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Athletes Born in February 1927

  • Feb 3 Ilias Rosidis, Greek soccer defender (29 caps; Olympiacos FC), born in Neo Faliro, Piraeus, Greece (d. 2019)
  • Feb 6 Smokey Burgess, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Caroleen, North Carolina (d. 1991)
  • Feb 7 Vladimir Kuts, Russian runner (d. 1975)
  • Feb 16 Des White, New Zealand rugby league fullback (21 Tests, 132 points; Ponsonby RLFC), born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 2023)
  • Feb 16 Roy Purdon, New Zealand harness-racing trainer (21 x NZ trainers premierships; 4 x NZ cup winners; 54 x Group One wins), born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 2022)

Fazal Mahmood (1927-2005)

Feb 18 Pakistan cricket fast bowler (34 Tests, 139 wickets), born in Lahore, Pakistan

  • Feb 18 Luis Arroyo, Puerto Rican MLB baseball pitcher, 1955-63 (2 x All-Star; 2 x World Series Champion; St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees, and 2 other teams), born in Peñuelas, Puerto Rico (d. 2016)
  • Feb 20 Homer Rice, American football coach (Uni of Cincinnati, Rice Uni, Cincinnati Bengals) and executive (AD Nth Carolina, Rice, Georgia Tech), born in Bellevue, Kentucky (d. 2024)

About February 1927

How Old? 97 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No

Chinese Zodiac: Tiger (Feb 1 - Feb 1), Rabbit (Feb 2 - Feb 28)
Star Signs: Aquarius (Jan 20 - Feb 18), Pisces (Feb 19 - Mar 20)