Lamar Odom, a retired professional basketball player, turned 37 on November 6. He won NBA championships in 2009 and 2010 and was named the NBA Sixth Man of the Year in 2011 while playing for the LA Lakers.

Odom also turned out for the US national team, winning bronze in the 2004 Olympics and gold in the FIBA World Championship in 2010.

He ventured into reality television during his relationship with Khloe Kardashian who he married in 2009.

More sporting birthdays on this day:

1940: Johnny Giles, former Leeds and Manchester United midfielder (76).

1987: Ana Ivanovic, Serbian tennis star, who won the 2008 French Open title (29).

1990: Andre Schurrle, Borussia Dortmund’s Germany forward, formerly with Chelsea (26).