist and Shout, Can't Buy Me Love, A Hard Day's Night, I Feel Fine, Eight Days a Week, Ticket To Ride, Rock and Roll Music, Help!, Yesterday, We Can Work It Out, Michelle, Nowhere Man, Paperback Writer, Yellow Submarine, Penny Lane, All You Need is Love, Hello Goodbye, Lady Madonna, I Am The Walrus, Hey Jude, Oh-La Di Ob-La Da, Get Back, The Ballad of John and Yoko, Come Together, Something, Let It Be, The Long and Winding Road (previous titles with The Beatles), My Sweet Lord, What is Life, Give Me Love, Crackerbox Palace, Blow Away, All Those Years Ago, Got My Mind Set on You, When We Was Fab
Album Titles: Please Please Me, With The Beatles, Introducing...The Beatles, Meet The Beatles!, The Beatles Second Album, A Hard Day's Night, Something New, Beatles '65, Beatles VI, Help!, Rubber Soul, Yesterday and Today, Revolver, Sargent Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Magical Mystery Tour, White Album, Yellow Submarine, Abbey Road, Let It Be (previous titles with The Beatles), All Things Must Pass, Living in the Material World, Dark Horse, Extra Texture (Read All About It), Thirty Three and 1/3, George Harrison, Somewhere in England, Cloud Nine, Brainwashed
🏆⚽Davie Cooper -- Birth Anniversary -- b.2/25/1956 d.3/23/1995 (39)
Hall of Famer, Soccer Player, Scottish
🏆🏁Davey Allison -- Birth Anniversary -- b.2/25/1961 N.S. d.7/13/1993 N.S. (32)
Hall of Famer, Auto Racer, American
Misc: NASCAR
🏆⚾John Joseph McGraw -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/7/1873 d.2/25/1934 (60)
Hall of Famer, MLB Manager, MLB Player
Misc: New York Giants manager led team to 10 pennants, 3 championships; some say 1875; 2840 wins; 3x World Series champ, 10x National League pennants
Sports Teams: Baltimore Orioles (AA/NL player 1891-1899), St. Louis Cardinals (player 1900), Baltimore Orioles (AL 1901-1902), New York Giants (player 1902-1906), Baltimore Orioles (NL manager 1899, AL manager 1901-1902), New York Giants (manager 1902-1932)
🏆⚾Joseph "Cyclone Joe" Williams -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/6/1886 N.S. d.2/25/1951 N.S. (64)
Hall of Famer, Baseball Pitcher
Names/Places: nicknamed "Cyclone Joe" or "Smokey Joe"
Misc: he was an American right-handed pitcher in the Negro leagues. He is widely recognized as one of the game's greatest pitchers, even though he never played a game in the major leagues.
🏆🏒James D. Norris -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/6/1906 d.2/25/1966 (59)
Hall of Famer, NHL Owner, NHL Player
Misc: the Defensive Player of the Year Award is named in his honor.
Sports Teams: Detroit (owner 1933-43, 1946-66)
🏆🎾David Herman -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/26/1905 O.S. d.2/25/1974 (68)
Hall of Famer, Tennis Player, English
🏆🏒Austie Harding -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/26/1917 N.S. d.2/25/1991 N.S. (73)
Hall of Famer, Hockey Player
🏆🥊"Jersey Joe" Walcott -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/31/1914 d.2/25/1994 (80)
Hall of Famer, Boxer
Names/Places: b. in Merchantville, N.J.; RN:Arnold Raymond Cream
Misc: heavyweight boxing champ (1951-52); crowned heavyweight champion of the world after knocking out Ezzard Charles in the seventh round of their July 18, 1951, bout and became, at the age of 37, the oldest fighter ever to win the title.
🎵Bill "Hoss" Allen -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/3/1922 d.2/25/1997 (74)
Hall of Famer, Radio Disc Jock
Names/Places: NN:Hossman or Hoss
🏆🏁🏊Austin Rawlinson -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/7/1902 N.S. d.2/25/2000 N.S. (97)
Hall of Famer, Swimmer, Olympic Athlete, Water Polo Player, British
🎵Edward (Pip) Patten -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/27/1939 N.S. d.2/25/2005 N.S. (65)
Hall of Famer, Rhythm and Blues Singer
Names/Places: Gladys Knight's cousin
Group Names: Gladys Knight & the Pips
🎵🎸Dan Toler -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/23/1948 d.2/25/2013 (64)
Hall of Famer, Rock and Roll Guitarist
Group Names: The Allman Brothers Band
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