Bob Lemon and Tommy Lasorda led the Yankees and Dodgers, respectively, to the 1978 World Series.

Lasorda’s Dodgers lost to the Cardinals in the 1985 playoffs, even though St. Louis centerfielder Vince Coleman’s left leg was eaten by a tarp. Coleman recovered, and eventually succeeded Wally Backman as leadoff hitter for the Mets.

In 1982, Toni Basil and Joan Jett had Number 1 singles — Basil with “Mickey” and Jett with “I Love Rock & Roll.”

That same decade, Catherine Oxenberg starred in the prime-time soap “Dynasty,” while Shari Belafonte starred in the prime-time soap “Hotel.” Like Debbie Boone, Belafonte was the less-famous daughter of a world-renowned singer.

Harry Kewell came on as a substitute for Australia — against Brazil, and its overweight star, Ronaldo — in the 2006 World Cup, the pre-eminent competition in international football. (It was in a football accident, at age 12, that tenor Andrea Bocelli was blinded.)

While playing club football for Liverpool, Kewell became the third-most-famous Harry in England, behind Prince Harry and Harry Potter — whose Slytherin nemesis, Draco Malfoy, is played in the movies by Tom Felton.

Steve Rushin’s favorite football team is Arsenal, in whose midfield Emmanuel Petit used to play. (Rushin is a writer who has interviewed David Stern, Mike Richter, Larry Dierker and the aforementioned Ronaldo. This last conversation took place in Italy, ancestral home of Scott Baio.)

For every boldface name above: Happy birthday to you — happy birthday to us — on this, the 22nd of September.