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Encyclopedia of Notable Sports Figures |
| Notable Sports Figures provides narrative biographical profiles of more than 600 individuals who have made significant contributions to their sport and to society. It covers sports figures from the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries who represent a wide variety of sports and countries. Lesser-known sports such as cricket, equestrian, and snowboarding are featured alongside sports like baseball, basketball, and football. Notable Sports Figures includes not only athletes, but also coaches, team executives, and media figures such as sportscasters and writers. |
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Cover
Half Title Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Introduction
Advisory Board
Contributors
Acknowledgments
Entry List
Timeline
Aamodt, Kjetil Andre
Aaron, Hank
Abbott, Jim
Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem
Agassi, Andre
Aikman, Troy
Akers, Michelle
Albert, Marv
Albright, Tenley
Alexander, Grover Cleveland
Ali, Muhammad
Allen, Marcus
Allison, Davey
Alomar, Roberto
Alou, Felipe
Anderson, Sparky
Andretti, Mario
Anthony, Earl
Aparicio, Luis
Armstrong, Lance
Ashe, Arthur
Ashford, Evelyn
Auerbach, Arnold "Red"
Autissier, Isabelle
Bailey, Donovan
Bailey, Garnet "Ace"
Banks, Ernie
Bannister, Roger
Barkley, Charles
Barry, Rick
Barton, Donna
Baugh, Sammy
Baumgartner, Bruce
Baylor, Elgin
Beard, Amanda
Beckenbauer, Franz
Becker, Boris
Beckham, David
Bedard, Myriam
Belfour, Ed
Bell, Bert
Bell, James "Cool Papa"
Belle, Albert
Bench, Johnny
Benoit Samuelson, Joan
Berenson Abbott, Senda
Berra, Yogi
Biondi, Matt
Bird, Larry
Bjoerndalen, Ole Einar
Blair, Bonnie
Blake, Peter
Blake, Toe
Bogues, Tyrone "Muggsy"
Boitano, Brian
Bonds, Barry
Borders, Ila
Borg, Bjorn
Bossy, Mike
Bowman, Scotty
Bradley, Bill
Bradman, Don
Bradshaw, Terry
Brisco-Hooks, Valerie
Brock, Lou
Brooks, Herb
Brown, Jim
Brown, Mordecai
Brown, Paul
Brown, Tim
Bryant, Kobe
Bubka, Sergei
Budge, Don
Butcher, Susan
Butkus, Dick
Button, Dick
Campanella, Roy
Campbell, Earl
Canseco, Jose
Capriati, Jennifer
Caray, Harry
Carmichael, Ricky
Carter, Cris
Carter, Don
Carter, Vince
Cartwright, Alexander
Casals, Rosemary
Caulkins, Tracy
Chamberlain, Wilt
Chang, Michael
Chastain, Brandi
Chelios, Chris
1919 Chicago White Sox
Chun, Lee-Kyung
Clark, Kelly
Clemens, Roger
Clemente, Roberto
Coachman, Alice
Cobb, Ty
Coleman, Derrick
Colorado Silver Bullets
Comaneci, Nadia
Conner, Bart
Connolly, Maureen
Connors, Jimmy
Conradt, Jody
Cooper, Cynthia
Corbett, Jim
Cosell, Howard
Costas, Bob
Courier, Jim
Court, Margaret Smith
Cousy, Bob
Curren, Tom
Daly, Chuck
Daly, John
da Silva, Fabiola
Davenport, Lindsay
Davis, Al
Davis, Terrell
Dawes, Dominique
Dean, Dizzy
Decker, Mary
Deegan, Brian
DeFrantz, Anita
De La Hoya, Oscar
Dempsey, Jack
de Varona, Donna
Devers, Gail
Dickerson, Eric
DiMaggio, Joe
Disl, Uschi
Ditka, Mike
Doby, Larry
Dolan, Tom
Dorsett, Tony
Dravecky, Dave
Dryden, Ken
Duncan, Tim
Durocher, Leo
Duvall, Camille
Dyroen-Lancer, Becky
Earnhardt, Dale, Sr.
Edwards, Teresa
Egerszegi, Krisztina
Elway, John
Erving, Julius
Esposito, Phil
Esposito, Tony
Evans, Janet
Evert, Chris
Ewbank, Weeb
Ewing, Patrick
Half Title Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Introduction
Advisory Board
Contributors
Acknowledgments
Entry List
Timeline
Faldo, Nick
Fangio, Juan Manuel
Faulk, Marshall
Favre, Brett
Fedorov, Sergei
FernÁndez, Lisa
Figo, Luis
Fisk, Carlton
Fittipaldi, Emerson
Fleming, Peggy
Flowers, Vonetta
Flutie, Doug
Foreman, George
Forsberg, Magdalena
Foster, Rube
Foyt, A. J.
Frazier, Joe
Freeman, Cathy
Frost, Lane
Furtado, Juli
Gable, Dan
Galindo, Rudy
Garcia, Sergio
Garnett, Kevin
Gehrig, Lou
Gibb, Bobbi
Gibson, Althea
Gibson, Josh
Gifford, Frank
Golden, Diana
Gonzales, Richard "Pancho"
Goolagong, Evonne
Goosen, Retief
Gordeeva, Ekaterina
Gorman, Tom
Graf, Steffi
Graham, Otto
Granato, Cammi
Grange, Harold "Red"
Graziano, Rocky
Greenberg, Hank
Greene, Joe
Greenspan, Bud
Gretzky, Wayne
Griese, Bob
Griffey, Ken, Jr.
Griffin, Archie
Griffith Joyner, Florence
Guthrie, Janet
Gwynn, Tony
Hackl, Georg
Hagler, Marvin
Halas, George
Hall, Glenn
Hamill, Dorothy
Hamilton, Scott
Hamm, Mia
Hardaway, Anfernee "Penny"
Hardaway, Tim
Harding, Tonya
Harkes, John
Harwell, Ernie
Hasek, Dominik
Havlicek, John
Hawk, Tony
Hayes, Bob
Heiden, Eric
Heisman, John
Henderson, Rickey
Henie, Sonja
Hernandez, Luis
Hill, Grant
Hill, Lynn
Hingis, Martina
Hirsch, Elroy
Hoffman, Mat
Hogan, Ben
Holdsclaw, Chamique
Holmgren, Mike
Holyfield, Evander
Hornsby, Rogers
Hornung, Paul
Howe, Gordie
Hughes, Sarah
Hull, Bobby
Hull, Brett
Hunter, Jim "Catfish"
Indurain, Miguel
Irvin, Michael
Iverson, Allen
Jackson, Bo
Jackson, Joseph "Shoeless Joe"
Jackson, Phil
Jackson, Reggie
Jagr, Jaromir
Jansen, Dan
Jenner, Bruce
Johnson, Ben
Johnson, Jack
Johnson, Junior
Johnson, Magic
Johnson, Michael
Johnson, Rafer
Johnson, Randy
Jones, Bobby
Jones, Kevin
Jones, Marion
Jordan, Michael
Joyce, Joan
Joyner-Kersee, Jackie
Kahanamoku, Duke
Kaline, Al
Karelin, Alexander
Kariya, Paul
Karolyi, Bela
Karsten, Ekaterina
Kelly, Jim
Kemp, Shawn
Kerrigan, Nancy
Kidd, Jason
Killebrew, Harmon
Killy, Jean-Claude
King, Billie Jean
King, Don
Kiraly, Karch
Kirby, Karolyn
Kirvesniemi, Harri
Klug, Chris
Knight, Bobby
Koch, Bill
Korbut, Olga
Kostelic, Janica
Koufax, Sandy
Kournikova, Anna
Kronberger, Petra
Krone, Julie
Kuerten, Gustavo
Kwan, Michelle
Ladewig, Marion
Lafleur, Guy
Lalas, Alexi
Lambeau, Earl
LaMotta, Jake
Landry, Tom
Largent, Steve
Lasorda, Tommy
Latynina, Larisa
Laver, Rod
Lemieux, Mario
Lemon, Meadowlark
Leonard, Sugar Ray
Leslie, Lisa
Lewis, Carl
Lewis, Lennox
Lieberman, Nancy
Lindros, Eric
Lipinski, Tara
Liston, Sonny
Lloyd, Earl
Lobo, Rebecca
Lombardi, Vince
Lopez, Nancy
Loroupe, Tegla
Louganis, Greg
Louis, Joe
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Contents
Introduction
Advisory Board
Contributors
Acknowledgments
Entry List
Timeline
Mack, Connie
Madden, John
Maddux, Greg
Mahre, Phil
Maier, Hermann
Malone, Karl
Malone, Moses
Mantle, Mickey
Maradona, Diego
Marciano, Rocky
Marino, Dan
Maris, Roger
Martin, Billy
Martin, Casey
Martin, Christy
Martinez, Pedro
Masterkova, Svetlana
Mayer, Helene
Maynard, Don
Mays, Willie
McCormick, Patricia
McCray, Nikki
McEnroe, John
McGwire, Mark
McKinney, Tamara
Meagher, Mary T.
Mears, Rick
Messier, Mark
Meyers, Ann
Mikan, George
Mikita, Stan
Miller, Reggie
Miller, Shannon
Mills, Billy
Mingxia, Fu
Mirra, Dave
Moise, Patty
Monk, Art
Montana, Joe
Moon, Warren
Moore, Archie
Morgan, Joe
Morris, Jim
Moses, Edwin
Moss, Randy
Muldowney, Shirley
Murden, Tori
Musial, Stan
Mutombo, Dikembe
Naismith, James
Namath, Joe
Navratilova, Martina
Neely, Cam
Newby-Fraser, Paula
Nicklaus, Jack
Nomo, Hideo
Norman, Greg
Oerter, Al
Oh, Sadaharu
Ohno, Apolo Anton
Olajuwon, Hakeem
Oldfield, Barney
Olsen, Merlin
Olson, Lisa
Orr, Bobby
Owens, Jesse
Paige, Satchel
Palmer, Arnold
Palmer, Shaun
Parcells, Bill
Parra, Derek
Paterno, Joe
Patterson, Floyd
Payton, Gary
Payton, Walter
Pele
Penske, Roger
Perry, Gaylord
Peters, Duane
Petrenko, Viktor
Petty, Lee
Petty, Richard
Piazza, Mike
Pierce, Mary
Piniella, Lou
Pippen, Scottie
Plante, Jacques
Podkopayeva, Lilia
Prost, Alain
Puckett, Kirby
Randle, John
Redgrave, Steve
Reece, Gabrielle
Reese, Harold "Pee Wee"
Reeves, Dan
Retton, Mary Lou
Rheaume, Manon
Rice, Jerry
Richard, Maurice
Richardson, Dot
Rickey, Wesley Branch
Riddles, Libby
Rigby, Cathy
Riley, Pat
Ripken, Cal, Jr.
Roba, Fatuma
Robertson, Oscar
Robinson, Brooks
Robinson, David
Robinson, Frank
Robinson, Glenn
Robinson, Jackie
Robinson, Shawna
Robinson, Sugar Ray
Rocker, John
Rockne, Knute
Rodman, Dennis
Rodriguez, Alex
Rodríguez, Chi Chi
Rose, Pete
Roy, Patrick
Rozelle, Pete
Rubin, Barbara Jo
Rudolph, Wilma
Russell, Bill
Ruth, Babe
Ruud, Birger
Ryan, Nolan
Sabatini, Gabriela
Sakic, Joe
Sale, Jamie and Pelletier, David
Salming, Borje
Samaranch, Juan Antonio
Sampras, Pete
Sanchez Vicario, Arantxa
Sanders, Barry
Sanders, Deion
Sanders, Summer
Sawchuk, Terry
Sayers, Gale
Schayes, Dolph
Schilling, Curt
Schmeling, Max
Schmidt, Mike
Schmirler, Sandra
Schott, Marge
Schramm, Tex
Schumacher, Michael
Scott, Wendell
Scurry, Briana
Seau, Junior
Seaver, Tom
Secretariat
Selanne, Teemu
Seles, Monica
Selig, Bud
Sharpe, Sterling
Shea, Jack
Sheffield, Gary
Shoemaker, Willie
Shriver, Eunice Kennedy
Shula, Don
Simmons, Roy, Jr.
Simpson, O.J.
Skoblikova, Lydia
Smith, Billy
Smith, Emmitt
Smith, Tommie
Smyers, Karen
Sorenstam, Annika
Sosa, Sammy
Spinks, Michael
Spitz, Mark
Sprewell, Latrell
Staley, Dawn
Starr, Bart
Stastny, Peter
Staubach, Roger
Steinbrenner, George
Stengel, Casey
Stenmark, Ingemar
Stewart, Jackie
Stewart, Kordell
St. James, Lyn
Stockton, John
Stojko, Elvis
Strawberry, Darryl
Street, Picabo
Strug, Kerri
Suleymanoglu, Naim
Sullivan, John L.
Summitt, Patricia Head
Sunn, Rell
Suzuki, Ichiro
Swann, Lynn
Swoopes, Sheryl
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Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Introduction
Advisory Board
Contributors
Acknowledgments
Entry List
Timeline
Tarkanian, Jerry
Tarkenton, Fran
Taylor, Lawrence
Tendulkar, Sachin
Thomas, Derrick
Thomas, Frank
Thomas, Isiah
Thomas, Thurman
Thompson, Jenny
Thorpe, Ian
Thorpe, Jim
Tilden, Bill
Tomba, Alberto
Torre, Joe
Torrence, Gwen
Torvill, Jayne and Christopher Dean
Tretiak, Vladislav
Trevino, Lee
Trinidad, Felix
Trottier, Bryan
Tudor, Alex
Tunney, Gene
Turner, Cathy
Turner, Ted
Tyson, Mike
Tyus, Wyomia
Unitas, Johnny
Unser, Al, Sr.
Unser, Bobby
Van Dyken, Amy
Vaughn, Mo
Ventura, Jesse
Vezina, Georges
Vitale, Dick
Wagner, Honus
Waitz, Grete
Walcott, Jersey Joe
Waldner, Jan Ove
Walker, Kenny
Walton, Bill
Warne, Shane
Warner, Kurt
Washington, Ora
Watson, Tom
Watters, Ricky
Webb, Karrie
Webb, Spud
Webber, Chris
Weber, Dick
Wehling, Ulrich
Weihenmayer, Erik
Weishoff, Paula
Weissmuller, Johnny
Wenzel, Hanni
West, Jerry
White, Reggie
Whitworth, Kathy
Wickenheiser, Hayley
Wigger, Deena
Wilkens, Lenny
Wilkins, Dominique
Wilkinson, Laura
Williams, Esther
Williams, Serena
Williams, Ted
Williams, Venus
Williamson, Alison
Wills, Helen
Winfield, Dave
Witt, Katarina
Woodard, Lynette
Wooden, John
Woods, Tiger
Woodson, Charles
Woodson, Rod
Wright, Mickey
Yamaguchi, Kristi
Young, Cy
Young, Sheila
Young, Steve
Zaharias, Babe Didrikson
Zidane, Zinedine
Appendix of Sports Abbreviations
Cumulative Geographic Index
Cumulative Occupation Index
Cumulative Subject Index
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