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Jesse Owens	Won four gold medals in track and field at the 1936 Olympics		fun-athletes-historical
Jackie Robinson	Broke baseball's color barrier in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers		fun-athletes-historical
Babe Ruth	Baseball slugger and pitcher, a New York Yankees star of the 1920s		fun-athletes-historical
Lou Gehrig	Yankees first baseman known as the Iron Horse		fun-athletes-historical
Roberto Clemente	Pirates outfielder, 3,000 hits, and a great humanitarian		fun-athletes-historical
Hank Aaron	Baseball home run king for decades, with 755 career homers		fun-athletes-historical
Willie Mays	Baseball star known for amazing catches		fun-athletes-historical
Muhammad Ali	Heavyweight boxing champion who called himself the Greatest		fun-athletes-historical
Wilma Rudolph	Won three gold medals in running at the 1960 Olympics		fun-athletes-historical
Jim Thorpe	Olympic gold medalist in 1912 and football and baseball star		fun-athletes-historical
Althea Gibson	First Black player to win a Grand Slam tennis title (1956)		fun-athletes-historical
Arthur Ashe	Tennis star who won Wimbledon in 1975		fun-athletes-historical
Bill Russell	Boston Celtics center who won 11 NBA titles		fun-athletes-historical
Wilt Chamberlain	Basketball center who once scored 100 points in an NBA game		fun-athletes-historical
Kobe Bryant	Los Angeles Lakers star with five NBA titles		fun-athletes-historical
Pele	Brazilian soccer star who won three World Cups		fun-athletes-historical
Diego Maradona	Argentine soccer star of the 1980s		fun-athletes-historical
Johan Cruyff	Dutch soccer star and thinker of 'total football'		fun-athletes-historical
Walter Payton	Chicago Bears running back nicknamed Sweetness		fun-athletes-historical
Jim Brown	Football running back and star of the 1950s-60s		fun-athletes-historical
Vince Lombardi	Green Bay Packers coach; the Super Bowl trophy bears his name		fun-athletes-historical
Gordie Howe	Hockey star known as Mr. Hockey		fun-athletes-historical
Joe DiMaggio	Yankees outfielder with a 56-game hitting streak in 1941		fun-athletes-historical
Ty Cobb	Early baseball star with a high batting average		fun-athletes-historical
Cy Young	Pitcher with 511 wins; the best pitcher award is named for him		fun-athletes-historical
Satchel Paige	Pitcher in the Negro leagues and later the majors		fun-athletes-historical
Josh Gibson	Negro leagues catcher called the Black Babe Ruth		fun-athletes-historical
Honus Wagner	Early baseball shortstop; his card is one of the most famous		fun-athletes-historical
Joe Louis	Heavyweight boxing champion from 1937 to 1949		fun-athletes-historical
Jack Johnson	First Black heavyweight boxing champion (1908)		fun-athletes-historical
Bobby Jones	Golfer who won the Grand Slam in 1930		fun-athletes-historical
Seabiscuit	A racehorse who became a Depression-era hero		fun-athletes-historical
Secretariat	Racehorse who won the 1973 Triple Crown		fun-athletes-historical
Man o' War	Famous racehorse of the 1920s		fun-athletes-historical
Bill Walsh	NFL coach known for the West Coast offense		fun-athletes-historical
Babe Didrikson Zaharias	Won Olympic golds in track in 1932 and became a champion golfer		fun-athletes-historical
Sonja Henie	Norwegian figure skater with three Olympic golds		fun-athletes-historical
Paavo Nurmi	Finnish distance runner, a star of the 1920s		fun-athletes-historical
Emil Zatopek	Czech runner who won three golds in 1952		fun-athletes-historical
Abebe Bikila	Ethiopian runner who won the 1960 Olympic marathon barefoot		fun-athletes-historical
Johnny Weissmuller	Olympic swimmer who later played Tarzan		fun-athletes-historical
Duke Kahanamoku	Hawaiian swimmer and the father of modern surfing		fun-athletes-historical
Gertrude Ederle	First woman to swim the English Channel (1926)		fun-athletes-historical
Pat Summitt	Tennessee women's basketball coach with many wins		fun-athletes-historical
Lou Brock	Baseball base-stealing star		fun-athletes-historical
Mickey Mantle	Yankees slugger of the 1950s and 60s		fun-athletes-historical
Ted Williams	Red Sox hitter, the last to hit .400 in a season (1941)		fun-athletes-historical
Roger Bannister	First person to run a mile in under four minutes (1954)		fun-athletes-historical