* Albert Austin ( 1881 – 1953 ), British / American actor

77, No. 3 ( Sep., 1953 ), pp. 148 – 155.

* 1881 – Karl Staaf, Swedish athlete ( d. 1953 )

* 1953 – Christopher Franke, German musician and composer ( Tangerine Dream )

* 1953 – In Warner Robins, Georgia, an F4 tornado kills 18 people.

* 1953 – Merrill Osmond, American actor and singer ( The Osmonds )

* 1953 – Alex Lifeson, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ( Rush and Big Dirty Band )

* 1953 – Peter Stormare, Swedish actor, director, and playwright

* 1953 – Pope Pius XII establishes the Dioceses of Norwich and Bridgeport and makes the Diocese of Hartford an archdiocese.

* 1953 – Iqbal Qasim, Pakistani cricketer

* 1953 – Kay Stenshjemmet, Norwegian speed skater

* 1953 – Roberta Tovey, English actress and singer

The tide finally turned in 1953 when England won the final Test at The Oval to take the series 1 – 0, having narrowly evaded defeat in the preceding Test at Headingley.

* 1953 – Marjo, Canadian singer-songwriter ( Corbeau )

* 1953 – Donnie Munro, Scottish singer and guitarist ( Runrig )

* 1953 – Butch Patrick, American actor

Iuliu Maniu ( 1873 – 1953 ) was prime minister with an agrarian cabinet from 1928 to 1930, but the Great Depression made proposed reforms impossible.

* 1953 – Robert Cray, American singer and guitarist

* 1953 – Howard Kurtz, American journalist

* 1953 – Ian Bairnson, Scottish musician ( Keats )

Franciszek Bujak ( 1875 – 1953 ) and Jan Rutkowski ( 1886 – 1949 ), the founders of modern economic history in Poland and of the journal Roczniki Dziejów Spolecznych i Gospodarczych ( 1931 – ), were attracted to the innovations of the Annales school.

* 1896 – Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author ( d. 1953 )

* 1953 – Mark Lazarowicz, English Politician

Bernie Naylor Medallists: ( 20 total ) H. Kelly ( 50 ) 1905 ; G. Thomas ( 31 ) 1910 ; H. Campbell ( 47 ) 1922 ; S. Lawn ( 75 ) 1928 & ( 96 ) 1929 ; B. Naylor ( 131 ) 1946, ( 108 ) 1947, 91 ( 1948 ), ( 147 ) 1952, ( 167 ) 1953, ( 133 ) 1954 ; J. Gerovich ( 74 ) 1956, ( 101 ) 1960 & ( 74 ) 1961 ; R. Bauskis ( 108 ) 1977 & ( 82 ) 1978 ; C. Edwards ( 54 ) 1992 ; J. Dorotich ( 88 ) 1996 & ( 114 ) 1997 ; Z. Parsons ( 65 ) 2002

Most goals in a season: 167 by Bernie Naylor in 1953

Most goals in a game: 23 by Bernie Naylor vs. Subiaco in 1953

A vicious stick-swinging duel took place between Gilles Tremblay and Reg Fleming that was said to be the worst since the Bernie Geoffrion-Ron Murphy fight in 1953.

He kicked more than 100 goals in a season nine times, which included a haul of 152 goals in 1934 that set an Australian record, which was not broken until Bernie Naylor () kicked 167 goals in 1953.

The following year he kicked 152 goals, which was an Australian record until 1953, when Bernie Naylor, from the South Fremantle Football Club kicked 167 goals ( including finals matches ).

Bodie won the Liberal-Progressive nomination in 1953 over Bernie Wolfe and Frank Simmons.

* 1953 – Rick Moranis, Canadian comedian

* 1997 – Jean-Claude Lauzon, Canadian director ( b. 1953 )

* 1953 – Guy Mongrain, Canadian reporter and game show host

* 1953 – Ian Turnbull, Canadian ice hockey player

* 1953 – Bob Gainey, Canadian ice hockey player and General Manager

* 1953 – Lanny McDonald, Canadian ice hockey player

* 1953 – Robbie Bachman, Canadian drummer ( Bachman – Turner Overdrive )

* 1875 – Sam De Grasse, Canadian actor ( d. 1953 )

* 1953 – Rik Emmett, Canadian guitarist, songwriter, and producer ( Triumph and Strung-Out Troubadours )

* 1882 – Athanase David, Canadian lawyer, politician, and businessman ( d. 1953 )

* 1953 – Margie Gillis, Canadian dancer and choreographer

* 1953 – Morris Titanic, Canadian ice hockey player

* 1953 – Paul Quarrington, Canadian playwright and educator ( d. 2010 )

* 1953 – Richard Legendre, Canadian politician

* John Livingstone Brown ( 1867 – 1953 ), Canadian politician, farmer and minister

* 1953 – Céline Lomez, Canadian actress and singer

* 1953 – Michelle Courchesne, Canadian politician

* 1953 – Connie Kaldor, Canadian singer-songwriter

* 1953 – A Canadian Pacific Airlines De Havilland Comet crashes in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 11.

* 1953 – Pierre Gauthier, Canadian ice hockey manager

* 1953 – Jacqueline Gareau, Canadian marathon runner

* 1953 – Paul Haggis, Canadian film director