My #1 Celebrity Birthday Person for October 13th is
A Tie between the greatest NFL WR of all time Jerry Rice (1962)
and the greatest High Jumper of all time Javier Sotomayor (1967).
Jerry Rice (47) 1962
Born: Starkville, Mississippi / Birth name: Jerry Lee Rice / Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m)
Attended M.S. Moor High School in Crawford, MS.
Attended Mississippi Valley State University 1981-85
Spouse: Jackie Mitchell (8 September 1987 - present) 3 children
Record-setting wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers from 1985-2001.
Is considered the greatest wide receiver to ever play / Holds three Super Bowl rings.
Was released by the 49ers after the 2000-2001 season and was signed by the Oakland Raiders.
Currently the only non-kicker in NFL history to score over 1000 points in his career.
During the season opener of the 1997 season he tore the anterior cruciate and medial collateral
ligaments in his left knee on a reverse. Warren Sapp of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers grabbed
Rice by the face-mask & wrenched Rice to the ground with it, drawing a 15-yard personal foul.
The injury broke his streak of 189 consecutive games played.
Almost 23,000 receiving yards and 208 Total TD’s.
Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame [August 12, 2006].
2010: NFL Hall Of Fame.
Most Consecutive Games, Pass Receptions, 274, Jerry Rice, 1985-2004.
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Javier Sotomayor (42) 1967
Born: Limonar, Matanzas Province / Birth Name: Javier Sotomayor Sanabria / Height:1.95 meters.
Cuban former athlete who specialized in the high jump.
He is almost unanimously viewed as the best high jumper of all time.
2008: He is the only High Jumper to clear the 8 foot (2.44 m) barrier.
He twice increased the world record, to 2.44 metres on July 29, 1989 in San Juan
and to the current record of 2.45 meters (8 ft ½ in) on July 23, 1993 in Salamanca.
Sotomayor also set the current world indoor record of 2.43 meters on March 4, 1989 in Budapest.
Olympic Games: Gold 1992 Barcelona High jump & Silver 2000 Sydney High jump.
Javier Sotomayor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Javier (1967) was the born the exact same day as actress Kate Walsh (see below).
Javier (1967) was the born the exact same day as MLB Closer Trevor Hoffman (see below).
Baltimore Bob added Javier on Friday May 8th 2009.
Kate Walsh (I) (42) 1967
------ Born: San Jose, California / Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m)
------ Birth Name: Kathleen Erin Walsh / Nickname: Katie
------ She grew up partly in San Jose and partly in Tucson, Arizona, later
------ attending the University of Arizona, where she got involved in regional theater.
------ Spouse: Alex Young (1 September 2007 - present)
------ Her first major television appearance came on "The Drew Carey Show" (1995)
------ where she portrayed Niki Fifer, Drew's girlfriend and a woman struggling with her weight.
------ Wore a fat suit in her role as Nicki Fifer on "The Drew Carey Show" (1995).
------ She also played Norm MacDonald's romantic interest in the sitcom "The Norm Show" (1999).
------ Movie debut at age 30 in 'Normal Life' (1996) as Cindy Anderson.
------ Kate (1967) born the exact same day as High Jumper Javier Sotomayor (see above).
------ Kate (1967) born the exact same day as MLB Relief Pitcher Trevor Hoffman (see above).
Kelly Preston (47) 1962
------- Born: Honolulu, Hawaii / Birth name: Kelly Kamalelehua Palzis / Height: 5' 7" (1.70 m)
------- Born and raised in Hawaii, except for 15 months at age 5 where she lived in Iraq.
------- Her father was working with the minister of agriculture to improve Iraq's farming conditions.
------- Graduated from Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii.
------- Spouses: John Travolta (12 September 1991 - present) 2 children
------- Kevin Gage (1986 - 1988) (divorced)
------- Her second child with John Travolta, daughter Ella Bleu was born,
------- weighing in at 4.08 kilos (nine pounds). [3 April 2000]
------- John Travolta married Kelly Preston twice. Their first wedding on 5 September 1991,
------- by a French scientologist minister, was declared illegal.
------- The couple met during the filming of 'Experts, The' (1989).
------- She lived with Charlie Sheen from 1989-90.
------- She was accidentally shot in their apartment in 1990.
------- Although they never married, Charlie Sheen presented Kelly with a
------- 25 karat pink diamond engagement ring when he proposed to her in 1989.
------- Was turned down for the role of Emmeline in 'Blue Lagoon, The' (1980).
------- This was Preston's first film audition. The part went to Brooke Shields.
------- Movie debut at age 21 in '10 to Midnight' (1983) (as Kelly Palzis) as Doreen.
------- She appears with another Baltimore Bob favorite Amanda Bynes.
------- She plays Amanda's Mom at age 41 'Libby Reynolds' in 'What a Girl Wants' (2003).
------- Amanda Bynes at age 17 plays the character Daphne Reynolds.
------- Baltimore Bob states "The only movie where I would like to **** both Mom & Daughter".
------- Measurements: 34B-24-34 (In 1982 while an Elite Agency model),
------- (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine).