Look for these entertaining and talented
athletes.
(Not all of these people qualify for the
2nd Grade Biography Project...
please check with your teacher first.)
Hank Aaron
1934- American baseball player |
B AAR
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Troy Aikman
November 21, 1966- American football player |
B AIK
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Alvin Ailey
January 5, 1931-December 1, 1989 American dancer and choreographer |
B AIL
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Grover Cleveland Alexander
February 16, 1887-November 4, 1950 American baseball player |
B ALE
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Muhammad Ali
January 17, 1942- American boxer |
B ALI
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Tillie Anderson
1875-1965
First woman bicycle champion of the world
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B AND
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Arthur Ashe
July 10, 1943-February 6, 1993 American tennis player |
B ASH
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Tiki and Ronde Barber
1975- twin American football players |
B BAR
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David Beckham
May 2, 1975- British/American soccer player |
B BEC
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Russell “Lena” Blackburne
October 23, 1886 – February 29, 1968
American baseball player who developed baseball mud
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B Bla
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Tom Brady
August 3, 1977- American football player |
B BRA
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Bear Bryant
September 11, 1913-January 26, 1983 American football coach |
B BRY
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Jennifer Chandler
June 13, 1959- Olympic diver and gold medal winner from Alabama |
B CHA
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Roger Clemens
August 4, 1962- American baseball player |
B CLE
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Roberto Clemente
August 18, 1934-December 31, 1972 Puerto Rican baseball player |
B CLE
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Louis Cyr
1863-1912
Canadian strong man
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B CYR
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Terrell Davis
October 28, 1972- American football player |
B DAV
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Oscar De la Hoya
February 4, 1973- American boxer |
B DEL
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Joe DiMaggio
November 25, 1914-March 8, 1999 American baseball player |
B DIM
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Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
October 10, 1974- American automobile racing driver |
B EAR
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Lou Gehrig
June 19, 1903-June 2, 1941 American baseball player |
B GEH
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Althea Gibson
1927-2003 American tennis player |
B GIB
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Goldberg
December 27, 1966- wrestler |
B GOL
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Jeff Gordon
August 4, 1971- American automobile racing driver |
B GOR
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Hank Greenberg
1911-1986
American baseball player known for power hitting
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B GRE
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Wayne Gretzky
January 26, 1961- Canadian hockey player and coach |
B GRE
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Mia Hamm
March 17, 1972- American soccer player |
B HAM
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Bret Hart
July 2, 1957- Canadian wrestler |
B HAR
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Tony Hawk
May 12, 1968- American skateboarder |
B HAW
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Evander Holyfield
October 19, 1962- American boxer |
B HOL
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Bo Jackson
November 30, 1962- American baseball and football player |
B JAC
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LeBron James
Dec 30, 1984- American basketball player |
B JAM
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Derek Jeter
June 26, 1974- American baseball player |
B JET
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Marion Jones
October 12, 1975- American sprinter, long jumper and basketball player |
B JON
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Cobi Jones
June 16, 1970- American soccer player and coach |
B JON
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Chipper Jones
April 24, 1972- American baseball player |
B JON
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Michael Jordan
February 17, 1963- American basketball player |
B JOR
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Jackie Joyner-Kersee
March 3, 1962- American heptathlete and basketball player |
B JOY
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Duke Kahanamoku
1890-1968 Hawaiian surfer; Father of Modern Surfing |
B KAH
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Alex Lalas
June 1, 1970- soccer player |
B LAL
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Greg Maddux
April 14, 1966- American baseball player |
B MAD
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Eli Manning
1981- American football player |
B MAN
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Peyton Manning
1976- American football player |
B MAN
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Dan Marino
September 15, 1961- American football player and television sportscaster |
B MAR
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Willie Mays
May 6, 1931- American baseball player |
B MAY
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Mark McGwire
October 1, 1963- American baseball player |
B MCG
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Yao Ming
September 12, 1980- Chinese basketball player |
B MIN
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Joe Montana
June 11, 1956- American football player |
B MON
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Dale Murphy
March 12, 1956- American baseball player |
B MUR
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Kevin Nash
1958 American wrestler |
B NAS
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Shaquille O’Neal
March 6, 1972- American basketball player |
B ONE
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Jesse Owens
September 12, 1913-May 31, 1980 American runner |
B OWE
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Diamond Dallas Page
April 5, 1949- American wrestler |
B PAG
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Satchel Paige
July 7, 1906-June 5, 1982 American baseball player |
B PAI
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Pele
1940-
Brazilian soccer star
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B PEL
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Michael Phelps
1985-
American Olympic swimmer
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B PHE
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Lipman Pike
1845-1893
First professional baseball player
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B PIK
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Albert Pujols
1980- baseball player |
B PUJ
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Carl Ripken, Jr.
August 24, 1960- American baseball player |
B RIP
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Jackie Robinson
January 31, 1919-October 24, 1972 American baseball player |
B ROB
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Cristiano Ronaldo
1985- soccer player from Portugal |
B RON
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Wilma Rudolph
June 23, 1940-November 12, 1995 American runner |
B RUD
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Babe Ruth
February 6, 1895-August 16, 1948 American baseball player |
B RUT
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Louis Sockalexis
1871-1913 Penobscot Native American baseball player |
B SOC
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Hope Solo
1981-
American soccer player and Olympian
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B SOL
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Sammy Sosa
November 12, 1968- Dominican baseball player |
B SOS
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Scott Steiner
July 29, 1962 Wrestler |
B STE
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Sting
Wrestler |
B STI
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Sheryl Swoopes
March 25, 1971- American basketball player |
B SWO
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Major Taylor
November 26, 1878-June 21, 1932 American cyclist |
B TAY
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Jim Thorpe
May 28, 1888-March 28, 1953 American decathlete and pentathlete |
B THO
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Honus Wagner
1874-1955
major league baseball shortstop
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B WAG
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Shaun White
1986-
Olympic snowboarding champion
|
B WHI
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Serena Williams
September 26, 1981- American tennis player
Venus Williams
June 17, 1980- American tennis player |
B WIL
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Kristi Yamaguchi
July 12, 1971- American figure skater |
B YAM
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