🏆⚽Arsène Wenger -- is 74 in the year 2023 and 75 in the year 2024; b.10/22/1949
Hall of Famer, Soccer Midfielder, Soccer Manager, French
Misc: OBE
🎵🎸Greg Hawkes -- is 71 in the year 2023 and 72 in the year 2024; b.10/22/1952
Hall of Famer, New Wave Keyboardist
Group Names: The Cars
🏆Sally Jenkins -- is 63 in the year 2023 and 64 in the year 2024; b.10/22/1960 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Sports Columnist
Misc: Sports Illustrated, Washington Post
🏆⛸Brian Boitano -- is 60 in the year 2023 and 61 in the year 2024; b.10/22/1963
Hall of Famer, Figure Skater, Olympic Athlete, Gay
Misc: won a gold in 1988
🏆⚽Paul Michael Lyons McStay -- is 59 in the year 2023 and 60 in the year 2024; b.10/22/1964
Hall of Famer, Soccer Player, Scottish
Names/Places: NN:The Maestro
Misc: OBE
⚛Daniel Boone -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/22/1734 O.S. or 11/2/1734 N.S. d.9/26/1820 (85)
Hall of Famer, Explorer (m), Frontiersman (m), Pioneer (m)
Names/Places: b. in Reading, PA; d. in Missouri
Misc: November 2=N.S.; the raging fave of the mid 1950s; best remembered for helping to establish a passage through the Cumberland Gap in the Appalachian Mountains, opening the route to Kentucky and the west.
🏆Joseph F. "Joe" Carr -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/22/1880 N.S. d.5/20/1939 N.S. (58)
Hall of Famer, Sports Executive
Misc: football administrator, instrumental in forming the American Professional Football Association (AAFA) in 1920, inducted in the Hall of Fame, born in Columbus, Ohio.
🏆🏀Johnny Beckman -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/22/1895 d.6/22/1968 (72)
Hall of Famer, NBA Guard
Names/Places: NN:The Babe Ruth of Basketball
Sports Teams: The Original Celtics (1918/19, 1921-27, 1929)
🏆⚾Jimmie Foxx -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/22/1907 d.7/21/1967 (59)
Hall of Famer, MLB First Baseman
Names/Places: RFN:James Emory
Misc: AL MVP 1932, 1933, 1938; 2646 hits; triple crown '33, 534 HRs, 1,921 RBIs, 9x All-Star, 2x AL batting champ, 4x AL home run leader, 3x AL RBI leader
Sports Teams: Philadelphia Athletics (1925-1935), Boston Red Sox (1936-1942), Chicago Cubs (1942, 1944), Philadelphia Phillies (1945)
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🏆Bert Trautmann -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/22/1923 d.7/19/2013 (89)
Hall of Famer, Soccer Goal Keeper, German
Misc: OBE
🏆🏈Peter Pihos -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/22/1923 N.S. d.8/16/2011 N.S. (87)
Hall of Famer, NFL Wide Receiver
Misc: 6x Pro Bowl, 2x NFL Champon, Hall of Fame inductees in College Football, Pro Football, and Eagles
Sports Teams: Philadelphia Eagles (1947-1955)
🏆🏀Slater Martin -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/22/1925 d.10/18/2012 (86)
Hall of Famer, NBA Player, College Basketball Player
Names/Places: RN:Slater Nelson Martin Jr.; NN:Dugie
Misc: 5x NBA Champion, 7x NBA All-Star; star ball handler for the title-winning Minneapolis Lakers of the 1950s, then also the 1958 St. Louis Hawks.
Sports Teams: University of Texas, Minneapolis Lakers (1949-1956), New York Knicks (1956), St. Louis Hawks (1956-1960, coach 1957), Houston Mavericks (coach 1967-1969)
🏆Patricia Anne "Patsy" Elsener -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/22/1929 N.S. d.9/29/2019 N.S. (89)
Hall of Famer, Diver, Olympic Athlete, American
🏆⚽Alan John Gilzean -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/22/1938 N.S. d.7/8/2018 N.S. (79)
Hall of Famer, Soccer Player, Scottish
🏆⚽George Cohen -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/22/1939 N.S. d.12/23/2022 N.S. (83)
Hall of Famer, Soccer Player, English
Misc: right back
🏆🥊Pedro Morales -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/22/1942 N.S. d.2/12/2019 N.S. (76)
Hall of Famer, Wrestler, Puerto Rican
🏆🏀Drazen Petrovic -- Birth Anniversary -- b.10/22/1964 d.6/7/1993 (28)
Hall of Famer, NBA Guard, Olympic Athlete, Croatian
Misc: 3x Olympic Medalist (silver, SFR Yugoslavia, 1988, Croatia, 1992; bronze, SFR Yugoslavia, 1984); 2x Euroleague champion (1985-86); FIBA World Championship MVP (1986); EuroBasket MVP (1989); 4x Euroscar Award (1986, 1989, 1992, 1993); 2x Mr. Europa Award (1986, 1993); FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991; All NBA Third Team (1993); FIBA Hall of Fame (2007)
Sports Teams: Portland Trail Blazers (1989-1991), New Jersey Nets (1991-1993)
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🏆🥊Robert James "Bob" Fitzsimmons -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/26/1863 N.S. d.10/22/1917 N.S. (54)
Hall of Famer, Boxer, English
Names/Places: RN:Robert Prometheus
Misc: World boxing champion in three weight divisions, including heavyweight.
🏆🥊Harry Greb -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/6/1894 d.10/22/1926 (32)
Hall of Famer, Boxer
Misc: professional boxer who was one of the cleverest and most colourful performers in the ring. From 1913 to 1926 Greb lost only 7 of his 294 bouts.
🏆⚾Ross Youngs -- Death 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)
🎵Walter Davis -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/1/1912 d.10/22/1963 (51)
Hall of Famer, Pianist, Blues Singer
Group Names: Yazoo
🏆🎳Joe Wilman -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/20/1905 d.10/22/1969 (63)
Hall of Famer, Bowler
🏆🥊Sammy Angott -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/17/1915 d.10/22/1980 (65)
Hall of Famer, Boxer
🏆🏈Frank "Frankie" Sinkwich -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/10/1920 N.S. d.10/22/1990 N.S. (70)
Hall of Famer, NFL Player, College Football Player
Misc: Heisman Trophy (1942); Georgia Bulldogs #42 retired
Sports Teams: University of Georgia, Detroit Lions (1943-1944), New York Yankees (1946-1947), Baltimore Colts (1947)
📰🏆⚾"Red" Barber -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/17/1908 d.10/22/1992 (84)
Hall of Famer, Commentator, Sports Writer, Baseball Announcer
Names/Places: RFN:Walter Lainer; NN:The Ol' Redhead of sports
Misc: Ford C. Frick award winner in 1978
Sports Teams: Cincinnatti Reds, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees
🏆⚽Bertman "Bernie" Mee -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/25/1918 N.S. d.10/22/2001 N.S. (82)
Hall of Famer, Soccer Player, English
Misc: OBE; player and manager
🏆🥊Reginald "The Crusher" Lisowski -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/11/1926 N.S. d.10/22/2005 N.S. (79)
Hall of Famer, Wrestler
Names/Places: aka Crusher Lisowski to distinguish him from other wrestlers named Crusher
🎵Herb Kent -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/5/1928 N.S. d.10/22/2016 N.S. (88)
Hall of Famer, Radio Disc Jock
Misc: the longest-running disc jockey in the history of radio
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