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Seven time Superbowl champion quarterback acquired by the Reds this offseason to shore up their starting rotation
Tom Brady Singer
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Angels
Mariners
Padres
Rays
Rockies
Angels (Teams with 0 WS wins)
200
The Mariners selected this shortstop 1OA in 1993, though you may think of him as a third baseman
Alex Rodriguez
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This is one of the 4 major tennis tournament wins needed to complete a grand slam alongside the US Open, the Australian Open and Wimbledon
French Open
200
He's the Rockies all time WAR leader with 61.8
Todd Helton
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Drafted after only 17 starts at QB for NDSU, he was later banned from all professional biking competitions after an investigation found him guilty of doping
Trey Lance Armstrong
400
David Ortiz
Derek Jeter
Jeff Bagwell
Jim Thome
Chipper Jones
Jeff Bagwell (1st Ballot Hall of Famers)
400
The Washington Nationals selected 1OA back to back in 2009 and 2010, and came away with these two All-Stars
Stephen Strasburg, Bryce Harper
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Narendra Modi Stadium in Gujarat, India, the highest capacity stadium in the world at 132,000, hosted the 2023 World Cup of this sport
Cricket
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These two became the first pair of brothers in the NFL Hall of Fame with the older brother's 2025 induction
Sterling and Shannon Sharpe
600
This shooting guard and member of the NBA 75th anniversary team claims he once drank > 100 beers on a cross country flight
Dwayne Wade Boggs
600
OJ Simpson
Walter Payton
Eric Dickerson
Barry Sanders
Terrell Davis
Walter Payton (2000 Yard Seasons)
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These are 3 of the 6 active players that won the Heisman Trophy and were selected 1OA
Jameis Winston, Baker Mayfield, Kyler Murray, Joe Burrow, Bryce Young, Caleb Williams
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This South American country hosted and won the first FIFA World Cup in 1930
600
She probably wasn't much of an Eagles fan, but this People's Princess absolutely rocked this jacket in the 90s
Princess Diana
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Ben Simmons controversially won 2018 NBA Rookie of the Year instead of him, but he would go on to win the first ever Nickelodeon Valuable Player award in January 2021
Donovan Mitchell Trubisky
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Jerry Rice
Santonio Holmes
Mario Manningham
Julian Edelman
Cooper Kupp
Mario Manningham
(Superbowl MVPs)
800
Because the Cleveland Guardians selected a player at this position in 2024, there's now been at least one player selected 1OA at every position on the field
Second Baseman
800
The 1976 Winter Olympics were hosted in Innsbruck after residents of this city, originally selected by the IOC, voted against hosting the games
800
This is the most populous American city (MSA) that doesn't have at least one team in all 4 of the major sports leagues
Houston
1000
The only member of the Hall of Fame wearing a Royals cap on his plaque served as the head coach of the 76ers throughout the dreary days of The Process
George Brett Brown
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Denver Nuggets
Indiana Pacers
New York Nets
Portland Trailblazers
San Antonio Spurs
Portland Trailblazers (Teams from pre-merger ABA)
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There hasn't been a Running Back selected 1OA since this Nittany Lion in 1995
Ki-Jana Carter
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Name one of the four countries that won an Olympic medal for the first time ever in Paris in 2024
Caribbean Island - Gold, Women's Triple Jump
Caribbean Island - Gold, Women's 100 m and Silver, Women's 200 m
West Africa - Bronze, Men's 51 kg Boxing
East Europe - Bronze, Men's 74 kg Wrestling and Bronze, Men's 65 kg Wrestling
Dominica, St Lucia, Cape Verde, Albania
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The founding members of the Big 10 included Illinois, Minnesota, Northwestern, Purdue, Wisconsin, Michigan, and this former member, whose football team now competes in DIII
University of Chicago