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George Allen "Pat" Summerall (May 10, 1930 – April 16, 2013) was
an American football player and television sportscaster who worked
for CBS, Fox, and ESPN. In addition to football, he also announced
major golf and tennis events. In total, he announced 16 Super Bowls on
network television (more than any other announcer), 26 Masters
Pat Summerall Tournaments, and 21 US Opens.
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Lawrence Gene Fullmer (nicknamed Cyclone, July 21, 1931 – April 27, 2015)
was an American professional boxer who won the world middleweight
championship on January 2, 1957, when he upset the legendary Sugar Ray
Robinson by soundly winning a unanimous 15-round decision. Fullmer's final
record included 55 wins (24 by KO), 6 losses, and 3 draws.
George Fullmer
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Tyrus Raymond Cobb (December 18, 188 – July 17, 1961), nicknamed The
Georgia Peach, was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder. His
combined total of 4,065 runs scored and runs batted in (after adjusting for
home runs) is still the highest ever produced by any major league player. He
still holds several records including the highest career batting average (.366
or .367, depending on source) and most career batting titles with 11 (or 12,
Ty Cobb depending on source).
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John Robert Wooden (October 14, 1910 – June 4, 2010) was an
American basketball player and head coach at the University of California,
Los Angeles. Nicknamed the "Wizard of Westwood," he won
ten NCAA national championships in a 12-year period as head coach at UCLA,
including a record seven in a row. Within this period, his teams won an NCAA
men's basketball record 88 consecutive games. Wooden won the
prestigious Henry Iba Award as national coach of the year a record seven
John Wooden times and won the AP award five times.
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