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Sports Today in Birthdays and Deaths by Age for June 28

Last Updated 04-13-2024

🏆🏈Chuck Howley -- is 88 in the year 2024 and 89 in the year 2025; b.6/28/1936
NFL Linebacker
Misc: Super Bowl V MVP
Sports Teams: West Virginia University, Chicago Bears (1958-1959), Dallas Cowboys (1961-1973)

🏆⚾Al Downing -- is 83 in the year 2024 and 84 in the year 2025; b.6/28/1941
MLB Pitcher

🏆🥊Ismael Laguna -- is 81 in the year 2024 and 82 in the year 2025; b.6/28/1943
Hall of Famer, Boxer, Panamaian

🏆🏒Gary Veneruzzo -- is 81 in the year 2024 and 82 in the year 2025; b.6/28/1943
NHL Player, Canadian

🏆🏈Clarence Davis -- is 75 in the year 2024 and 76 in the year 2025; b.6/28/1949
NFL Runningback
Misc: Super Bowl XI
Sports Teams: Oakland Raiders

🏆⚾Chris Speier -- is 74 in the year 2024 and 75 in the year 2025; b.6/28/1950
MLB Player

🏆⛸Sergei Shakhrai -- is 66 in the year 2024 and 67 in the year 2025; b.6/28/1958
Figure Skater, Olympic Athlete, Soviet
Misc: Olympic-silver-1980

🏆🎱Jean Balukas -- is 65 in the year 2024 and 66 in the year 2025; b.6/28/1959
Billiards Player

🏆🏈John Elway -- is 64 in the year 2024 and 65 in the year 2025; b.6/28/1960
Hall of Famer, NFL General Manager, NFL Quarterback, College Football Player
Misc: 40,062+ yards (11-95); a twin; Super Bowl XXI, XXII, XXIV, XXXII, 2x Super Bowl champ, Super Bowl XXXIII MVP, 5x AFC Champ, 9x Pro Bowl; Broncos #7 retired; in the Colorado Sports, College Football and Pro Football Halls of Fame
Sports Teams: Stanford University, Denver Broncos (player 1983-1998, administrator 2011-present as of 2015), Colorado Crush (CEO and Co-Owner 2003-2008)

🏆🏈Jay Schroeder -- is 63 in the year 2024 and 64 in the year 2025; b.6/28/1961
NFL Quarterback
Sports Teams: Washington Redskins, Los Angeles Raiders

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🏆🏀Jeff Malone -- is 63 in the year 2024 and 64 in the year 2025; b.6/28/1961
NBA Guard
Sports Teams: Washington Bullets

🏆🏈Bryan Barker -- is 60 in the year 2024 and 61 in the year 2025; b.6/28/1964
NFL Punter

🏆🏈Dino Hackett -- is 60 in the year 2024 and 61 in the year 2025; b.6/28/1964
NFL Linebacker

🏆⚾Mark Eugene Grace -- is 60 in the year 2024 and 61 in the year 2025; b.6/28/1964
MLB Coach, MLB First Baseman
Misc: 3x All-Star, 4x Gold Glove
Sports Teams: Chicago Cubs, Arizona Diamondbacks

🏆⚾Kevin Reimer -- is 60 in the year 2024 and 61 in the year 2025; b.6/28/1964
MLB Outfielder

🏆🏀Andrew Lang -- is 58 in the year 2024 and 59 in the year 2025; b.6/28/1966
NBA Center

🏆🏈Anthony Smith -- is 57 in the year 2024 and 58 in the year 2025; b.6/28/1967
NFL Player

🏆⚾Matt Karchner -- is 57 in the year 2024 and 58 in the year 2025; b.6/28/1967
MLB Player

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🏆⚾Ron Witmeyer -- is 57 in the year 2024 and 58 in the year 2025; b.6/28/1967
MLB Player

🎭🎵🏆Tichina Arnold -- is 55 in the year 2024 and 56 in the year 2025; b.6/28/1969
Actress, Comedienne, Singer, Model
TV Shows: Happily Divorced (as Judi Mann), Martin (as Pam), Everybody Hates Chris (as Rochelle Rock)
Movie Titles: Little Shop of Horrors

🏆⚽Stephane Chapuisat -- is 55 in the year 2024 and 56 in the year 2025; b.6/28/1969
Soccer Player, Swiss

🏆⚾Kevin Polcovich -- is 54 in the year 2024 and 55 in the year 2025; b.6/28/1970
MLB Player

🏆🏈Gary Downs -- is 53 in the year 2024 and 54 in the year 2025; b.6/28/1971
NFL Player

🏆🏈Greg Evans -- is 53 in the year 2024 and 54 in the year 2025; b.6/28/1971
NFL Player

🏆🏈Jeff Cothram -- is 53 in the year 2024 and 54 in the year 2025; b.6/28/1971
NFL Player

🏆🏀Bobby Hurley -- is 53 in the year 2024 and 54 in the year 2025; b.6/28/1971
NBA Player

🏆⚾Greg Keagle -- is 53 in the year 2024 and 54 in the year 2025; b.6/28/1971
MLB Pitcher, American

🏆🏈Marvin Jones -- is 52 in the year 2024 and 53 in the year 2025; b.6/28/1972
NFL Player

🏆⚾Corey Koskie -- is 51 in the year 2024 and 52 in the year 2025; b.6/28/1973
MLB Player, Canadian

🏆🏈Karim Abdul-Jabbar -- is 50 in the year 2024 and 51 in the year 2025; b.6/28/1974
NFL Wide Receiver
Names/Places: RN: Sharmon Shah; now known as Abdul Karim al-Jabbar
Misc: NOT to be confused with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of the L.A. Lakers fame

🏆⚾Richard Hidalgo -- is 49 in the year 2024 and 50 in the year 2025; b.6/28/1975
MLB Player, Venezuelan

🏆⚾Brandon Phillips -- is 43 in the year 2024 and 44 in the year 2025; b.6/28/1981 N.S.
MLB Second Baseman
Misc: 3x All-Star, 4x Gold Glove, Silver Slugger, 107 consecutive errorless games, 30-30 club; active as of 2015
Sports Teams: Cleveland Indians, Cincinnatti Reds

🏆⚽Kevin De Bruyne -- is 33 in the year 2024 and 34 in the year 2025; b.6/28/1991 N.S.
Soccer Player, Belgiumese

🏆Elaine Thompso-Herah -- is 32 in the year 2024 and 33 in the year 2025; b.6/28/1992 N.S.
Olympic Athlete, Track and Field, Jamaican

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🏆🏀Bradley Beal -- is 31 in the year 2024 and 32 in the year 2025; b.6/28/1993 N.S.
NBA Guard

🏆🏁🏊William (Swimmer) Henry -- Birth Anniversary -- b.6/28/1859 N.S. d.3/20/1928 N.S. (68)
Hall of Famer, Swimmer, Olympic Athlete, Water Polo Player, English
Names/Places: RN: Joseph Nawrocki

🏆🏀Christian "Chris" Steinmetz -- Birth Anniversary -- b.6/28/1882 N.S. d.6/11/1963 N.S. (80)
Hall of Famer, College Basketball Player
Misc: Led Wisconsin National Championship Game (1905); Western championship (1905); charter member of Helms Foundation Hall of Fame; enshrined in Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame.

🏆🎾Frank Hunter -- Birth Anniversary -- b.6/28/1894 d.12/2/1981 (87)
Hall of Famer, Tennis Player

🏆🥊Jack "Kid" Berg -- Birth Anniversary -- b.6/28/1909 N.S. d.4/22/1991 N.S. (81)
Hall of Famer, Boxer, English

🏆🏁Robert Glenn "Junior" Johnson -- Birth Anniversary -- b.6/28/1931 N.S. d.12/20/2019 N.S. (88)
Hall of Famer, Auto Racer
Misc: one of the early superstars of NASCAR in the 1950s and 1960s

🏆🥊Boris Malenko -- Birth Anniversary -- b.6/28/1933 N.S. d.9/1/1994 N.S. (61)
Hall of Famer, Wrestler
Names/Places: RN: Lawrence "Larry" J. Simon

🏆🏌George Knudson -- Birth Anniversary -- b.6/28/1937 d.1/24/1989 (51)
Golfer, Canadian

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✍🏆⚾Ron Luciano -- Birth Anniversary -- b.6/28/1937 d.1/18/1995 (57)
Author (m), MLB Player, MLB Umpire
Book Titles: The Umpire Strikes Back, Strike Two, The Fall Of The Roman Umpire

🏆🥊Ken Buchanan -- Birth Anniversary -- b.6/28/1945 N.S. d.4/1/2023 N.S. (77)
Hall of Famer, Boxer, Scottish

🏆🏈Vernon Holland -- Birth Anniversary -- b.6/28/1948 d.4/20/1998 (49)
NFL Tackle

🏆⚾Donald Edward "Don" Baylor -- Birth Anniversary -- b.6/28/1949 N.S. d.8/7/2017 N.S. (68)
MLB Manager, MLB Coach, MLB Player
Misc: AL MVP 1979; holds the record for most times hit by a pitch in a career with 255 and a single season total of 35
Sports Teams: California Angels, Colorado Rockies (manager)

🏆🏒Josephn Charles "Joe" Linder -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/12/1886 N.S. d.6/28/1948 N.S. (61)
Hall of Famer, Hockey Player
Sports Teams: Portage Lakes Hockey Club

🏆⚾Gordon "Mickey" Cochrane -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/6/1903 N.S. d.6/28/1962 N.S. (59)
Hall of Famer, MLB Manager, MLB Catcher
Misc: 2x All-Star, 3x World Seires champ, AL League Award Winner 1928; AL MVP 1934; career .320 average
Sports Teams: Philadelphia Athletics (player 1925-1933), Detroit Tigers (player 1934-1937, manager 1934-1938)

🏆⚾John Franklin "Home Run" Baker -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/13/1886 d.6/28/1963 (77)
Hall of Famer, MLB Third Baseman
Misc: 3x World Series champ, 4x AL home run leader, 2x AL RBI leader, he hit 2 home runs in the 1911 World Series
Sports Teams: Philadelphia Athletics (1908-1914), New York Yankees (1916-1919, 1921-1922)

🏆🎾Dr. Robert Johnson -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/16/1899 d.6/28/1971 (72)
Hall of Famer, Tennis Player

🏆🏁🏃Terrence Stanley "Terry" Fox -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/28/1958 N.S. d.6/28/1981 N.S. (22)
Runner
Misc: cancer fighter; ran "Marathon of Hope" across Canada

🏆🎾Hans Nusslein -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/31/1910 d.6/28/1991 (81)
Hall of Famer, Tennis Player, German

🏆Mikhail Nekhemyevich Tal -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/9/1936 d.6/28/1992 (55)
Chess Player, Latvian, Russian
Misc: chess champion 1960-61; Latvian chess grand master who in 1960, at the age of 23, became the youngest world chess champion when he upset the defending champion, Mikhail M. Botvinnik, by a score of 12 1/2 to 8 1/2.

🏆🏈Glenn Montgomery -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/31/1967 d.6/28/1998 N.S. (31)
NFL Defensive

🏆⚾Jim Brosnan -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/24/1929 d.6/28/2014 (84)
Sports Writer, MLB Pitcher
Sports Teams: St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnatti Reds, Chicago Cubs

🏆🏈Pete Athas -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/15/1946 N.S. d.6/28/2015 N.S. (68)
NFL Cornerback

🏆🏒Wally Stanowski -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/28/1919 d.6/28/2015 (96)
NHL Defensive, Canadian

🏆🏈Buddy Ryan -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/17/1934 d.6/28/2016 N.S. (82)
NFL Coach
Misc: some say b. 1931
Sports Teams: Buffalo (1961-1965), New York Jets (1968-1975), Minnesota Vikings (1976-1977), Chicago Bears (1978-1985), Philadelphia Eagles (1986-1990), Houston Oilers (1993), Arizona Cardinals (1994-1995)

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🏆🏀Pat Summitt -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/14/1952 d.6/28/2016 N.S. (64)
Hall of Famer, College Basketball Coach
Sports Teams: University of Tennessee (coach 1974-2012)

🎨🏆🎾Russ Adams -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/30/1930 N.S. d.6/28/2017 N.S. (86)
Hall of Famer, Photographer (m), Tennis Player
Misc: called by his peers the "dean" of modern tennis photography

🏆🏈Joe Bugel -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/10/1940 N.S. d.6/28/2020 N.S. (80)
NFL Coach

🏆🏀Mike Schuller -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/22/1940 N.S. d.6/28/2022 N.S. (81)
NBA Coach

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