Didier Pitre

Joseph George Didier "Cannonball" Pitre was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Nicknamed "Cannonball," he was renowned for having one of the hardest shots during his playing career. One of the first players to join the Montreal Canadiens, Pitre and his teammates' French-Canadian heritage led to the team being nicknamed The Flying Frenchmen. His teammates on the Canadiens included Jack Laviolette and Newsy Lalonde.

1 September 1883

Born on the same birth day (1 September): Boney James • Chanel West Coast • Gil Puyat • Iñaki Lejarreta • Jim O'Rourke (baseball) • Leonard Slatkin • Maury Sterling • Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha • Rex Beach • Turgut Özakman • Zach Thomas

Born in the same month (September 1883): Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria • Bernhard Rust • Esteban Terradas i Illa • Ferenc Oslay • Lawson Robertson • Mabel Vernon • Petros Voulgaris • Richard Gerstl • T. E. Hulme • Theophrastos Sakellaridis • William Carlos Williams