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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