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#302529 - 01/12/05 04:12 PM
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One of my kids got me one of those daily sports calendars for Christmas. Every day they list five athletes whose birthday is that day. I know what sport most of them play but I draw a blank on some. It's fun just seeing some of these names and remembering when they played! Do you know the sport played by each of today's birthdays (without googling of course )? One step further- if was a team sport, can you name one team the person played (or plays) for? Mac Speedie 1920 Joe Frazier 1944 Tom Dempsey 1947 Dominique Wilkins 1960 Jocelyn Thibault 1975
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#302530 - 01/12/05 04:14 PM
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Frazier was a boxer, and wasn't Dempsy a football player?
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#302531 - 01/12/05 04:15 PM
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Mac Speedie 1920 No idea.
Joe Frazier 1944 Boxer
Tom Dempsey 1947 Kicker for New Orleans Saints--held record for longest kick.
Dominique Wilkins 1960 Atlanta Hawks
Jocelyn Thibault 1975 No idea. Gymnast?
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#302532 - 01/12/05 04:15 PM
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Mac Speedie - invented the Speedo bathing suit (better known as the weenie bikini) LOL Joe Frazier - boxer Tom Dempssy - football kicker, NO Saints and several others Dominique Wilkins - Basketball, Atl. Hawks Jocelyn Thibualt - ???
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#302533 - 01/12/05 04:19 PM
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You all got Fraizer, Dempsey and Wilkins (the Human Highlight Film!) right away. Thibault is a current athlete (sort of), adn I'm clueless on Speedie, although Happy could be right....
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#302535 - 01/12/05 04:26 PM
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MP, thanks for clearing up the Mac Speedie mystery. What a great cartoon or movie character name. And you got Thibault as well- hockey goalie who plays or played for Chicago, although he's playing golf somewhere with the rest of the NHL now. 5 more names to come tomorrow.
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#302536 - 01/12/05 04:26 PM
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Thibault is a hockey goalie
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#302537 - 01/12/05 04:34 PM
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Thibault is a hockey goalie
I thought he was a girl.
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#302538 - 01/12/05 04:58 PM
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Thibault is a hockey goalie
Who said Thibault wasn't a girl, Z - didn;t you ever see Mighty Ducks!
I thought he was a girl.
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#302540 - 01/12/05 05:01 PM
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Thibault is a hockey goalie
Who said Thibault wasn't a girl, Z - didn;t you ever see Mighty Ducks!
I thought he was a girl.
The first name kinda throws you off. I could get only the same 3 that most everyone else got. Although I had heard the last one.
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#302543 - 01/12/05 06:58 PM
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Not only does Tom Dempsey hold the record for longest field goal in the NFL (63 yards) but he only had half of a foot. And it was is kicking foot!
Yes, but who did he play for? I can't remember!
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#302544 - 01/12/05 07:00 PM
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NO Saints
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#302546 - 01/12/05 07:56 PM
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He may have played for the Saints during his career, but he broke the record as an Eagle.
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#302547 - 01/12/05 08:03 PM
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Milty , I didn't look it up but he was a Saint when he kicked the 63 yarder. Only reason I remember is that it was against my beloved Lions and it won the game.
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#302548 - 01/12/05 08:27 PM
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He shares that record with Jason Elam
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#302549 - 01/12/05 08:38 PM
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He played for the saints whjen he set the record, first season for them, game winner with no time left. About the last time the saints won anything.
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#302550 - 01/12/05 11:10 PM
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damn, 12 days into the year and i've already used up my allotment of mistakes
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#302551 - 01/13/05 01:48 AM
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damn, 12 days into the year and i've already used up my allotment of mistakes
Are you sure? You could be wrong about that!
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#302552 - 01/13/05 03:03 PM
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O.K. folks here's today's birthdays. Rules review: name the sport they played, and if a team sport, extra credit for naming one of the teams they played for. No googling I thinkg it's a little toughter than yesterday: Tom Gola 1933 Bob Baffert 1953 Mark O'Meara 1957 Kelly Hrudey 1961 Kevin Mitchell 1962
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#302553 - 01/13/05 03:25 PM
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Bob Baffert owns racehorses Mark O'Meara is a golfer Kevin Mitchell was a baseball player
I won't cheat and look up the other two, but I've at least heard of Kelly Hrudy.
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