🏆⚽Ian Callaghan -- is 82 in the year 2024 and 83 in the year 2025; b.4/10/1942
Hall of Famer, Soccer Midfielder, English
🏆🏈Mel Blount -- is 76 in the year 2024 and 77 in the year 2025; b.4/10/1948
Hall of Famer, NFL Cornerback
Misc: 5x Pro Bowl, 4x First Team All-Pro, 4x Super Bowl champ; Steelers #47 no longer issued
Sports Teams: Pittsburgh Steelers (1970-1983)
🏆🏈🏀Edward J. Hickox -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/10/1878 N.S. d.1/28/1966 N.S. (87)
Hall of Famer, College Football Coach, Basketball Administrator
Misc: an executive secretary of the Hall of Fame from 1949-1963.
Sports Teams: Southwestern Normal (football coach 1907), Springfield (MA, football coach 1922-1923, basketball coach 1926-1942), Colorado College (basketball coach 1914-1915), American International (basketball coach 1944-1947)
🏆⚾Ross Youngs -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/10/1897 d.10/22/1927 (30)
Hall of Famer, MLB Right Fielder
Misc: 2x World Series champion
Sports Teams: New York Giants (1917-1926)
🏆Ulise Joseph "Pete" Desjardins -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/10/1907 N.S. d.5/6/1985 N.S. (78)
Hall of Famer, Diver, Olympic Athlete, American
🏆🏀Charles "Stretch" Murphy -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/10/1907 N.S. d.8/19/1992 N.S. (85)
Hall of Famer, College Basketball Player
Misc: Big Ten co-championships (Purdue, 1928-29); Helms Foundation All-America (1929-30); set Big Ten scoring record of 143 points (1929); Big Ten Championship (1930)
Sports Teams: Purdue University (1926-1930)
📰🏆🥊Jimmy Cannon -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/10/1909 d.12/5/1973 (64)
Hall of Famer, Journalist, Sports Writer, Boxing Figure
Misc: in the International Boxing (for coverage of that sport) and National Sportscasters Halls of Fame
🏆🏈W. Clarke Hinkle -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/10/1909 d.11/9/1988 (79)
Hall of Famer, NFL Fullback
Misc: led the Green Bay Packers to NFL championships in 1936, '39; in the College and Pro Football Halls of Fame; some say b. 1912
Sports Teams: Green Bay Packers (1932-1941)
🏆⚽Benny McLaughlin -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/10/1928 d.12/27/2012 (84)
Hall of Famer, Soccer Player
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🎵Nathaniel Nelson -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/10/1932 N.S. d.6/1/1984 N.S. (52)
Hall of Famer, Soul Singer
Group Names: The Flamingos, Platters
✍📰🏆David Halberstam -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/10/1934 d.4/23/2007 (73)
Hall of Famer, Author (m), Journalist, Historian (m), Sports Journalist
Misc: in the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame
Book Titles: The Breaks of the Game (as inside look at Bill Walton and the 1979-80 Portland Trail Blazers basketball team), Playing for Keeps (on Michael Jordan), Summer of '49 (the battle between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox), The Educattion of a Coach (about New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick)
🏆🏁Kenley Dean "Ken" Squier -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/10/1935 N.S. d.11/15/2023 N.S. (88)
Hall of Famer, Sportscaster, Auto Racer
🎭🏆🏈John (Football) Madden -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/10/1936 N.S. d.12/28/2021 N.S. (85)
Hall of Famer, Actor, Sports Analyst, Football Announcer, NFL Coach
Names/Places: b. in Austin, MN
Misc: Miller Lite Commercials; was a CBS, Fox then NBC Fox Sports analyst who draws lines on your TV screen; Ace Hardware spokesman; won 112 games and a Super Bowl (1976 season) as coach of Oakland Raiders; won 9 Emmy Awards as television analyst with CBS; he and partner Pat Summerall moved over to Fox in 1994 after CBS lost NFL rights; signed 4-year, $32 million deal with Fox on Jan. 24--a richer contract than any NFL player.
Sports Teams: Oakland Raiders (coach 1967-1978)
🎵Bobby Smith -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/10/1936 N.S. d.3/16/2013 N.S. (76)
Hall of Famer, Rhythm and Blues Singer
Group Names: The Spinners
🎭🏆🏈Don Meredith -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/10/1938 d.12/5/2010 (72)
Hall of Famer, Actor, Commercial Actor, Sports Commentator, NFL Quarterback
Names/Places: b. in Mt. Vernon, TX; NN:Dandy
Misc: Lipton Ice Tea
Sports Teams: Southern Methodist University, Dallas Cowboys (1960-1968)
TV Shows: Monday Night Football
🏆🏁🏊Kevin Berry -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/10/1945 N.S. d.12/7/2006 N.S. (61)
Hall of Famer, Swimmer, Olympic Athlete, Australian
🎵Eddie Hazel -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/10/1950 d.12/23/1992 (42)
Hall of Famer, Rhythm and Blues Guitarist
Misc: NOT to be confused with Eddie Hazell with 2 "L"s!
Group Names: Funkadelic (founder)
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🏆🎳Mark Roth -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/10/1951 N.S. d.11/26/2021 N.S. (70)
Hall of Famer, Bowler
Misc: 4-time PBA Player of Year (1977-79,84); entered 1994 season with 33 tournament wins, including 1984 U.S. Open.
🏆🥊William Alvin Moody -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/10/1954 N.S. d.3/5/2013 N.S. (58)
Hall of Famer, Wrestler, Wrestling Manager
Names/Places: ring names: Paul Bearer and Percival Pringle III
🏆⚾William Ambrose Hulbert -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/23/1832 d.4/10/1882 (49)
Hall of Famer, Baseball Figure, MLB Executive
Misc: one of the founders of the National League, recogized as baseball's first major league.
🏆🥊Young Corbett II -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/4/1880 N.S. d.4/10/1927 N.S. (46)
Hall of Famer, Boxer
Names/Places: RN:William J Rothwell
🎵Chuck Willis -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/31/1928 d.4/10/1958 (30)
Hall of Famer, Songwriter, Rhythm and Blues Singer
Song Titles: C.C. Rider
🏆⚾🏈🏀Victor A. "Vic" Hanson -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/30/1903 N.S. d.4/10/1982 N.S. (78)
Hall of Famer, College Baseball Player, College Football Coach, College Football Player, College Basketball Player
Misc: was a well-known multi-sport college athlete in the 1920s. Helms Foundation Championship (Syracuse, 1926); Helms Foundation Player of the Year (1927); Grantland Rice's All-Time, All-America Team (1952); played with ABL's Cleveland Rosenblums (1927-30).
Sports Teams: Syracuse University (football player 1924-1926, basketball player 1924-1927, football coach 1928-1936)
🏆🏒John "Snooks" Kelley -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/11/1907 N.S. d.4/10/1986 N.S. (78)
Hall of Famer, Hockey Coach
Misc: the first coach to win 500 games in the NCAA
Sports Teams: Boston College
🎵Little Eva -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/29/1945 d.4/10/2003 (57)
Hall of Famer, Rhythm and Blues Singer
Names/Places: b. in Bellhaven, NC; RN:Eva Narcissus Boyd
Misc: not b. in 1944
Song Titles: Locomotion
🎵Yvonne Staples -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/23/1937 N.S. d.4/10/2018 N.S. (80)
Hall of Famer, Gospel Singer, Rhythm and Blues Singer
Names/Places: Roebuck's daughter
Group Names: The Staple Singers
✍🎵Bob Porter -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/20/1940 N.S. d.4/10/2021 N.S. (80)
Hall of Famer, Writer (m), Music Producer
Misc: discographer; radio presenter; reissued many classic blues and jazz recordings
🎭🏆🏈O. J. Simpson -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/9/1947 N.S. d.4/10/2024 N.S. (76)
Hall of Famer, Criminal, TV/Movie Actor, Football Announcer, NFL Runningback, College Football Player
Names/Places: b. in San Francisco; RN:Orenthal James Simpson; NN:The Juice
Misc: led USC to 2 Rose Bowls 60s, won Heisman Trophy in 1968 at USC, Buffalo Bill rushed for 2003 yds '73 (MVP); AFC leading rusher 4X's, 11236 career yards, 203 receptions, 990 yards kickoff returns, 14368 combined net yards, 5 Pro Bowls; Hertz commercial sprinter; convicted felon; in the College Football and the Pro Football Halls of Fame
Sports Teams: University of Southern California, Buffalo Bills (1969-1977), San Francisco 49ers (1978-1979)
TV Shows: Roots (as Kadi Touray), Monday Night Football
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