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Sports Legends of the Past
Famous athletes who are no longer living, and what they are remembered for.
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- Jesse OwensAthleteWon four gold medals in track and field at the 1936 Olympics
- Jackie RobinsonAthleteBroke baseball's color barrier in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers
- Babe RuthAthleteBaseball slugger and pitcher, a New York Yankees star of the 1920s
- Lou GehrigAthleteYankees first baseman known as the Iron Horse
- Roberto ClementeAthletePirates outfielder, 3,000 hits, and a great humanitarian
- Hank AaronAthleteBaseball home run king for decades, with 755 career homers
- Willie MaysAthleteBaseball star known for amazing catches
- Muhammad AliAthleteHeavyweight boxing champion who called himself the Greatest
- Wilma RudolphAthleteWon three gold medals in running at the 1960 Olympics
- Jim ThorpeAthleteOlympic gold medalist in 1912 and football and baseball star
- Althea GibsonAthleteFirst Black player to win a Grand Slam tennis title (1956)
- Arthur AsheAthleteTennis star who won Wimbledon in 1975
- Bill RussellAthleteBoston Celtics center who won 11 NBA titles
- Wilt ChamberlainAthleteBasketball center who once scored 100 points in an NBA game
- Kobe BryantAthleteLos Angeles Lakers star with five NBA titles
- PeleAthleteBrazilian soccer star who won three World Cups
- Diego MaradonaAthleteArgentine soccer star of the 1980s
- Johan CruyffAthleteDutch soccer star and thinker of 'total football'
- Walter PaytonAthleteChicago Bears running back nicknamed Sweetness
- Jim BrownAthleteFootball running back and star of the 1950s-60s
- Vince LombardiAthleteGreen Bay Packers coach; the Super Bowl trophy bears his name
- Gordie HoweAthleteHockey star known as Mr. Hockey
- Joe DiMaggioAthleteYankees outfielder with a 56-game hitting streak in 1941
- Ty CobbAthleteEarly baseball star with a high batting average
- Cy YoungAthletePitcher with 511 wins; the best pitcher award is named for him
- Satchel PaigeAthletePitcher in the Negro leagues and later the majors
- Josh GibsonAthleteNegro leagues catcher called the Black Babe Ruth
- Honus WagnerAthleteEarly baseball shortstop; his card is one of the most famous
- Joe LouisAthleteHeavyweight boxing champion from 1937 to 1949
- Jack JohnsonAthleteFirst Black heavyweight boxing champion (1908)
- Bobby JonesAthleteGolfer who won the Grand Slam in 1930
- SeabiscuitAthleteA racehorse who became a Depression-era hero
- SecretariatAthleteRacehorse who won the 1973 Triple Crown
- Man o' WarAthleteFamous racehorse of the 1920s
- Bill WalshAthleteNFL coach known for the West Coast offense
- Babe Didrikson ZahariasAthleteWon Olympic golds in track in 1932 and became a champion golfer
- Sonja HenieAthleteNorwegian figure skater with three Olympic golds
- Paavo NurmiAthleteFinnish distance runner, a star of the 1920s
- Emil ZatopekAthleteCzech runner who won three golds in 1952
- Abebe BikilaAthleteEthiopian runner who won the 1960 Olympic marathon barefoot
- Johnny WeissmullerAthleteOlympic swimmer who later played Tarzan
- Duke KahanamokuAthleteHawaiian swimmer and the father of modern surfing
- Gertrude EderleAthleteFirst woman to swim the English Channel (1926)
- Pat SummittAthleteTennessee women's basketball coach with many wins
- Lou BrockAthleteBaseball base-stealing star
- Mickey MantleAthleteYankees slugger of the 1950s and 60s
- Ted WilliamsAthleteRed Sox hitter, the last to hit .400 in a season (1941)
- Roger BannisterAthleteFirst person to run a mile in under four minutes (1954)
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