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Babe Ruth

American baseball player regarded as one of the greatest sports heroes in American culture and is considered by many to be the greatest baseball player of all time.

Won 1994 Super Bowl

Dallas Cowboys

Won 1998 Super Bowl

Denver Broncos

Won 1999 Super Bowl

Denver Broncos

OJ Simpson

Former football star and actor whose murder trial became a media circus

Won 1975 Super Bowl

Pittsburgh Steelers

Won 1976 Super Bowl

Pittsburgh Steelers

Micheal Phelps

an American former competitive swimmer and the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time, with a total of 28 medals.

How many metals has the U.S won at the Olympics?

2,522 medals (1,022 of them gold)

George Foreman

American boxer. He won the world heavyweight title with a second-round knockout of then-undefeated Joe Frazier in 1973. Two successful title defenses were made before his first professional loss to Muhammad Ali in "The Rumble in the Jungle" in 1974

Tom Brady

American football quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and former New England Patriot of the National Football League. Brady has played in a record nine Super Bowls, winning six of them, the most of any player in NFL history. He has won a record four Super Bowl MVP awards as well as three NFL MVP awards.

Won 1971 Super Bowl

Baltimore Ravens

Won 2001 Super Bowl

Baltimore Ravens

Won 2013 Super Bowl

Baltimore Ravens

Harlem Globetrotters

Basketball team famous for their comedy acts and appearances in pop culture.

Muhammad Ali

Born Cassius Clay, and Nicknamed "The Greatest," he is widely regarded as one of the most significant and celebrated sports figures of the 20th century and as one of the greatest boxers of all time.

Won 1986 Super Bowl

Chicago Bears

Won 1972 Super Bowl

Dallas Cowboys

Won 1978 Super Bowl

Dallas Cowboys

Won 1993 Super Bowl

Dallas Cowboys

Won 2016 Super Bowl

Denver Broncos

Serena Williams

Female tennis champion who holds the record for career prize money ($81 million)

Won 1997 Super Bowl

Green Bay Packers

Won 2011 Super Bowl

Green Bay Packers

Won the 1968 Super Bowl

Green Bay Packers

Won the first Super Bowl(1967)

Green Bay Packers

Won 2007 Super Bowl

Indianapolis Colts

Usain Bolt

Jamaican former sprinter. He is a world record holder in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4 × 100 metres relay. Owing to his achievements and dominance in sprint competition, he is widely considered to be the greatest sprinter of all time.

Won 2020 Super Bowl

Kanas City Cheifs

Won 1970 Super Bowl

Kansas City Chiefs

Won 1984 Super Bowl

LA Raiders

Who is the highest paid athlete?

Lionel Messi

Won 2000 Super Bowl

Los Angeles Rams

Won 1973 Super Bowl

Miami Dolphins

Won 1974 Super Bowl

Miami Dolphins

Micheal Vick

NFL career came to a halt in 2007 after he pleaded guilty for his involvement in a dog fighting ring and spent 21 months in federal prison.

Won 2002 Super Bowl

New England Patriots

Won 2004 Super Bowl

New England Patriots

Won 2005 Super Bowl

New England Patriots

Won 2015 Super Bowl

New England Patriots

Won 2017 Super Bowl

New England Patriots

Won 2019 Super Bowl

New England Patriots

Won 2010 Super Bowl

New Orleans Saints

Won 1987 Super Bowl

New York Giants

Won 1991 Super Bowl

New York Giants

Won 2008 Super Bowl

New York Giants

Won 2012 Super Bowl

New York Giants

Won 1969 Super Bowl

New York Jets

Won 1977 Super Bowl

Oakland Raiders

Won 1981 Super Bowl

Oakland Raiders

Won 2018 Super Bowl

Philadelphia Eagles

Won 1979 Super Bowl

Pittsburgh Steelers

Won 1980 Super Bowl

Pittsburgh Steelers

Won 1996 Super Bowl

Pittsburgh Steelers

Won 2006 Super Bowl

Pittsburgh Steelers

Won 2009 Super Bowl

Pittsburgh Steelers

Dale Earnhardt

Regarded as one of the most significant drivers in NASCAR history, he won a total of 76 Winston Cup races over the course of his career, including the 1998 Daytona 500. In February 2001, he died due to injuries sustained in a collision during the final lap of the Daytona 500, an event that was widely lamented in the racing industry.

Won 1982 Super Bowl

San Francisco 49ers

Won 1985 Super Bowl

San Francisco 49ers

Won 1989 Super Bowl

San Francisco 49ers

Won 1990 Super Bowl

San Francisco 49ers

Won 1995 Super Bowl

San Fransisco 49ers

Won 2014 Super Bowl

Seattle Seahawks

Won 2003 Super Bowl

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Won the 2021 Super Bowl

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Jackie Robinson

The first African American player in the major league of baseball. His actions helped to bring about other opportunities for African Americans.

Jesse Owens

United States athlete and Black American whose success in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin outraged Hitler (1913-1980)

Won 1983 Super Bowl

Washington Redskins

Won 1988 Super Bowl

Washington Redskins

Won 1992 Super Bowl

Washington Redskins

Wayne Gretzky

a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach. He played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League for four teams from 1979 to 1999. Nicknamed "The Great One", he has been called "the greatest hockey player ever" by many sportswriters, players, and the NHL itself.

Shaquille O'Neal

a retired professional American basketball player who is a sports analyst on the television program Inside the NBA on TNT. He is considered one of the greatest players in National Basketball Association (NBA) history. At 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) tall and 325 pounds (147 kg), he was one of the tallest and heaviest players ever.

Wilt Chamberlain

an American basketball player who played as a center and is considered one of the greatest players in history. He played for the Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, the Philadelphia 76ers, and the Los Angeles Lakersof the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played for the Harlem Globetrotters before playing in the NBA. Chamberlain stood 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) tall, and weighed 250 pounds (110 kg) as a rookie before bulking up to 275 and eventually to over 300 pounds (140 kg) with the Lakers.

Micheal Jordan

an American former professional basketball player and the principal owner of the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association(NBA). He played 15 seasons in the NBA, winning six championships with the Chicago Bulls. He was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was considered instrumental in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s.

Mike Tyson

an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005. He reigned as the undisputed world heavyweight champion and holds the record as the youngest boxer to win a heavyweight title, at 20 years, four months, and 22 days old. He's well known for his lisp and biting someone's ear off during a match.

Peyton Manning

an American former professional football player who was a quarterback for 18 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). Considered to be one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time due to his numerous career achievements, he spent 14 seasons with the Indianapolis Colts and was a member of the Denver Broncos in his last four seasons.

Lance Armstrong

an American former professional road racing cyclist known for winning the Tour de France. He is infamous for the biggest doping scandal in cycling history.

Lebron James

an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. He is often regarded as the greatest basketball player of all time, which has resulted in frequent comparisons to Michael Jordan. His accomplishments include three NBA championships, four NBA MVP Awards, three NBA Finals MVP Awards, and two Olympic gold medals.

Kobe Bryant

an American professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he played his entire 20-season professional career in the league with the Los Angeles Lakers. He won five NBA championships and was named the 2008 NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), and was a two-time NBA Finals MVP winner.

Joe Louis

an American professional boxer who competed from 1934 to 1951. He reigned as the world heavyweight champion from 1937 to 1949, and is considered to be one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time. Nicknamed the "Brown Bomber", Louis' championship reign lasted 140 consecutive months, during which he participated in 26 championship fights.

Arnold Palmer

an American professional golfer who is generally regarded as one of the greatest and most charismatic players in the sport's history. Dating back to 1955, he won numerous events on both the PGA Tour and the circuit now known as PGA Tour Champions. Nicknamed The King, he was one of golf's most popular stars and seen as a trailblazer, the first superstar of the sport's television age, which began in the 1950s.

Tiger Woods

an American professional golfer. He is tied for first in PGA Tour wins and ranks second in men's major championships and also holds numerous golf records. Woods is widely regarded as one of the greatest golfers, and one of the most famous athletes of all time.

Willie Mays

an Americanformer Major League Baseball (MLB) center fielder who spent almost all of his 22-season career playing for the New York/San Francisco Giants, before finishing with the New York Mets. He is regarded as one of the greatest baseball players of all time and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979.

Deflategate

controversy involving the allegation that New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady ordered the deliberate deflation of footballs used in the Patriots' victory against the Indianapolis Colts in the 2014 American Football Conference (AFC) Championship Game. The controversy resulted in Brady being suspended for four games; the team was fined $1 million and forfeited two draft selections in 2016.

Joe DiMaggio

nicknamed "Joltin' Joe" and "The Yankee Clipper", was an American baseball center fielder who played his entire 13-year career in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees. Born to Italian immigrantsin California, he is widely considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time, and is perhaps best known for his 56-game hitting streak (May 15-July 16, 1941), a record that still stands.

Mickey Mantle

nicknamed The Commerce Comet and The Mick, was an American professional baseball player. Mantle played his entire Major League Baseball career with the New York Yankees as a center fielder, right fielder, and first baseman. Mantle was one of the best players and sluggers and is regarded by many as the greatest switch hitter in baseball history.

Rumble in the Jungle

was a historic boxing event in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo) on October 30, 1974. Held at the 20th of May Stadium(now the Stade Tata Raphaël), it pitted the undefeated world heavyweight champion George Foreman against challenger Muhammad Ali, the former heavyweight champion.

Jim Thorpe

was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist. A member of the Sac and Fox Nation, Thorpe became the first Native American to win a gold medal for the United States. Considered one of the most versatile athletes of modern sports, he won Olympic gold medals in the 1912 pentathlon and decathlon, and played American football (collegiate and professional), professional baseball, and basketball.

"Fight of the Century"

was the boxing match between WBC/WBA heavyweight champion Joe Frazier(26-0, 23 KOs) and The Ring/linealheavyweight champion Muhammad Ali (31-0, 25 KOs), held on Monday, March 8, 1971, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. It was the first time that two undefeated boxers fought each other for the heavyweight title. Frazier won in 15 rounds via unanimous decision. It was the first of a trilogy, followed by the rematch fights Super Fight II (1974) and Thrilla in Manila (1975), both won by Ali.


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