Sporting birthdays - October 8

By SPORTSMAIL REPORTER
Updated: 14:09 EST, 7 October 2008

Ray Reardon (snooker) - six-times world champion, born 1932.

Vanburn Holder (cricket) - former Worcestershire and West Indies paceman, now umpire, born 1945.

Tony Ward (rugby union) - former Ireland and British Lions stand-off, born 1954.

Mike Teague (rugby union) - former England and British Lions flanker, born 1959.

Erik Gundersen (speedway) - three-times world champion, born 1959.

Matt Biondi (swimming) - American winner of 11 Olympic medals including eight gold, born 1965. 

Zvonimir Boban (football) - Former Croatia and AC Milan midfielder, born 1968.

Boban (left) battles with Clarence Seedorf of the Netherlands in the third place play-off in the 1998 World Cup. In their first appearance in the tournament, Croatia finished third

Stanislav Varga (football) - Slovakian former Celtic and Sunderland defender, born 1972.

Armand Traore (football) - Portsmouth's French defender, on loan from Arsenal, born 1989.