Suns’ Ryan Dunn is among the NBA players born on Jan. 7.
With over 5,000 players in NBA history, at least one player was born on every day of the calendar year – including three leap day ballers. Our day-by-day breakdown of the players born on each day of the year continues.
Below are the most notable NBA players born on Jan 7.
Todd Day (1970)
Day was the eighth overall pick in the 1970 NBA Draft by the Milwaukee Bucks. His college career was awe-inspiring, finishing as an All-American in his junior and senior seasons at Arkansas. The shooting guard spent his first four seasons with the Bucks, averaging 14.1 points, 4.0 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.2 steals per game. That was the best stretch of his career, but he did average 13.3 points, 3.5 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.2 steals in two seasons with the Boston Celtics between 1995 and 1997. Day closed his career by playing for the Miami Heat, Minnesota Timberwolves and Phoenix Suns before officially retiring in 2001. He also had a short stint with the Harlem Globetrotters after his playing career.
Want to see every NBA player born on January 7? Here is the rest of the list in chronological order:
- Deb Smith (January 7, 1920)
- Johnny Macknowski (January 7, 1923)
- Don Rehfeldt (January 7, 1927)
- Dan King (January 7, 1931)
- Jesse Branson (January 7, 1942)
- Trevor Winter (January 7, 1974)
- Reece Gaines (January 7, 1981)
- Marquis Daniels (January 7, 1981)
- JamesOn Curry (January 7, 1986)
- Jarnell Stokes (January 7, 1994)
- Jordan Bell (January 7, 1995)
- Ryan Dunn (January 7, 2003)
