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

Last Updated 08-20-2023

🏆🏁🏍Paul Goldsmith -- is 98 in the year 2023 and 99 in the year 2024; b.10/2/1925
Hall of Famer, Auto Racer, Motorcyclist
Misc: former USAC and NASCAR driver

🏆⚽Trevor Brooking -- is 75 in the year 2023 and 76 in the year 2024; b.10/2/1948
Hall of Famer, Sports Commentator, Soccer Player, Soccer Manager, English

🎵🎸Mike Rutherford -- is 73 in the year 2023 and 74 in the year 2024; b.10/2/1950
Hall of Famer, Songwriter, Rock and Roll Singer/Guitarist, English
Misc: some say b. 1951
Group Names: Genesis, Mike & The Mechanics
Song Titles: All I Need is a Miracle, Word of Mouth, The Living Years, Silent Running, Over My Shoulder (all previous titles with Mike + The Mechanics)
Album Titles: Mike + The Mechanics, Living Years, Word of Mouth, Beggar on a Beach of Gold (all previous as Mike + The Mechanics)

🎭🎵🎷🎸Sting -- is 72 in the year 2023 and 73 in the year 2024; b.10/2/1951
Hall of Famer, Movie/Stage Actor, Music Producer, Composer/Songwriter, Bassist, Pianist, Jazz Musician, Rock and Roll Singer, English
Names/Places: b. in Newcastle; RN:Gordon Matthew Sumner
Misc: nicknamed Sting because of his favorite yellow & black jersey; Amnesty Int'l & Brazilian RainForest activist; stage: Three-penny opera
Group Names: The Police (lead singer), soloist
Song Titles: Roxanne, Can't Stand Losing You, Message in a Bottle, Walking on the Moon, So Lonely, Don't Stand So Close To Me, De Do Do Do De Da Da Da, Invisible Sun, Every Little Thing She Does is Magic, Spirits in the Material World, Every Breath You Take, King of Pain (all previous titles as the lead of The Police), If You Love Somebody Set Them Free, Fortress Around Your Heart, We'll Be Together, All This Time, All For Love
Album Titles: Outlandos d'Amour, Reggatta de Blanc, Zenyatta Mondatta, Ghost in the Machine, Synchronicity (all previous titles as lead of The Police), Dream of the Blue Turtles, Nothing Like The Sun, The Soul Cages, Ten Summoner's Tales, Mercury Falling, Brand New Day, Sacred Love
Movie Titles: Quadrophenia, Dune, The Bride

🏆🏒Gordon Douglas "Gordie" Roberts -- is 66 in the year 2023 and 67 in the year 2024; b.10/2/1957 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Hockey Defensive, American
Misc: played from 1980-1996
Sports Teams: New England Whalers (WHA), Hartford Whalers, Minnesota North Stars, Philadelphia Flyers, St. Louis Blues, Pittsburgh Penguins, Boston Bruins

🏆🏒Glenn Anderson -- is 63 in the year 2023 and 64 in the year 2024; b.10/2/1960
Hall of Famer, NHL Right Wing, Canadian
Misc: played 1980-1997
Sports Teams: Edmonton Oilers, New York Rangers, St. Louis Blues, Toronto Maple Leafs

🏆⚽John Grant "Robbo" Robertson -- is 59 in the year 2023 and 60 in the year 2024; b.10/2/1964 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Soccer Player, Soccer Coach, Scottish

🎭🎵"Groucho" Marx -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/2/1890 N.S. d.8/19/1977 N.S. (86)
Hall of Famer, Radio Actor, TV/Movie Actor, Comedian, Game Show Host, Vaudevillan, Novelty Singer
Names/Places: b. in New York City; RFMN:Julius Henry; d. in Los Angeles
Misc: the cigar-smoking mustasched man with the irreverent wisecracks, wild puns, & outrageous insults; of The Marx Brothers w/ Chico, Harpo, Zeppo, & Gummo; some say b. 1891 or 1895
Song Titles: Hooray For Captain Spaulding, Hello I Must Be Going, Whatever It Is I'm Against It, Everyone Says I Love You, Lydia The Tattooed Lady
TV Shows: You Bet Your Life (host), Tell It To Groucho (host)
Movie Titles: The Cocoanuts, Animal Crackers, Monkey Business, Horse Feathers, A Night at the Opera, Duck Soup

🏆🏀Henry Van Arsdale Porter -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/2/1891 N.S. d.10/27/1975 N.S. (84)
Hall of Famer, Educator (m), Basketball Coach
Names/Places: NN:H.V.

🏆🏒Myles Stanley J. Lane -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/2/1903 N.S. d.8/6/1987 N.S. (83)
Hall of Famer, NHL Player, Hockey Coach
Misc: played 1928-1934
Sports Teams: New York Rangers, Boston Bruins

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🏆🥊Paul Max Boesch -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/2/1912 N.S. d.3/7/1989 N.S. (76)
Hall of Famer, Wrestler
Misc: professional wrestling promoter

🏆🏒William Carl "Bill" Moe -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/2/1916 N.S. d.7/13/1996 N.S. (79)
Hall of Famer, NHL Defensive
Misc: played 1939-1953; played for the NHL, the Eastern Amateur Hockey League, Pacific Coast Hockey League, American Hockey League.
Sports Teams: New York Rangers (NHL), Philadelphia Ramblers (AHL), Hershey Bears (AHL)

🎭🏆🏈Steve Sabol -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/2/1942 N.S. d.9/18/2012 N.S. (69)
Hall of Famer, Filmmaker, Football Figure
Sports Teams: was the president and one of the founders of NFL Films, along with his father Ed.

🏆🥊Rodney Agatupu Anoa'i -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/2/1966 N.S. d.10/23/2000 N.S. (34)
Hall of Famer, Wrestler
Names/Places: ring name: Yokozuna

🏆🎾Jana Novotná -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/2/1968 d.11/19/2017 N.S. (49)
Hall of Famer, Tennis Player, Czechoslovakian

William Ellery Channing -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/7/1780 d.10/2/1842 (62)
Hall of Famer, Clergyman, American

🏆🏒Charles Francis Adams -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/19/1876 d.10/2/1947 (70)
Hall of Famer, NHL Player, Hockey Executive
Sports Teams: Boston Bruins (executive who formed the team)

🎵George "Harmonica" Smith -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/22/1924 N.S. d.10/2/1983 N.S. (59)
Hall of Famer, Blues Harmonicaist
Names/Places: RN: Allen George Smith

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🏆🏁Edwin Keith "Banjo" Matthews -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/14/1932 N.S. d.10/2/1996 N.S. (64)
Hall of Famer, Auto Racer
Misc: NASCAR

🎭🎵🏆⚾Gene Autry -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/29/1907 d.10/2/1998 (91)
Hall of Famer, TV/Movie Actor, Variety Show Host, Songwriter, Country Singer/Guitarist, MLB Owner
Names/Places: b. in Tioga Springs, TX; FN:Orvon
Misc: radio: Gene Autry's Melody Ranch (1940-1956); Singing Cowboy Legend; former Calif. Angels & Golden West Broadcasters owner; has five stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for radio, TV, movies, records and live performances; in Country HoF since 1969
Sports Teams: California Angels (owner 1961-1998)
Song Titles: Back in the Saddle Again, Frosty the Snowman, Here Comes Santa Claus, Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
TV Shows: The Gene Autry Show

🎵🎸Tom Petty -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/20/1950 d.10/2/2017 N.S. (66)
Hall of Famer, Songwriter, Guitarist, Classic Rock Singer
Names/Places: RN: Thomas Earl Petty; b. in Jacksonville, FL
Misc: some say b. 1952 or b. 1953; Weird Al parodied his group's hit "Stop Dragging My Heart Around" into "Stop Dragging My Car Around" in 1981
Group Names: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, The Traveling Wilburys (as Charlie T Jr./Muddy), soloist
Song Titles: Breakdown, American Girl, I Need to Know, Listen to Her Heart, Don't Do Me Like That, Refugee, Here Comes My Girl, The Waiting, You Got Lucky, Change of Heart, Don't Come Around Here No More, Make It Better aka Forget About Me, Rebels, So You Wanna Be a Rock and Roll Star, Needles and Pins, Jammin' Me, Runaway Trains, I Won't Back Down, Runnin' Down a Dream, Free Fallin', Learning To Fly, Into The Great Wide Open, Out in the Cloud, Kings Highway, Mary Jane's Last Dance, You Don't Know How It Feels, You Wreck Me, Free Girl Now, Swingin', The Last DJ
Album Titles: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, You're Gonna Get It, Damn The Torpedoes, Hard Promises, Long After Dark, Southern Accents, Let Me Up (I've Had Enough), Into the Great Wide Open, Songs and Music From She's The One, Echo, The Last DJ, Mojo, Hypnotic Eye (previous titles with The Heartbreakers), Full Moon Fever, Wildflowers, Highway Companion

🏆🏁Robert Yates -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/19/1943 N.S. d.10/2/2017 N.S. (74)
Hall of Famer, Auto Racer
Names/Places: FN: James
Misc: former owner of the Sprint Cup Series team Yates Racing

🏆⚾Bob "Hoot" Gibson -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/9/1935 N.S. d.10/2/2020 N.S. (84)
Hall of Famer, Sportscaster, MLB Pitcher
Names/Places: b. in Omaha, NE
Misc: 9x All-Star, 2x NL Cy Young Award, 9x Gold Glove, World Series MVP in 1964 and 1967, NL MVP 1968; struck out 3117 batters; Baseball RHP; won 20 or more games 5 times; won 2 NL Cy Young Awards in 1968 and 1970; led St. Louis to 2 World Series titles; 251 career wins; lowest ERA in N.L. history (1.12), only man to pitch 7 consecutive complete World Series games; Cardinals #45 retired and in Cardinals Hall of Fame; played one year with the Globetrotters.
Sports Teams: St. Louis Cardinals (1959-1975)
TV Shows: Monday Night Baseball (announcer)

🏆🎾John "Budge" Edward Patty -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/11/1924 N.S. d.10/2/2021 N.S. (97)
Hall of Famer, Tennis Player

🏆🥊Éder Jofre -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/26/1936 d.10/2/2022 N.S. (86)
Hall of Famer, Boxer, Brazilian

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