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Pele (soccer player)
Pelé , 1940-, Brazilian soccer (football) player. His real name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento. Perhaps the greatest player in the history of soccer, Pelé began playing at the age of 5 and joined the Santos team at 16. Playing inside left forward, he led his team to numerous... Read more |
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Kevin Garnett
Kevin Garnett 1976- American basketball player In 1995, Kevin Garnett became famous as one of the first high school basketball players to be drafted directly into the National Basketball Association (NBA). Despite many people's concerns about how a teenager would fare in that setting, Garnett did... Read more |
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Jedburgh teams
Jedburgh teams, groups of three uniformed men—an Englishman, an American, and a Frenchman—dropped into France at the time of the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944 (see OVERLORD), and for the following ten weeks. Drawn from SOE and the Office of Strategic Services, they acted as a staff... Read more |
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David Beckham
David Beckham (David Robert Joseph Beckham), 1975-, English soccer player known especially for the power and accuracy of his free kicks. After beginning to play on the Manchester United youth squad in 1991, he joined its regular team in 1993, debuted in his first professional game in 1995, and... Read more |
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Paul Hornung
Paul Hornung 1935- American football player Star running back Paul Hornung led the great Green Bay Packer teams of the early 1960s to four National Football League (NFL) championships. One of the most versatile football players ever, in addition to being a tenacious rusher—especially within... Read more |
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National Football League
National Football League 280 Park AvenueNew York, New York 10017U.S.A.(212) 450-2000Fax: (212) 681-7573Web site: http://www.nfl.com Not-for-Profit Organization Incorporated: 1920 as American Professional Football ConferenceEmployees: 400Sales: $2.44 billion (1998)NAIC: 111211 Sports Teams &... Read more |
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Eddie Cicotte
1919 Chicago White Sox American baseball team Often dubbed the greatest scandal in sports history, the "Black Sox" story is one of how greed and deception came to rule the diamonds during the 1919 World Series. The Chicago White Sox, a team consisting of some of the greatest players the game had... Read more |
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Briana Scurry
Briana Scurry 1971- American soccer player As the only African-American starter on the U.S. women's national soccer team in the 1990s, Briana Scurry revolutionized the way young black children looked at soccer. Her tenacious goalkeeping and unflappable demeanor provided a rock-solid base for the... Read more |
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