🏆🏌Lee Trevino -- is 80 in the year 2019 and 81 in the year 2020; b.12/1/1939 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Golfer
Names/Places: b. in Dallas, TX
Misc: Turned pro in 1966, winning Rookie of the Year honors, 2-time winner of 3 Majors--U.S. Open (1968,71), British Open (1971-72) and PGA (1974,84); Player of Year once on PGA Tour (1971) and twice with Seniors (1990,92); entered 1994 with 27 PGA Tour wins and 18 on Senior Tour; all-time money leader on combined tours ($7.4 million)
🏆⚾Walter Alston -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/1/1911 d.10/1/1984 (72)
Hall of Famer, MLB Manager, MLB Player
Misc: 2040 wins; led the Dodgers to 7 pennants and 4 World Series victories; Professional National League baseball manager whose career with the Los Angeles (formerly Brooklyn) Dodgers was the third longest for managers after Connie Mack and John McGraw.
Sports Teams: St. Louis Cardinals (1936), Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers (manager 1954-1976)
🏆🏈Morris "Red" Badgro -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/1/1902 d.7/13/1998 (95)
Hall of Famer, NFL Player
Misc: 4x All-Pro
Sports Teams: New York Yankees (1927-1928), New York Giants (1930-1935), Brooklyn Dodgers (1936)
🏆🏁🏊Walter Bathe -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/1/1892 N.S. d.9/21/1959 N.S. (66)
Hall of Famer, Swimmer, Olympic Athlete, German
🏆🎳James Blouin -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/1/1886 d.4/6/1947 (60)
Hall of Famer, Bowler
🏆🏒Roger Christian -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/1/1935 d.11/9/2011 (75)
Hall of Famer, Hockey Player, Olympic Athlete, American
Misc: Olympic-gold-1960; played 1956-1965
Sports Teams: Huntington Hornets, Seattle Totems
✍⛪🎭Richard Pryor -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/1/1940 d.12/10/2005 (65)
Hall of Famer, Comedy Writer, Roman Catholic, TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Comedian, Producer/Director
Names/Places: b. in Peoria, Ill; RN:Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor; wed 5x's
Misc: major stand up comedian who relased comedy albums in the 1970s
TV Shows: Richard Pryor Show (1977), Pryor's Place (1984)
Movie Titles: Silver Streak, Stir Crazy, JoJo Dancer, Moving, Superman III, Blazing Saddles
🎵Arthur "Blind" Blake -- Death Anniversary -- b.??/??/1896 d.12/1/1934
Hall of Famer, Singer/Guitarist, Blues Performer
🏆⚾"Nellie" Fox -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/25/1927 d.12/1/1975 (47)
Hall of Famer, MLB Infielder
Names/Places: RFN:Jacob Nelson
Misc: 3x Gold Glove, AL MVP 1959, 15x All-Star; White Sox #2 retired
Sports Teams: Philadelphia Athletics (1947-1949), Chicago White Sox (1950-1963), Houston Colt .45s/Astros (1964-1965)
🏆🏀William "Pop" Gates -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/30/1917 N.S. d.12/1/1999 N.S. (82)
Hall of Famer, Basketball Player
Sports Teams: Harlem Renaissance, Harlem Globetrotters (player and coach)
🏆🎾Arthur Gore -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/2/1868 d.12/1/1928 (60)
Hall of Famer, Tennis Player
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🏆🏁🏊Ragnhild Hveger -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/10/1920 N.S. d.12/1/2011 N.S. (90)
Hall of Famer, Swimmer, Olympic Athlete, Danish (Denmark)
🏆🏒Punch Imlach -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/15/1918 d.12/1/1987 (69)
Hall of Famer, NHL Player, Hockey Coach, Canadian
Misc: in the Hockey Hall of Fame
🏆🏈Bobby Layne -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/19/1926 d.12/1/1986 (59)
Hall of Famer, NFL Quarterback, College Football Player
Misc: 6x Pro Bowl; in the College and Pro Football Halls of Fame; Longhorns #22 retired, Lions #22 retired
Sports Teams: University of Texas, Chicago Bears (1948), New York Bulldogs (1949), Detroit Lions (1950-1958), Pittsburgh Steelers (1958-1962)
🎵Magic Sam -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/14/1937 d.12/1/1969 (32)
Hall of Famer, Songwriter, Guitarist, Blues Singer
Names/Places: RN:Samuel Maghetti
🏆🎾Ken McGregor -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/2/1929 d.12/1/2007 (78)
Hall of Famer, Tennis Player, Australian
🏆🥊Edwin Rosario -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/15/1963 d.12/1/1997 (34)
Hall of Famer, Boxer, Puerto Rican
🎵Fred Rose -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/24/1897 d.12/1/1954 (57)
Hall of Famer, Songwriter, Music Publisher, Pianist, Country Singer
Misc: some say b. 1898
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