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Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean (January 16, 1910 – July 17, 1974), also known
as Jerome Herman Dean was an American professional baseball pitcher. A
brash and colorful personality, he is the last National League (NL) pitcher to
win 30 games in one season (1934). After his playing career, he became a
popular television sports commentator. Dean was elected to the Baseball
Hall of Fame in 1953
Dizzie Dean
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Harmon Clayton Killebrew, Jr.( June 29, 1936 – May 17, 2011), nicknamed
"The Killer" and "Hammerin' Harmon", was an American
professional baseball first baseman, third baseman, and left fielder. During
his 22-year career in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily with
the Minnesota Twins, Killebrew was a prolific power hitter who, at the time
Harmon Killebrew of his retirement, had the fourth most home runs in major league history.
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Dennis Lee Eckersley (born October 3, 1954), nicknamed "Eck", was an
American professional baseball pitcher. Between 1975 and 1998, he pitched
in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red
Sox, Chicago Cubs, Oakland Athletics, and St. Louis Cardinals. Eckersley had
success as a starter, but gained his greatest fame as a closer, becoming the
Dennis Eckersley first of two pitchers in MLB history to have both a 20-win season and a 50-
save season in a career.
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Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3,
2016) was an American professional boxer, activist, and philanthropist.
Nicknamed "The Greatest", he is widely regarded as one of the most
significant and celebrated sports figures of the 20th century. Ali is the only
boxer to be named The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year six times. He has
been ranked the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time, and as the greatest
Mohammed Ali athlete of the 20th century by Sports Illustrated.
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