HONOR

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

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