10/14/1910 - 06/04/2010
John Robert Wooden (October 14, 1910 – June 4, 2010) was an American basketball player and coach. Nicknamed the "Wizard of Westwood", he won ten NCAA national championships in a 12-year period — seven in a row — as head...
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03/31/1936 - 05/16/2004
James Michael Colclough (March 31, 1936 – May 16, 2004) was an American football end in the American Football League.
02/18/1952 - 10/31/2010
Maurice Lucas was a professional basketball player. The first two years of his postcollegiate career were spent in the American Basketball Association (ABA) with the Spirits of St. Louis and Kentucky Colonels. He then played twelve seasons in the...
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06/13/1897 - 10/02/1973
Paavo Johannes Nurmi (13 June 1897 – 2 October 1973) was a Finnish runner. Born in Turku, he was known as one of the "Flying Finns"; a term given to him, Hannes Kolehmainen, Ville Ritola and others for their distinction in ru...
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02/08/1918 - 02/06/2003
Frederick Kenneth Blassmann, better known as "Classy" Freddie Blassie, was an American professional wrestling villain and manager born in St. Louis, Missouri. He was a master at antagonizing the crowd, and inspired legendary animosity. H...
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05/27/1912 - 05/23/2002
Samuel Jackson Snead (May 27, 1912 – May 23, 2002) was an American professional golfer who was one of the top players in the world for most of four decades. He and two of the other greatest golfers of all time, Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson, we...
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10/05/1950 - 12/26/2011
James Rizzi (October 5, 1950 – December 26, 2011) was an American pop artist who was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. Until his death he resided and worked in a studio/loft in the SoHo section of Manhattan.
07/29/1933 - 10/14/2009
Louis Vincent "Captain Lou" Albano (July 29, 1933 – October 14, 2009) was an Italian-American professional wrestler, manager and actor.
02/08/1932 - 04/07/2005
Henry Clifford Allison was a racing driver who participated in Formula One during seasons 1958 to 1961 for the Lotus, Scuderia Centro Sud, Ferrari and UDT Laystall teams.
09/24/1911 - 02/27/1972
Viktor Győző Barna (Braun) (August 24, 1911, in Budapest, Hungary – February 27, 1972) was a Hungarian and British champion table tennis player.
11/10/1912 - 03/24/1999
George Robert "Birdie" Tebbetts (November 10, 1912 – March 24, 1999) was an American catcher, manager, scout and front office executive in Major League Baseball.
Bobby Robson (Robert William Robson)
02/18/1933 - 07/31/2009
Sir Robert William "Bobby" Robson was an English footballer and manager, who coached seven European clubs and the England national team during his career.
His professional playing career as an inside-forward spanned nearly 20 years,...
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10/25/1958 - 04/27/2009
Greg Page (October 25, 1958 – April 27, 2009)was a boxer from Louisville, Kentucky. He was the World Boxing Association Heavyweight Champion from 1984 to 1985. His professional record was 58-17-1 with 48 knockouts.
02/01/1915 - 02/23/2000
Sir Stanley Matthews, (1 February 1915 – 23 February 2000) was an English footballer. Often regarded as one of the greatest players of the English game, he is the only player to have been knighted while still playing, as well as being...
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