| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Muhammad Ali |
Boxing |
17-Jan-1942 |
|
Floated like butterfly, stung like bee |
| Roone Arledge |
Sports Figure |
8-Jul-1931 |
5-Dec-2002 |
Created Wide World of Sports |
| Evelyn Ashford |
Track and Field |
15-Apr-1957 |
|
Olympic sprinter, 4 Gold Medals |
| Matt Biondi |
Swimmer |
8-Oct-1965 |
|
Competitive swimmer, 10 Olympic medals |
| Bonnie Blair |
Speed Skating |
18-Mar-1964 |
|
Five-time speed skater Olympic gold medalist |
| Ralph Boston |
Track and Field |
9-May-1939 |
|
First long jumper to exceed 27 feet |
| Herb Brooks |
Hockey |
5-Aug-1937 |
11-Aug-2003 |
Coach, 1980 US Olympic Hockey Team |
| Dick Button |
Figure Skating |
18-Jul-1929 |
|
Olympic figure skater |
| Lee Calhoun |
Track and Field |
23-Feb-1933 |
22-Jun-1989 |
Olympic hurdler |
| Eddie Eagan |
Boxing |
26-Apr-1897 |
14-Jun-1967 |
Won Summer and Winter Olympic Gold |
| Lee Evans |
Track and Field |
25-Feb-1947 |
|
Sprinter, 2 Olympic Gold Medals in 1968 |
| Peggy Fleming |
Figure Skating |
27-Jul-1948 |
|
Olympic gold medal winning ice skater |
| George Foreman |
Boxing |
10-Jan-1949 |
|
Champ knocks out the fat |
| Dick Fosbury |
Track and Field |
6-Mar-1947 |
|
High jumper invented Fosbury Flop |
| Joe Frazier |
Boxing |
12-Jan-1944 |
7-Nov-2011 |
Smokin' Joe |
| Dorothy Hamill |
Figure Skating |
26-Jul-1956 |
|
Olympic figure skater, gold medal 1976 |
| Scott Hamilton |
Figure Skating |
28-Aug-1958 |
|
Olympic ice skater |
| Bob Hayes |
Football |
20-Dec-1942 |
18-Sep-2002 |
Sprinter, Cowboy, NFH Hall-of-Famer |
| Eric Heiden |
Speed Skating |
15-Jun-1958 |
|
Olympic speed skater, 5 gold medals |
| Hank Iba |
Basketball |
6-Aug-1904 |
15-Jan-1993 |
Oklahoma A&M Head Coach, 1934-70 |
| Bruce Jenner |
Track and Field |
28-Oct-1949 |
|
US Olympic track and field star |
| Rafer Johnson |
Track and Field |
18-Aug-1935 |
|
Olympic track and field star |
| Florence Griffith Joyner |
Track and Field |
21-Dec-1959 |
21-Sep-1998 |
Olympic sprinter |
| Jackie Joyner-Kersee |
Track and Field |
3-Mar-1962 |
|
Track and Field medalist |
| Sammy Lee |
Diver |
1-Aug-1920 |
|
Olympic diver |
| Sugar Ray Leonard |
Boxing |
17-May-1956 |
|
Retired six times |
| Carl Lewis |
Track and Field |
1-Jul-1961 |
|
Olympian |
| Greg Louganis |
Diver |
29-Jan-1960 |
|
Olympic diver, four gold medals |
| Bob Mathias |
Sports Figure |
17-Nov-1930 |
2-Sep-2006 |
Decathlon athlete turned Congressman |
| Debbie Meyer |
Swimmer |
14-Aug-1952 |
|
Olympic freestyle swimmer |
| Shannon Miller |
Gymnastics |
10-Mar-1977 |
|
Olympic gymnast |
| Edwin Moses |
Track and Field |
31-Aug-1955 |
|
Olympic hurdler |
| Parry O'Brien |
Track and Field |
28-Jan-1932 |
21-Apr-2007 |
Revolutionized the shot put |
| Al Oerter |
Track and Field |
19-Sep-1936 |
1-Oct-2007 |
Four-time Olympic discus gold medalist |
| Jesse Owens |
Track and Field |
12-Sep-1913 |
31-Mar-1980 |
Four track and field medals in 1936 Olympics |
| Floyd Patterson |
Boxing |
4-Jan-1935 |
11-May-2006 |
Heavyweight champion at age 21 |
| Mary Lou Retton |
Gymnastics |
24-Jan-1968 |
|
Olympic gymnast |
| Wilma Rudolph |
Track and Field |
23-Jun-1940 |
12-Nov-1994 |
Three track Olympic Gold Medals in 1960 |
| Frank Shorter |
Track and Field |
31-Oct-1947 |
|
Marathon runner |
| William E. Simon |
Government |
27-Nov-1927 |
3-Jun-2000 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1974-77 |
| Mark Spitz |
Swimmer |
10-Feb-1950 |
|
Olympic swimmer |
| Jim Thorpe |
Football |
28-May-1887 |
28-Mar-1953 |
Olympics and football |
| Johnny Weissmuller |
Actor |
2-Jun-1904 |
20-Jan-1984 |
Gold Medalist became Tarzan |
| Babe Zaharias |
Golf |
26-Jun-1914 |
27-Sep-1956 |
Best female athlete of all time |
