Athletes and Sports Stars Born on March 14
March 14 Calendar 1866 Alexey Troitsky, Russian chess problemist, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1942) 1886 Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist who twice won the Tour de France (1919, 1922), born in Florennes, Namur, Belgium (d. 1964) 1914 Lee Petty, American race car driver (d. 2000) 1920 Dorothy Tyler-Odam, British athlete (Olympic silver high jump 1936, 48; WR 1.66m 1939), born in London, England (d. 2014) 1921 Lis Hartel, Danish equestrian dressage (Olympic silver 1952, 56; permanently paralyzed her below her knees from polio), born in Hellerup, Denmark (d.
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