John Kuck
John Henry Kuck was an American athlete who won a gold medal in the shot put at the 1928 Summer Olympics setting a new world record at 15.87 m. Earlier that year he set two more world records, but they were not recognized officially. In 1926 he also set a US record in the javelin throw at 65.28 m and won the AAU title.
27 April 1905
Born on the same birth day (27 April): Anna Chancellor • Cuba Gooding Sr. • Darcey Bussell • Dilip Kumar Chakrabarti • Draža Mihailović • Frank Bainimarama • Friedrich von Flotow • Herbert Spencer • Jenna Coleman • Jim Keltner • Josef Hickersberger • Judy Carne • Lara Gut-Behrami • Marc-Antoine Parseval • Nigel Barker (photographer) • Pete Ham • Philip Abelson • Tim LaHaye • William W. Snow • Willie Upshaw • Xavier Worthy • Yiorgos Theotokas • Ángel Comizzo
Born in the same month (April 1905): Al Bates • Erwin Keller • Frits Philips • Helen Joseph • Jean Vigo • Joachim Büchner • Pat Brown • Paul Hasluck • Rae Johnstone • Robert Sink • Sergey Nikolsky • Sydney Halter