Sporting birthdays - July 18 - Sport - Evening Standard
       

Sporting birthdays - July 18

Nick Faldo (golf) - three-time winner of the Open and US Masters, born 1957.

David Hemery (athletics) - 1968 Olympic 400 metre hurdles champion, born 1948.

Sir Garfield Sobers (cricket) - legendary West Indies all-rounder, born 1936.

Gary Sobers: The finest all rounder that ever lived?

Gary Sobers: The finest all rounder that ever lived?

Dennis Lillee (cricket) - outstanding Australian fast bowler, born 1949.

Jim Watt (boxing) - WBC world lightweight champion turned TV commentator, born
1948.

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