Dick Thornett
Richard Norman Thornett was one of five Australians to have represented their country in three sports. He was an Olympic water polo player before becoming a rugby league and rugby union player – a dual code international representative. Dick Thornett, Australian rugby player and water polo player (d. 2011)
23 September 1940
Born on the same birth date (23 September 1940): Michel Temer
Born on the same birth day (23 September): André Cassagnes • Bernard Maris • Clayton Blackmore • Donald Audette • Fabio Ongaro • Frank Foster (jazz musician) • Friedrich Paulus • Georg Keßler • Gerald Merrithew • Hans Nijman • Joffrey Lupul • Julius Baker • Karl Pilkington • Martin Cranie • Ray Charles • Roy Buchanan • Sylvain Saudan • Volodymyr Sydorenko
Born in the same month (September 1940): Bill Kurtis • Bill Medley • Billy Cobb • Butch Buchholz • Eduardo Galeano • Gilberto Parlotti • John M. Hayes (scientist) • Pauline Collins • Ron Fenton • Ventseslav Konstantinov