Happy Birthday! October Celebration Dates for A-As and Hall of Fame Coaches

October 1st, 2021 - 7:38

October is a special birth month for power-conference members from the state of Indiana (IU/Notre Dame/Purdue). The day celebrating the most birthdays this month for former All-Americans is October 7. Maryland (Keith Booth and Juan Dixon on 9th) plus Purdue (Dave Schellhase and John Wooden on 14th) each had two All-Americans born on the same day this month. Indiana (six) boasts the most A-As born this month. Notre Dame's Billy Hassett was born 100 years ago this month. Following are birthdates in October for All-American players and Hall of Fame coaches:

OCTOBER

1: All-Americans Ralph Bishop (born in 1915/Washington), Dedric Lawson (1997/Kansas) and Dick Nemelka (1943/Brigham Young).
2: All-Americans Dick Barnett (1936/Tennessee State), Erwin Dudley (1981/Alabama), Matt Freije (1981/Vanderbilt) and Shane Larkin (1992/Miami FL).
3: All-Americans John Mandic (1919/Oregon State), Arnold Short (1932/Oklahoma City) and John Vallely (1948/UCLA).
4: All-Americans A.C. Green (1963/Oregon State), Steve Green (1953/Indiana), Derrick Rose (1988/Memphis), Hubert "Hub" Reed (1936/Oklahoma City), Eddie Riska (1919/Notre Dame) and Kurt Thomas (1972/Texas Christian) plus Hall of Fame coach Marv Harshman (1917/Washington State and Washington).
5: All-Americans Omar "Bud" Browning (1911/Oklahoma), Rex Chapman (1967/Kentucky), Grant Hill (1972/Duke), Bob Lloyd (1945/Rutgers), Eddie Oram (1914/Southern California) and Cody Zeller (1992/Indiana).
6: All-Americans Jordan Hamilton (1990/Texas), Herbert Jones (1998/Alabama), Tommy Kearns (1936/North Carolina) and Ken Spain (1946/Houston).
7: All-Americans Frank Baumholtz (1918/Ohio University), Bill Ebben (1935/Detroit), Alex Groza (1926/Kentucky), Damion James (1987/Texas), Hal Lee (1910/Washington), Willie Naulls (1934/UCLA), Anthony Jordan "A.J." Price (1986/Connecticut), Bobby Speight (1930/North Carolina State) and Nik Stauskas (1993/Michigan).
8: All-Americans Grayson Allen (1995/Duke) and Sid Tanenbaum (1925/NYU).
9: All-Americans Kenny Anderson (1970/Georgia Tech), Keith Booth (1974/Maryland), Juan Dixon (1978/Maryland), Jerian Grant (1992/Notre Dame), Arnie Risen (1924/Ohio State) and Andy Zimmer (1919/Indiana) plus Hall of Fame coach Danny Miles (1945/Oregon Tech).
10: All-Americans Reggie Carter (1957/St. John's), Rod Foster (1960/UCLA), Derrick McKey (1966/Alabama), H.L. "Ike" Poole (1915/Arkansas), Scottie Reynolds (1987/Villanova), Martin Rolek (1915/Minnesota) and Gus Williams (1953/Southern California).
11: All-Americans Dwight Davis (1949/Houston), Darrall Imhoff (1938/California) and Salim Stoudamire (1982/Arizona) plus Hall of Fame coach Howard Cann (1895/NYU).
12: All-American Jack Marin (1944/Duke).
13: All-Americans Derek Harper (1961/Illinois), Paul Pierce (1977/Kansas), Glenn "Doc" Rivers (1961/Marquette) and Bob "Zeke" Zawoluk (1930/St. John's).
14: All-Americans John Azary (1929/Columbia), Jules "Skip" Harlicka (1946/South Carolina), Jim Jackson (1970/Ohio State), Dave Schellhase (1944/Purdue) and DeJuan Wheat (1973/Louisville) plus All-American (1910/Purdue)/Hall of Fame coach John Wooden (Indiana State and UCLA).
15: All-Americans Arron Afflalo (1985/UCLA), Steve Harris (1963/Tulsa) and Jakob Poltl (1995/Utah).
16: All-Americans Mel Counts (1941/Oregon State), Dave DeBusschere (1940/Detroit), Bill Menke (1918/Indiana), Roger Phegley (1956/Bradley) and Mike Sojourner (1953/Utah).
17: All-American Danny Ferry (1966/Duke).
18: All-Americans Terry Furlow (1954/Michigan State), John Johnson (1947/Iowa) and Don Smith (1910/Pittsburgh).
19: All-Americans Brad Daugherty (1965/North Carolina), Lionel Hollins (1953/Arizona State), Bill Melchionni (1944/Villanova) and Luke Witte (1950/Ohio State).
20: All-Americans Devin Durrant (1960/Brigham Young), Tony Hanson (1955/Connecticut), Jerald Honeycutt (1974/Tulane), Lawrence Roberts (1982/Mississippi State) and Kyle Wiltjer (1992/Gonzaga).
21: All-Americans Damon Bailey (1971/Indiana), Gene Englund (1917/Wisconsin), Billy Hassett (1921/Notre Dame), Vern Mikkelsen (1928/Hamline MN) and Shelden Williams (1983/Duke).
22: All-American Jim Bredar (1931/Illinois).
23: All-American Keith Van Horn (1975/Utah).
25: All-Americans Zelmo Beaty (1939/Prairie View A&M), Dave Cowens (1948/Florida State), Dan Issel (1948/Kentucky), Jock Landale (1995/Saint Mary's) and Michael Sweetney (1982/Georgetown) plus Hall of Fame coach Bob Knight (1940/Army, Indiana and Texas Tech).
26: All-Americans Howard Carter (1961/Louisiana State), Nick Collison (1980/Kansas), Dick Dickey (1926/North Carolina State), "Hot" Rod Hundley (1934/West Virginia), Joe C. Meriweather (1953/Southern Illinois) and Willie Smith (1953/Missouri) plus Hall of Fame coach Hugh Durham (1937/Florida State, Georgia and Jacksonville).
27: All-Americans Lonzo Ball (1997/UCLA) and Evan Turner (1988/Ohio State).
28: All-Americans Charles Bassey (2000/Western Kentucky), Dave Downey (1941/Illinois), Lenny Wilkens (1937/Providence) and Randy Wittman (1959/Indiana).
29: All-Americans Dick Garmaker (1932/Minnesota), Hal Haskins (Hamline MN), Hollis Price (1979/Oklahoma), John Stroud (1957/Mississippi) and Danny Vranes (1958/Utah).
30: All-Americans Mike Daum (1995/South Dakota State), Don Meineke (1930/Dayton) and Keith Swagerty (1945/Pacific) plus Hall of Fame coach Ben Carnevale (1915/North Carolina and Navy).
31: All-Americans Cole Aldrich (1988/Kansas), John Lucas II (1953/Maryland) and Clifford Rozier (1972/Louisville) plus Hall of Fame coach Dale Brown (1935/Louisiana State).

Happy Birthday! October Celebration Dates for A-As and Hall of Fame Coaches

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