Sports Birthdays for September 14 — Larry Brown and More

Here are some of the people in the sports world celebrating birthdays on September 14:

Jerry Coleman
Age: 88
Profession: Retired MLB Player / Broadcaster
Best Known For: Known as 'Master of the Malaprop' for making humorous mistakes while broadcasting, Jerry Coleman is an analyst on San Diego Padres' games. Coleman earlier served as play-by-play announcer for the Padres, and he managed the team in 1980. In 2005, Coleman received the Ford C. Frick Award from the Baseball Hall of Fame for his broadcasting contributions. Prior to his broadcast career, Coleman was an All-Star second baseman for the New York Yankees from 1949 to 1957. Named the AL Rookie of the Year in 1949, Coleman was a member of the Yankees' teams that won the World Series in 1949, 1950, 1951 and 1956.

Larry Brown
Age: 72
Profession: NCAA / NBA Coach
Best Known For: The only basketball coach in history to win both an NCAA and NBA championship, Larry Brown is currently the head basketball coach at Southern Methodist University. Brown won 1,275 NBA games in his career while coaching the Denver Nuggets, New Jersey Nets, San Antonio Spurs, Los Angeles Clippers, Indiana Pacers, Philadelphia 76ers, Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks and Charlotte Bobcats. Brown coached UCLA and Kansas, reaching the Final Four with both schools and winning the title with Kansas in 1988. Brown was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2002. Prior to his coaching career, Brown was a star player at North Carolina and played professionally in the ABA.

Tim Wallach
Age: 55
Profession: Retired MLB Player / Coach
Best Known For: A five-time All-Star third baseman, Tim Wallach played for the
Montreal Expos, Los Angeles Dodgers and California Angels from 1980 to 1996. Wallach won three Gold Glove Awards and two Silver Slugger Awards as the best offensive player at his position. He currently serves as third base coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Delmon Young
Age: 27
Profession: MLB Player
Best Known For: Delmon Young is an outfielder with the Detroit Tigers. He has been in the major leagues since 2006, playing for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Minnesota Twins prior to arriving in Detroit. While in the minor leagues, Young was suspended for 50 games for throwing a bat at an umpire after being called out on strikes. While with the Tigers in April of 2012, Young was arrested for aggravated harassment after yelling an anti-Semitic slur at a bar in New York City. He has yet to be tried or convicted. Young's older brother, Dmitri, also played in the major leagues.

Michael Crabtree
Age: 25
Profession: NFL Player
Best Known For: Michael Crabtree is a wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers, who selected him in the first round of the 2009 NFL Draft. Crabtree had an extended holdout period prior to joining the team for the 2009 season. In college at Texas Tech, Crabtree was a two-time All-American, winning the Biletnikoff Award and Paul Warfield Trophy for receiving in both 2007 and 2008.