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He helped introduce an offensive revolution in baseball. In the 1920’s batting average, home runs, and runs scored soared to new heights. With his style of play he made offensive stats in baseball more appealing and sought out for. He was also part of the great Yankee dynasty of the 1920s and early 1930’s.
Babe Ruth
An American former world No.1 tennis player and is an advocate of gender equality and spent her lifetime fighting for women's equal rights in sports, parity and inclusive leadership in the workforce, and LGBTQ.
Billie Jean King
He played multiple years with the Canton Bulldogs and winning each year, he became the president of the newly formed NFL. He played many minor Native American characters in over 50 films. He was very talented being the best athlete of the first half of the 20th century and then transitioned into being a movie actor.
Jim Thorpe
Commonly referred to as the best PG of all time. He didn't just focus on scoring but instead tried setting up his teammates. He uses his ____ diagnosis to educate the public and the importance. Helped people gain a better understanding of what it is and how to prevent it, it was deadly at the time so it really shows how he survived it and perservered.
Magic Johnson
HIV
Known as "Prime Time" this professional athlete played football and baseball.
Who is Deion Sanders
He got in a lot of trouble in high school and early in college and a lot of NFL teams thought that he would continue to get into trouble. But he turned it around and proved everyone wrong by becoming one of the greatest wide receivers to ever play the game. The Vikings, who took a chance on him, were very happy about this.
Randy Moss
One of the first really good quaterbacks of his time and would play a huge role on how the QB position was played. He introduced many new ways to throw and play the game that encourge new QBs to succeed.
Brett Favre
Advocate for the rights of Indigenous Australians. He has also been a champion for mental health, being open about his struggles with depression.
Greatest forward of his generation and among the greatest players of all time.
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Was a founding father of the air raid offense created at Iowa Wesleyan.
Mike Leach
In 1921, Bob Zuppke introduced this to modern day football.
Huddle
He has a charity that has raised over $16 million and is a very successful organization that the whole team is apart of. He likes to say that he is using his publicity to show people, its not always about the fame and money.
Clayton Kershaw
Walter Chauncey Camp was an American football player, Coach, and sports writer known as "Father Of American Football" He earned this name, because of his accomplishments. He created the line of scrimmage and the system of downs. He went to Yale and played fullback there.
Walter Chauncey Camp
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His big lesson is finding what works for you and going with it, what I mean by this is Ryan was struggling in his early years as a pro ball player specifically with his command. It took him finding now legendary pitching coach Tom House to correct his flaws and for him to be shown his true potential as a baseball player.
Nolan Ryan
Played in the first collegiate football game.
Princton and Rutgers
The first female physical education professor in the United States; she was influential in paving the way for females in PE and sport.
Dalphine Hanna