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Hall of Fame Today in Birthdays and Deaths by Age for June 2

Last Updated 04-13-2024

🎵Janie Bradford -- is 85 in the year 2024 and 86 in the year 2025; b.6/2/1939 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Songwriter

🏆🏒Louis Vincent Anthony "Lou" Nanne -- is 83 in the year 2024 and 84 in the year 2025; b.6/2/1941 N.S.
Hall of Famer, NHL General Manager, NHL Defensive, Canadian
Misc: played 1968-1978
Sports Teams: Minnesota North Stars

🏆Franco Giorgio Cagnotto -- is 77 in the year 2024 and 78 in the year 2025; b.6/2/1947 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Diver, Olympic Athlete, Italian

🏆⚽Tommy McLean -- is 77 in the year 2024 and 78 in the year 2025; b.6/2/1947 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Soccer Player, Soccer Manager, Scottish

🏆🏒Larry Clark Robinson -- is 73 in the year 2024 and 74 in the year 2025; b.6/2/1951
Hall of Famer, NHL Defensive, Canadian
Misc: played 1971-1992; Montreal Canadiens defenseman won Norris trophy '77,'80; career 208 goals and 750 assists
Sports Teams: Montreal Canadiens, Los Angeles Kings

🏆🏒Gary Bettman -- is 72 in the year 2024 and 73 in the year 2025; b.6/2/1952 N.S.
Hall of Famer, NHL Executive
Misc: former NBA executive, who was named first commissioner of NHL on Dec. 11, 1992; took office on Feb. 1, 1993.

🏆🏁Steve Kinser -- is 70 in the year 2024 and 71 in the year 2025; b.6/2/1954 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Auto Racer
Names/Places: NN: The King

🏆⚽Mark Lawrenson -- is 67 in the year 2024 and 68 in the year 2025; b.6/2/1957 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Soccer Player, English

🏆⚽Abby Wambach -- is 44 in the year 2024 and 45 in the year 2025; b.6/2/1980 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Soccer Player, Soccer Coach, Olympic Athlete, American

🏆Gustave Lussi -- Birth Anniversary -- b.6/2/1898 N.S. d.6/23/1993 N.S. (95)
Hall of Famer, Ski Jumper, Swiss
Misc: Figure Skating coach

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🎭🏆🏁🏊Johnny Weissmuller -- Birth Anniversary -- b.6/2/1904 N.S. d.1/20/1984 N.S. (79)
Hall of Famer, Movie Actor, TV/Movie Actor, Swimmer, Olympic Athlete, Austrian, Hungarian
Names/Places: b. in Chicago; RFN:Peter John; wed 5x's; d. in Acapulco, Mexico
Misc: won 52 national championships, 5 Olympic gold medals; set 67 world records; was the first to swim 100m freestyle under a minute; some say b. in 1903 or d. 1-21
TV Shows: Jungle Jim (star)
Movie Titles: Tarzan (series 1932-1948)

🏆🥊Jim Crockett -- Birth Anniversary -- b.6/2/1909 N.S. d.4/1/1973 N.S. (63)
Hall of Famer, Wrestling Figure
Names/Places: RN:James Allen Crockett Sr.; aka Big Jim
Misc: Wrestling promoter and professional sports franchise owner

🏆🏈Tex Schramm -- Birth Anniversary -- b.6/2/1920 d.7/15/2003 (83)
Hall of Famer, NFL General Manager
Misc: 2x Super Bowl champ, 5x Conference champ, 13x Division champ
Sports Teams: Los Angeles Rams (executive 1947-1956), Dallas Cowboys (executive 1960-1989)

🏆🏌Charlie Sifford -- Birth Anniversary -- b.6/2/1922 d.2/3/2015 (92)
Hall of Famer, Golfer
Misc: helped to desegregate the PGA of America

🏆🎾Ken McGregor -- Birth Anniversary -- b.6/2/1929 d.12/1/2007 (78)
Hall of Famer, Tennis Player, Australian

🎵Johnny Carter -- Birth Anniversary -- b.6/2/1934 N.S. d.8/20/2009 N.S. (75)
Hall of Famer, Rhythm and Blues Singer
Group Names: The Flamingos, The Dells

🎵🎸Charlie Watts -- Birth Anniversary -- b.6/2/1941 N.S. d.8/24/2021 N.S. (80)
Hall of Famer, Percussionist, Rock and Roll Drummer, English
Names/Places: MN:Robert
Group Names: The Rolling Stones

🎵William Guest -- Birth Anniversary -- b.6/2/1941 N.S. d.12/24/2015 N.S. (74)
Hall of Famer, Rhythm and Blues Singer, Soul Singer
Group Names: Gladys Knight & the Pips

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🏆🎳Pete Couture -- Birth Anniversary -- b.6/2/1945 N.S. d.6/30/2018 N.S. (73)
Hall of Famer, Bowler

🎭🏆⚾Lou Gehrig -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/19/1903 N.S. d.6/2/1941 N.S. (37)
Hall of Famer, Movie Actor, MLB First Baseman
Names/Places: b. in New York City; RFN:Henry Louis
Misc: 7x All-Star, 6x World Series champ, 3x AL home run leader, 5x AL RBI leader; AL League Award Winner 1927; AL MVP 1936; 2,721 hits, 1,990 RBIs; Yankee played record 2130 consecutive games; a degenerative disease was named after him; 7x World Series; .341 avg., 493 HRs; Yankees #4 retired; d. in New York of a degenerative disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Sports Teams: New York Yankees (player 1923-1939, captain 1935-1939)

🏆🏈Nile Kinnick -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/9/1918 d.6/2/1943 (24)
Hall of Famer, College Football Player, Football Runningback
Misc: Heisman Trophy (1939)
Sports Teams: University of Iowa

🏆🎾Richard Williams II -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/29/1891 d.6/2/1968 (77)
Hall of Famer, Tennis Player

🏆🏁Bruce McLaren -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/30/1937 d.6/2/1970 (32)
Hall of Famer, Auto Racer, New Zealand
Misc: Formula One; sports car racing; McLaren founder; the youngest to win an international Grand Prix contest for Formula I cars (the U.S. race in 1959, when he was 22), also noted as a designer of racing vehicles.

✍🏆🏀David Walsh -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/5/1889 N.S. d.6/2/1975 N.S. (85)
Hall of Famer, Author (m), Basketball Referee
Misc: co-authored the first ever Manual of Basketball Officiating

🏆🏒Aurele Joliat -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/29/1901 d.6/2/1986 (84)
Hall of Famer, NHL Left Wing, NHL Right Wing, Canadian
Names/Places: RN:Aurele Emile "Mighty Atom, Little Giant" Joliat
Sports Teams: Montreal Canadiens (possibly 1922-1938)

🏆⚾John Robert "Johnny" Mize -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/7/1913 N.S. d.6/2/1993 N.S. (80)
Hall of Famer, MLB First Baseman
Names/Places: NN:The Big Cat and Big Jawn
Misc: 10x All-Star, 5x World Series champion, 4x NL home run leader
Sports Teams: St. Louis Cardinals (1936-1941), New York Giants (1942, 1946-1949), New York Yankees (1949-1953)

🏆🎾Helen Hull Jacobs -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/6/1908 d.6/2/1997 (88)
Hall of Famer, Tennis Player
Misc: 4-time winner of U.S. Championship (1932-35); Wimbledon winner in 1936; lost 4 Wimbledon finals to arch-rival Helen Wills Moody.

🏆🏈🥊Sylvester "Junkyard Dog" Ritter -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/13/1952 N.S. d.6/2/1998 N.S. (45)
Hall of Famer, College Football Player, Wrestler
Names/Places: NN:Junkyard Dog or JYD for short

🏆🥊Joey Maxim -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/28/1922 d.6/2/2001 (79)
Hall of Famer, Boxer

🎵🏆🥊Fred "Freddie" Blassie -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/8/1918 N.S. d.6/2/2003 N.S. (85)
Hall of Famer, Novelty Singer, Wrestler
Names/Places: aka Classy Freddie Blassie; RN:Frederick Kenneith Blassie
Song Titles: Pencil Neck Geek

🎵🎸Vince Welnick -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/21/1951 d.6/2/2006 (55)
Hall of Famer, Singer, Rock and Roll Keyboardist
Group Names: Tubes, Todd Rundgren, Grateful Dead

🎵Bo Diddley -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/30/1928 N.S. d.6/2/2008 N.S. (79)
Hall of Famer, Composer, Songwriter, Blues Guitarist, Rhythm and Blues Singer
Names/Places: b. in McComb, Miss.; NN:Black Gladatior; RN:Ellas Bates, changed to Ellas McDaniels upon adoption
Misc: A diddley bow is a one-stringed musicial instrument from the Southern USA

🏆🏀Wesley S. "Wes" Unseld -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/14/1946 N.S. d.6/2/2020 N.S. (74)
Hall of Famer, NBA Coach, NBA Center
Names/Places: NN:Wide Wes
Misc: career 10,624 points, 13,769 rebounds, 3,822 assists; star big man for the Baltimore Bullets in the late 1960s, early 1970's. Led them from last to first in his famed rookie season; Washington Wizards #41 retired
Sports Teams: Baltimore/Washington Bullets (player 1968-1981), Washington Bullets (coach 1987-1994)

🏆🏒Paul "Racket" Coppo -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/2/1938 N.S. d.6/2/2022 N.S. (83)
Hall of Famer, Hockey Player, Olympic Athlete

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