Bob Champion
Robert Champion is an English former jump jockey, who won the 1981 Grand National on Aldaniti. His triumph, while recovering from cancer, was made into the 1984 film Champions, with John Hurt portraying Champion. The film is based on Champion's book Champion's Story, which he wrote with close friend, racing journalist and broadcaster Jonathan Powell.
4 June 1948
Born on the same birth date (4 June 1948): Jürgen Sparwasser • Sandra Post
Born on the same birth day (4 June): George III • Gordon Waller • John Drew Barrymore • Michael Greyeyes • Niurka Montalvo • Sandra Post • Stuart Kettlewell • Tofilau Eti Alesana
Born in the same month (June 1948): Fred Grandy • Jacqueline Jones • Jerry Mathers • Jim Bailey (American football) • Joe Roth • Jovan Aćimović • Jürgen Sparwasser • Ludwig Scotty • Michel Plasse • Patrick Moraz • Powers Boothe • Sandra Post • Tomáš Halík • Usha Prashar, Baroness Prashar