September 7
From Hoopedia
- 1895 - Joe Schwarzer, captain of the 1918 Helms Foundation national championship Syracuse Orangemen team, is born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
- 1928 - Al McGuire, Hall of Fame coach of Marquette University and insightful television commentator, is born in New York City.
- 1929 - Hall of Famer Clyde Lovellette is born in Petersburg, Indiana.
- 1944 - (Right) Streetball legend Earl "the Goat" Manigault is born in Charleston, South Carolina.
- 2002 - Yugoslavia cruises in the overtime period, beating Argentina, 84-77, to win the gold medal game of the FIBA World Championship. Team USA's sixth-place finish is the worst American showing since professional players began to participate in international play in 1992.
