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2005 Hank Stram, American Athlete

2004 Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch Athlete

2004 Johnny Oates, American Athlete

2004 Arthur Lydiard, New Zealander Athlete

2004 Tug McGraw, American Athlete

2003 Warren Spahn, American Athlete

2003 Ron Burton, American Athlete

2003 Chris Brasher, British Athlete

2003 Craig Kelly, American Athlete

2002 Bob Hayes, American Athlete

2002 Ted Williams, athlete, last person to hit .400 for a season as a major leaguer, dies at 83

2002 Carl Olson, American Athlete

2001 Willie Stargell, American Athlete

2001 Harvey Martin, American Athlete

2000 Bob Lemon, American Athlete

1999 Pee Wee Reese, American Athlete

1999 Harry Walker, American Athlete

1999 Joe Adcock, Athlete

1999 Joe DiMaggio, athlete, dies at 84

1999 Early Wynn, American Athlete

1996 W. H. Murray, Scottish Athlete

1996 Sandor Iharos, athlete, dies at 65

1993 Arthur Ashe, American Athlete

1991 Cool Papa Bell, American Athlete

1991 Harold Grange, American Athlete

1990 Lev Yashin, Russian Athlete

1990 Fred Shero, Canadian Athlete

1990 Ed Parker, American Athlete

1989 Freddy Adu, Athlete

1989 Michelle Wie, American Athlete

1988 Carly Patterson, American Athlete

1987 Maria Sharapova, Russian Athlete

1987 Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian Athlete

1986 Tommy Farr, Welsh Athlete

1985 Smokey Joe Wood, American Athlete

1985 Michael Phelps, American Athlete

1985 Sarah Hughes, American Athlete

1985 Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese Athlete

1985 Wayne Rooney, English Athlete

1984 Paul Gallagher, Scottish Athlete

1984 Carmelo Anthony, American Athlete

1984 LeBron James, American Athlete

1984 Sasha Cohen, American Athlete

1984 Walt Alston, American Athlete

1983 Kim Clijsters, Belgian Athlete

1983 Miguel Cabrera, Venezuelan Athlete

1983 Natalie Gulbis, American Athlete

1982 Ian Thorpe, Australian Athlete

1982 Andy Roddick, American Athlete

1982 Satchel Paige, American Athlete

1981 Bill Shankly, Scottish Athlete

1981 Serena Williams, American Athlete

1981 Roger Federer, Swiss Athlete

1981 Anna Kournikova, Russian Athlete

1981 Lleyton Hewitt, Australian Athlete

1980 Yao Ming, Chinese Athlete

1980 Robbie Keane, Irish Athlete

1980 Michelle Kwan, American Athlete

1980 Richard Jefferson, American Athlete

1980 Steven Gerrard, English Athlete

1980 Jesse Owens, American Athlete

1980 Dixie Dean, English Athlete

1980 Steve Blake, American Athlete

1980 Marat Safin, Russian Athlete

1979 Jamal Lewis, American Athlete

1979 Jonny Wilkinson, English Athlete

1979 Michael J. Owen, English Athlete

1979 Tim Cahill, Australian Athlete

1978 Dante Hall, American Athlete

1978 Nick Johnson, American Athlete

1978 Frank Lampard, English Athlete

1978 Barry Zito, American Athlete

1978 Jackie Stiles, American Athlete

1978 Michael East, American Athlete

1978 Rio Ferdinand, English Athlete

1977 Thierry Henry, French Athlete

1977 Tom Brady, American Athlete

1977 Ricky Williams, American Athlete

1977 Kelli White, American Athlete

1977 Randy Moss, American Athlete

1977 Vince Carter, American Athlete

1977 Bode Miller, American Athlete

1976 Peyton Manning, American Athlete

1976 Paul Robeson, athlete/lawyer/singer, dies in Philadelphia at 77

1976 Matt Welsh, Australian Athlete

1975 Jury can't decide on trial of Dave Forbes of Boston Bruins (1st athlete indicted for excessive violence during play)

1975 Jonah Lomu, New Zealander Athlete

1975 Robbie Fowler, English Athlete

1975 Gary Neville, English Athlete

1975 David Ortiz, Dominican Republican Athlete

1975 Marion Jones, American Athlete

1974 Dizzy Dean, American Athlete

1974 Frederick Kelly, American Athlete

1974 Alessandro Del Piero, Italian Athlete

1973 Ato Boldon, Athlete

1973 Ichiro Suzuki, Japanese Athlete

1973 Nomar Garciaparra, American Athlete

1973 Jamie Redknapp, English Athlete

1973 Lee Westwood, English Athlete

1973 Haile Gebrselassie, Athlete

1973 Ryan Giggs, Welsh Athlete

1973 Paula Radcliffe, English Athlete

1972 Luis Figo, Portuguese Athlete

1972 U.S. swimmer Mark Spitz becomes 1st athlete to win 7 olympic gold medals

1972 Zinedine Zidane, French Athlete

1972 Brian McBride, American Athlete

1972 Dwayne Johnson, American Athlete

1972 Steve McManaman, English Athlete

1972 Hermann Maier, Austrian Athlete

1971 Irena Slavutskay, Israel, athlete, Oly-1996

1971 Billie Jean King became 1st female athlete to win $100,000

1971 Kenny Cunningham, Irish Athlete

1971 Ekaterina Gordeeva, Russian Athlete

1971 Ian Walker, English Athlete

1970 Latrell Sprewell, American Athlete

1970 Alan Shearer, English Athlete

1970 Cobi Jones, American Athlete

1969 Retief Goosen, South African Athlete

1969 Nancy Kerrigan, American Athlete

1968 Tony Hawk, American Athlete

1967 Paul Ince, English Athlete

1966 Mike Tyson, American Athlete

1966 Eric Cantona, French Athlete

1966 Craig Kelly, American Athlete

1966 Bill Goldberg, American Athlete

1965 Branch Rickey, American Athlete

1965 French Luitjes, Dutch athlete, dies at 21

1965 John Jensen, Danish Athlete

1965 Will Carling, English Athlete

1965 Vinnie Jones, British Athlete

1964 Yvonne Murray, athlete

1964 Greg Best, born in Lynchburg, Virginia, Equestrian athlete, Olympic-silver-88, 92

1964 Jeff Fenech, Australian Athlete

1963 Randy Johnson, American Athlete

1962 Alain Robert, French Athlete

1961 For 2nd cons year, AP names Wilma Rudolph female athlete of year

1961 Carl Lewis, American Athlete

1961 Thomas Dooley, German Athlete

1961 Ian Rush, Welsh Athlete

1961 David Kirk, New Zealander Athlete

1960 Steve Cauthen, American Athlete

1960 Diego Maradona, Argentinian Athlete

1959 Magic Johnson, American Athlete

1959 John McEnroe, tennis player, U.S. Open 1979-81, 84 Wimb 1981, 83, 84

1959 Lee Haney, American Athlete

1958 Alvin Martin, British Athlete

1958 Tom Feeney, American Athlete

1958 Hal Sutton, American Athlete

1957 Glenn Hoddle, British Athlete

1957 Payne Stewart, American Athlete

1956 Charles Burgess Fry, English athlete/cricketer/journalist, dies at 84

1956 Sugar Ray Leonard, American Athlete

1955 Alan Hansen, Scottish Athlete

1955 Tim Young, athlete

1955 Greg Norman, born in Queensland, Australia, PGA golfer, 1984 Kemper

1954 Chris Evert, Ft. Lauderdale, tennis pro

1954 Marvin Hagler, American Athlete

1954 Randy Cross, American Athlete

1953 David Moorcroft, British athlete

1952 Roger Milla, Cameroonian Athlete

1952 David Icke, English Athlete

1952 Joaquin Andujar, Dominican Republican Athlete

1952 Cathy Rigby, American Athlete

1952 Ben Crenshaw, American Athlete

1951 Bill Klem, American Athlete

1951 John Hannah, American Athlete

1951 Shoeless Joe Jackson, American Athlete

1951 Fred Wilt wins AAU Sullivan Memorial Trophy (U.S. athlete of 1950)

1950 Julius Irving, American Athlete

1950 Jack Youngblood, American Athlete

1950 Harvey Martin, American Athlete

1949 Jack Lovelock, NZ/U.S. surgeon/athlete 1936 Olympics gold, dies at 39

1949 Rob Walton, Canadian Athlete

1949 Tom Kite, American Athlete

1948 Peggy Fleming, American Athlete

1948 Gary McCord, American Athlete

1948 Walter Smith, Scottish Athlete

1948 Mordecai Brown, American Athlete

1947 Emiel Puttemans, Flemish athlete

1947 O. J. Simpson, American Athlete

1946 George Best, Irish Athlete

1946 Catfish Hunter, American Athlete

1946 Johnny Oates, American Athlete

1945 Franz Beckenbauer, German Athlete

1945 Peter Storey, English Athlete

1945 Bubba Smith, American Athlete

1945 David Pleat, English Athlete

1944 Rodney Marsh, athlete

1944 Tug McGraw, American Athlete

1944 Frans Luitjes, Dutch athlete

1944 Francis Lee, English Athlete

1944 Earl Monroe, American Athlete

1943 Joe Morgan, American Athlete

1942 Bob Hayes, American Athlete

1942 Dennis Conner, American Athlete

1942 Angel Cordero, Jr., Athlete

1942 Richie Allen, American Athlete

1941 Bobby Moore, English Athlete

1940 Joe Torre, American Athlete

1939 Lee Trevino, American Athlete

1939 Ron Atkinson, British Athlete

1939 Murray Rose, Scottish Athlete

1938 Paul Maguire, American Athlete

1938 Ron Fairly, American Athlete

1938 Ian St. John, Scottish Athlete

1938 Ann Jones, English Athlete

1937 Gordon Banks, English Athlete

1936 Ron Burton, American Athlete

1935 Billy Sunday, American Athlete

1935 Len Dawson, American Athlete

1935 Gene Oliver, American Athlete

1934 Marlene Bauer Hagge, Eureka, South Dakota, LPGA golfer, 1950 Woman Athlete

1933 Just Fontaine, French Athlete

1932 U.S. bobsled team member Eddie Eagan becomes only athlete to win gold in both Summer and Winter Olympics (1920 boxing gold)

1932 Bob Pettit, American Athlete

1931 Eddie Mathews, American Athlete

1931 Ed Parker, American Athlete

1931 Christopher Chataway, British MP/athlete, world record 5k

1930 University of California dedicates $1,500 to research on prevention and cure of athlete's foot

1930 Sandor Iharos, athlete

1929 Arnold Palmer, American Athlete

1929 Yvette Corlett, athlete

1929 Lev Yashin, Russian Athlete

1928 Whitey Ford, American Athlete

1928 Chris Brasher, British Athlete

1928 Jimmy Hill, British Athlete

1928 Carl Olson, American Athlete

1928 Dick Lane, American Athlete

1927 Joe Adcock, Athlete

1926 Duke Snider, American Athlete

1926 Bob Richards, American Athlete

1925 Christy Mathewson, American Athlete

1925 Ted Lindsay, Canadian Athlete

1925 Yogi Berra, American Athlete

1925 Fred Shero, Canadian Athlete

1924 Candy Cummings, American Athlete

1923 Hank Stram, American Athlete

1923 Willie Keeler, American Athlete

1918 Pee Wee Reese, American Athlete

1918 Bobby Riggs, U.S. tennis star, U.S. Open 1939, 41

1918 Harry Walker, American Athlete

1917 Lou Bourdeau, baseball player/manager, 1948 AP Athlete of Year

1917 Arthur Lydiard, New Zealander Athlete

1914 Tommy Farr, Welsh Athlete

1913 Bill Shankly, Scottish Athlete

1913 W. H. Murray, Scottish Athlete

1911 Walt Alston, American Athlete

1910 Dizzy Dean, American Athlete

1907 Dixie Dean, English Athlete

1906 Satchel Paige, American Athlete, baseball pitcher, never look back

1903 Lou Gehrig, American Athlete, 1st baseman, New York Yankees

1903 Harold Grange, American Athlete

1903 Cool Papa Bell, American Athlete

1902 Bobby Jones, American Athlete

1895 Babe Ruth, American Athlete

1891 Frederick Kelly, American Athlete

1889 Shoeless Joe Jackson, American Athlete

1889 Smokey Joe Wood, American Athlete

1876 Mordecai Brown, American Athlete

1875 Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian Athlete

1874 Bill Klem, American Athlete

1872 Willie Keeler, American Athlete

1862 Billy Sunday, American Athlete

1848 Candy Cummings, American Athlete

1653 An athlete from Croydon is reported to have run 20 miles from St. Albans to London in less than 90 minutes



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