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2005 Hank Stram, American Athlete
2004 Johnny Oates, American Athlete 2004 Arthur Lydiard, New Zealander Athlete 2004 Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch Athlete 2004 Tug McGraw, 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 Harvey Martin, American Athlete 2000 Bob Lemon, American Athlete 2000 Phillip Carrick, cricketer, athlete, dies 1999 Pee Wee Reese, American Athlete 1999 Harry Walker, American Athlete 1999 Joe DiMaggio, athlete, dies at 84 1999 Early Wynn, American Athlete 1996 W. H. Murray, Scottish Athlete 1995 Bobby Stokes, athlete, English footballer, scored the winning goal in 1976, Southampton F.C. vs. Manchester United, FA Cup Final, in the 83rd-minute, considered biggest upset in FA Cup Final history, dies at 44 1991 Cool Papa Bell, American Athlete 1991 Harold Grange, American Athlete 1990 Ed Parker, American Athlete 1990 Fred Shero, Canadian Athlete 1990 Lev Yashin, Russian Athlete 1989 Michelle Wie, American Athlete 1989 Freddy Adu, born in Tema, Ghana, athlete, soccer phenomenon, played for D.C. United, Real Salt Lake 1988 Carly Patterson, American Athlete 1987 Maria Sharapova, Russian Athlete 1987 Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian Athlete 1986 Tommy Farr, Welsh Athlete 1985 Wayne Rooney, English Athlete 1985 Smokey Joe Wood, American Athlete 1985 Michael Phelps, American Athlete 1985 Sarah Hughes, American Athlete 1985 Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese Athlete 1984 LeBron James, American Athlete 1984 Sasha Cohen, American Athlete 1984 Walt Alston, American Athlete 1984 Paul Gallagher, Scottish Athlete 1984 Carmelo Anthony, 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 Robert Anthony, born in Chicago, Illinois, ring name, 'Egotistico Fantastico', professional wrestler, athlete, World Junior Heavyweight Champion, Iron Man Champion, AAW Heavyweight Championship 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 Michael Owen, English Athlete 1979 Tim Cahill, Australian Athlete 1979 Jamal Lewis, American Athlete 1979 Jonny Wilkinson, English Athlete 1978 Jackie Stiles, American Athlete 1978 Rio Ferdinand, English Athlete 1978 Dante Hall, American Athlete 1978 Nick Johnson, American Athlete 1978 Frank Lampard, English Athlete 1978 Barry Zito, American Athlete 1978 Michael East, American Athlete 1977 Bode Miller, American 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 1976 Matt Welsh, Australian Athlete 1976 Peyton Manning, American Athlete 1976 Paul Robeson, athlete/lawyer/singer, dies in Philadelphia at 77 1975 Tiger Woods, born in Cypress, California, pro golfer, highest paid pro athlete, most successful golfer of all time 1975 Marion Jones, American 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 1974 Alessandro Del Piero, Italian Athlete 1974 Dizzy Dean, American Athlete 1974 Frederick Kelly, American Athlete 1973 Ato Boldon, born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, athlete, world's fastest human sprinter, 4-time World Champion and Olympic medalist 1973 Paula Radcliffe, English Athlete 1973 Ryan Giggs, Welsh 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 1972 Hermann Maier, Austrian 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 1971 Irena Slavutskay, Israel, athlete, 1996 Olympics 1971 Ian Walker, English Athlete 1971 Billie Jean King became 1st female athlete to win $100,000 1971 Kenny Cunningham, Irish Athlete 1971 Ekaterina Gordeeva, Russian Athlete 1970 Latrell Sprewell, American Athlete 1970 Alan Shearer, English Athlete 1970 Cobi Jones, American Athlete 1969 Nancy Kerrigan, American Athlete 1969 Retief Goosen, South African Athlete 1968 Tony Hawk, American Athlete 1968 Ritchie Woodhall, born in Woodside, Telford, England, boxer, athlete, television and radio broadcaster, bronze medal winer, 1988 Seoul Olympics, 1990 Gold Commonwealth Games 1967 Paul Ince, English Athlete 1966 Bill Goldberg, American Athlete 1966 Mike Tyson, American Athlete 1966 Eric Cantona, French Athlete 1966 Craig Kelly, American Athlete 1965 Will Carling, English Athlete 1965 French Luitjes, Dutch athlete, dies at 21 1965 Chris Washburn, born in Hickory, North Carolina, Christopher Scott Washburn, athlete, NBA player, played for North Carolina State 1985 - 1986 1965 John Jensen, Danish Athlete 1965 Vinnie Jones, British Athlete 1964 Yvonne Murray, born in Musselburgh, Scottish track, running athlete, won Olympic bronze medal, 3000m, Seoul, 1988 1964 Greg Best, born in Lynchburg, Virginia, Equestrian athlete, Silver Medal 1988, 1992 Olympics 1964 Jeff Fenech, Australian Athlete 1964 Paul Parker, born in West Ham, London, athlete, soccer player, commentator, critical player at 1990 World Cup with England, manager, Blue Square Premier League 1963 Randy Johnson, American Athlete 1962 Alain Robert, French Athlete 1961 For 2nd cons year, AP names Wilma Rudolph female athlete of year 1961 David Kirk, New Zealander Athlete 1961 Carl Lewis, born in Birmingham, Alabama, American Athlete 1961 Thomas Dooley, German Athlete 1960 Diego Maradona, Argentinian Athlete 1960 Steve Cauthen, American Athlete 1960 Sean Kerly, born in Whitstable, Kent, England, Sean Robin Kerly, athlete, field hockey player, awarded bronze medal at 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 1984, scored eight goals at 1988 Olympics in Seoul, playing for Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad 1959 Lee Haney, American Athlete 1959 Magic Johnson, American Athlete 1959 Martin Weston, born in Worcester, England, athlete, professional cricketer, played for Worcestershire 1979 - 1995 1958 Alvin Martin, British Athlete 1958 Tom Feeney, American Athlete 1958 Hal Sutton, American Athlete 1957 Glenn Hoddle, British Athlete 1957 Hansi Muller, born in Stuttgart, Germany, athlete, footballer, played for German national football team 1957 Danny Heep, born in San Antonio, Texas, Daniel William Heep, athlete, baseball player, outfielder, coach, played for Houston Astros, played in two World Series, 1986 with New York Mets, 1988 with Los Angeles Dodgers, head coach for University of the Incarnate Word, Texas 1957 Payne Stewart, American Athlete 1956 Charles Burgess Fry, English athlete/cricketer/journalist, dies at 84 1956 Sugar Ray Leonard, American Athlete 1955 Norio Honaga, born in Japan, athlete, professional wrestler, junior heavyweight three-time, New Japan Pro Wrestling Champion in IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, retired and became referee in 1988 1955 Alan Hansen, Scottish Athlete 1955 Tim Young, born in Ontario, Canada, athlete, former professional ice hockey center in the National Hockey League 1955 Eric Money, born in Detroit, Michigan, athlete, former pro basketball player for the NBA, averaged 12.2 points per game 1954 Sammy McIlroy, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, soccer player, athlete, played for Manchester United, manages Morecambe Football Club, in Football League Two, the fourth division of English football 1954 Marvin Hagler, American Athlete 1954 Randy Cross, American Athlete 1953 David Moorcroft, British athlete 1952 Joaquin Andujar, Dominican Republican Athlete 1952 Cathy Rigby, American Athlete 1952 Phillip Carrick, born in Yorkshire, England, cricketer, athlete 1952 Roger Milla, Cameroonian Athlete 1952 David Icke, English Athlete 1952 Mike Varty, born in Detroit, Michigan, athlete, American football linebacker for the National Football League 1952 Ben Crenshaw, American Athlete 1951 Shoeless Joe Jackson, American Athlete 1951 Bill Klem, American Athlete 1951 John Conteh, born in Liverpool, England, athlete, former British boxer, world light-heavyweight boxing champion 1951 John Hannah, American Athlete 1951 Bobby Stokes, born in Portsmouth, England, athlete, English footballer, scored the winning goal in 1976, Southampton F.C. vs. Manchester United, FA Cup Final, in the 83rd-minute, considered biggest upset in FA Cup Final history 1951 Fred Wilt wins AAU Sullivan Memorial Trophy (U.S. athlete of 1950) 1950 Harvey Martin, American Athlete 1950 Julius Irving, American Athlete 1950 Rich Glover, born in Bayonne, New Jersey, athlete, American football player, played in the NFL's New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles 1950 Jack Youngblood, American Athlete 1949 Jack Lovelock, New Zealand/U.S. surgeon/athlete 1936 Olympics gold, dies at 39 1949 Tom Kite, American Athlete 1949 Rob Walton, Canadian 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 Earl Monroe, American Athlete 1944 Rodney Marsh, born in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, athlete, footballer, striker, player for Manchester City, Queens Park Rangers, Tampa Bay Rowdies, coached the New York United team in the American Soccer League 1944 Tug McGraw, American Athlete 1944 Frans Luitjes, Dutch athlete 1944 Francis Lee, English 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 Ann Jones, English Athlete 1938 Paul Maguire, American Athlete 1938 Ron Fairly, American Athlete 1938 Ian St. John, Scottish Athlete 1937 Gordon Banks, English Athlete 1936 Al Oerter, born in New York City, American athlete, four-time, consecutive, Olympic Champion in the discus throw 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 Bob Pettit, American Athlete 1932 Wes Santee, born in Ashland, Kansas, runner, athlete, competed in 1,500-meter events, competed against Roger Bannister, John Landy 1932 U.S. bobsled team member Eddie Eagan becomes only athlete to win gold in both Summer and Winter Olympics (1920 boxing gold) 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 1929 Lev Yashin, Russian Athlete 1929 Arnold Palmer, American Athlete 1929 Yvette Corlett, 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 1926 Duke Snider, American Athlete 1926 Bob Richards, American Athlete 1925 Fred Shero, Canadian Athlete 1925 Christy Mathewson, American Athlete 1925 Ted Lindsay, Canadian Athlete 1925 Yogi Berra, American Athlete 1924 Candy Cummings, American Athlete 1923 Hank Stram, American Athlete 1923 Willie Keeler, American Athlete 1918 Harry Walker, American Athlete 1918 Pee Wee Reese, 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, baseball legend 1891 Frederick Kelly, American Athlete 1889 Smokey Joe Wood, American Athlete 1889 Shoeless Joe Jackson, 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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