Albert Spalding
Albert Goodwill Spalding was an American pitcher, manager, and executive in the early years of professional baseball, and the co-founder of A.G. Spalding sporting goods company. He was born and raised in Byron, Illinois, yet graduated from Rockford Central High School in Rockford, Illinois. He played major league baseball between 1871 and 1878. Spalding set a trend when he started wearing a baseball glove.
2 September 1850
Born on the same birth date (2 September 1850): Eugene Field • Woldemar Voigt
Born on the same birth day (2 September): Ahmad Shah Massoud • Alexandre Pato • Andreas Möller • Deimantas Petravičius • Dino Cazares • Donald Watson • Ernest Bromley (cricketer) • Eugene Field • Francesco Cattani da Diacceto (1531–1595) • Francis Matthews (actor) • Joey Barton • Prachya Pinkaew • Terry Bradshaw
Born in the same month (September 1850): Anton Mahnič • Eugen Goldstein • Eugene Field • Guerra Junqueiro • Jim O'Rourke (baseball) • Luigi Cadorna • Woldemar Voigt