🏆Thomas M. Boswell -- is 77 in the year 2024 and 78 in the year 2025; b.10/11/1947 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Sports Columnist
🏆⚾Jon Miller -- is 73 in the year 2024 and 74 in the year 2025; b.10/11/1951 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Sportscaster, Baseball Announcer
Misc: Ford C. Frick Award winner in 2010; ESPN announcer 1990-2010
Sports Teams: Baltimore Orioles, San Francisco Giants
🏆🏈Steve (Football) Young -- is 63 in the year 2024 and 64 in the year 2025; b.10/11/1961 N.S.
Hall of Famer, NFL Quarterback, College Football Player
Names/Places: b. in Salt Lake City, Utah
Misc: consensus All-America at BYU (1983); NFL Player of Year (1992) with San Francisco 49ers; led passer rating in three years (1991-93); San Francisco '49ers quarterback: Super Bowl XXIX MVP; in the Pro Football and College Football Halls of Fame
Sports Teams: BYU, Los Angeles Express (USFL 1984-1985), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1985-1986), San Francisco 49ers (1987-1999)
🏆🥊Solofa Fatu Jr. -- is 59 in the year 2024 and 60 in the year 2025; b.10/11/1965 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Wrestler
Names/Places: ring names: Rikishi and Fatu
🏆⛸Kyoko Ina -- is 52 in the year 2024 and 53 in the year 2025; b.10/11/1972 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Figure Skater, Olympic Athlete, American, Japanese
🏆🏈🏀Howard Goodsell Cann -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/11/1895 N.S. d.12/18/1992 N.S. (97)
Hall of Famer, College Football Coach, College Football Player, College Basketball Player, College Basketball Coach
Misc: in the College Basketball and Basketball Halls of Fame
Sports Teams: New York University (player 1914-1917, 1919-1920, football coach 1932-1933, basketball coach 1923-1958)
🏆🏈George Preston Marshall -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/11/1897 d.8/9/1969 (71)
Hall of Famer, NFL Owner, NFL Executive, NFL Coach
Misc: NFL president; b. Oct 13?
Sports Teams: Washington Palace Five (coach 1925-1928), Boston/Washington Redskins (owner 1932-1969)
🏆🏈Earl "Dutch" Clark -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/11/1906 N.S. d.8/5/1978 N.S. (71)
Hall of Famer, NFL Coach, NFL Quarterback
Sports Teams: Portsmouth Spartans (1931-1932), Detroit Lions (1934-1938) Detroit Lions (as coach, 1937-1938) Cleveland Rams (as coach, 1939-1942) Seattle Bombers (as coach, 1944)
🏆Ronnie Simpson -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/11/1930 d.4/19/2004 (73)
Hall of Famer, Soccer Goal Keeper, Scottish
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🏆🏈Reuben LaVell Edwards -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/11/1930 d.12/29/2016 N.S. (86)
Hall of Famer, College Football Coach, College Football Player
Misc: 257 career victories
Sports Teams: Utah State (player 1949-1951), BYU (assistant coach 1962-1971, head coach 1972-2000)
🎵Dottie West -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/11/1932 N.S. d.9/4/1991 N.S. (58)
Hall of Famer, Songwriter, Country Singer
Names/Places: NN:The Country Sunshine; LN:Marsh
✍🏆⚽Sir Bobby Charlton -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/11/1937 N.S. d.10/21/2023 N.S. (86)
Hall of Famer, Author (m), Soccer Player, Soccer Manager, English
🏆🎾Maria Bueno -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/11/1939 N.S. d.6/8/2018 N.S. (78)
Hall of Famer, Tennis Player, Brazilian
Misc: who won 4 U.S. Championships (1959,63-64,66) and 3 Wimbledons (1959-60,64).
📰🎭Amelia "Amy" Van Singel -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/11/1949 N.S. d.9/19/2016 N.S. (66)
Hall of Famer, Journalist, Radio Hostess
Misc: Blues Journalist
🎵Andrew Woolfolk -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/11/1950 N.S. d.4/25/2022 N.S. (71)
Hall of Famer, Flutist, Saxophonist, Tenor-sax, Rhythm and Blues Musician
Group Names: "Earth, Wind & Fire", sessionist
🏆🏁🏊Wally O'Connor -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/25/1903 N.S. d.10/11/1950 N.S. (47)
Hall of Famer, Swimmer, Olympic Athlete, Water Polo Player, American
🏆Bert Bell -- Death 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
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🏆🏁🏊Helen Wainwright -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/15/1906 N.S. d.10/11/1965 N.S. (59)
Hall of Famer, Swimmer, Diver, Olympic Athlete, American
Names/Places: aka Helen Stelling
🏆🎾Manuel Alonso -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/12/1895 N.S. d.10/11/1984 N.S. (88)
Hall of Famer, Tennis Player
🎵Jesse Farley -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/28/1915 d.10/11/1988 (73)
Hall of Famer, Gospel Performer
Names/Places: aka Jesse James Farley
Group Names: The Soul Stirrers
🏆🏀Frank McGuire -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/8/1913 d.10/11/1994 (80)
Hall of Famer, NBA Coach, College Basketball Coach
Misc: winner of 731 games as high school, college and pro coach; only coach to win 100 games at 3 colleges--St. John's (103), North Carolina (164) and South Carolina (283); won 550 games in 30 college seasons; 1957 UNC team went 32-0 and beat Kansas 54-53 in triple OT to win NCAA title; coached NBA Philadelphia Warriors to 49-31 record in 1961-62 season but refused to move with team to San Francisco.
Sports Teams: St. John's University (player 1933-1936, coach 1947-1952), University of North Carolina (coach 1952-1961), Philadelphia Warriors (coach 1961-1962), University of South Carolina (coach 1964-1980)
🏆⚾Joe Leonard Morgan -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/19/1943 N.S. d.10/11/2020 N.S. (77)
Hall of Famer, Baseball Announcer, MLB Second Baseman
Misc: All Star MVP 1972, NL MVP 1975, 1976, 5x Gold Glove, 10x All-Star, 2x World Series champ, Silver Slugger; led NL in walks 4 times; regular season MVP both years he led Cincinnati to World Series titles (1975-76); Cincinnatti Reds #8 retired; became a baseball broadcaster for the Reds, Giants and ESPN.
Sports Teams: Houston Colt .45s/Astros (1963-1971), Cincinnati Reds (1972-1979), Houston Astros (1980), San Francisco Giants (1981-1982), Philadelphia Phillies (1983), Oakland Athletics (1984)
🏆🥊Tony (Boxer) DeMarco -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/14/1932 N.S. d.10/11/2021 N.S. (89)
Hall of Famer, Boxer
Names/Places: RN: Leonardo Liotta
🎭🏆Dame Angela Lansbury -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/16/1925 N.S. d.10/11/2022 N.S. (96)
Hall of Famer, TV/Movie/Stage Actress, Cartoon Voice Actress, TV Producer (m), Exerciser, English
Names/Places: b. in London; MN:Brigid; Richard Cromwell's ex-
TV Shows: Murder She Wrote (as Jessica Beatrice Fletcher)
Movie Titles: Mame, Dear World, Sweeney Todd, Gypsy, Beauty & the Beast (as Mrs. Potts)
⚖🎵Rudolph Isley -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/1/1939 N.S. d.10/11/2023 N.S. (84)
Hall of Famer, Minister (m), Songwriter, Rhythm and Blues Singer
Names/Places: b. in Cincinnatti, Oh.
Misc: retired from music in 1989 for ministry
Group Names: The Isley Brothers
Song Titles: Shout, Twist and Shout, This Old Heart of Mine, It's Your Thing, Fight the Power, Livin' in the Life, It's a Disco Night, Between the Sheets
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