Alex Groza

Alex John Groza was an American professional basketball player from Martins Ferry, Ohio. Resulting from the CCNY point shaving scandal, Groza was banned from the National Basketball Association (NBA) for life in 1951. In college, he won two NCAA championships as captain of the University of Kentucky Wildcats, and was a two-time All-NBA player for the Indianapolis Olympians before his career abruptly ended.

7 October 1926

Born on the same birth day (7 October): Ann Jones (tennis) • Bernhard III, Margrave of Baden-Baden • Caesar Rodney • Diego Costa • Jack Russell (cricketer, born 1887) • Joannes Gijsen • Louis-Joseph Papineau • Maurice Grevisse • Pierre Le Muet • Rhyno • Sam Brown (singer) • Scottie Upshall • Trent Alexander-Arnold

Born in the same month (October 1926): Beverly Garland • Evan Hunter • Klaus Kinski • Marjorie Tallchief • Ray Brown (musician) • Willi Unsoeld