October 17
From Hoopedia
- 1962 - John Dorge, star center of the 1996 Boomers (Australian Olympic team) and 13-year veteran of the Australian National Basketball League, is born in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.
- 1966 - Danny Ferry, named College Player of the Year in 1989 when he was at Duke, is born in Bowie, Maryland.
- 2005 - The NBA issues a Dress Code Memo/policy applicable to all NBA players.
