Friday, October 01, 2010

October birthdays

A hearty happy birthday to the following Cubs and Cubs-related people, some of whom are still with us, and some of whom are not. We've previously told stories about all of them. Click on their names to read about their Cub connections.



Cub fan Tom Bosley (Oct. 1)*
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Former Cub catcher Hector Villanueva (Oct 2)

Cub fan Groucho Marx (Oct 2)

Former Cub outfielder Dim Dom Dallessandro (Oct 3)

Former Cub pitcher Dennis Eckersley (Oct 3)




Former Cub infielder Norm "Bub" McMillian (Oct 5)*
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Cub fan Ray Kroc (Oct 5)

Former Cub pitcher Jay Baller (Oct 6)

Cub fan Jonathan Alter (Oct 6)

Former Cub outfielder Chuck Klein (Oct 7)




Former Cub outfielder Jose Cardenal (Oct 7)

Former Cub general manager Larry Himes (Oct 8)

Former Cub Catfish Metkovich (Oct 8)

Former Cub outfielder/1B Joe Pepitone (Oct 9)

Former Cub catcher Bill Reindeer Killefer (Oct 10)

Former Cub outfielder Lou "The Mad Russian" Novikoff (Oct 12)




Former Cub Pickles Dillhoefer (Oct 13)*
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Former Cubs pitcher Rube Waddell (Oct 13)

Former Cub pitcher Paul Derringer (Oct 17)

Former Cub pitcher Mordecai Three Finger Brown (Oct 19)


Former Cub outfielder Jigger Statz (Oct 20)


Former Cub GM Wid Matthews (Oct 20)




Former Cub pitcher Bill Lee (Oct 21)


Former Cub outfielder Jimmie Foxx (Oct 22)


Former Cub outfielder Rafael Palmeiro (Oct 24)

Former Cub pitcher Jim Brosnan (Oct 24)


Former Cub outfielder Bobby Thomson (Oct 25)




Former Cub pitcher Russ Mad Monk Meyer (Oct 25)

Former Cub third baseman Steve Ontiveros (Oct 26)

Cub fan and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (Oct 26)

Cub fan Pat Sajak (Oct 26)


Former Cub outfielder Ralph Kiner (Oct 27)




Former Cub utility man Circus Solly Hoffman (Oct 28)

Cub fan Dennis Franz (Oct 28)

Former Cub catcher Kettle Wirts (Oct 30)

Former Cub first baseman Fred McGriff (Oct 31)

Cub fan Ronnie Woo Woo Wickers (Oct 31)