- Flood, Curt - Baseball outfielder with the St. Louis Cardinals during the 1960's
- Lewis, Chris - New Zealander tennis player, coach to Ivan Lendl, 1983 Wimbledon finalist
- Morley, Sean - Professional wrestler, a.k.a. Val Venis
- Namath, Joe - New York Jets quarterback, famous for Super Bowl III victory against the Baltimore Colts
- Navratilova, Martina - Czech-born tennis player, winner of nine Wimbledon singles tournaments
- Piazza, Mike - Baseball catcher with the New York Mets
- Rivers, Reggie - Denver Broncos running back
- Robertson, Oscar - The "Big O", Basketball Hall of Famer, head of NBA Players Union 1965-74
- Rodman, Dennis - Professional basketball player, NBA leader in rebounds for seven consecutive seasons
- Venis, Val@ - Professional name of WWE wrestler Sean Morley
- Ventura, Jesse - Professional wrestler, former governor of Minnesota
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"An athlete is a person who has above average physical skills (strength, agility, and endurance) and is thus suitable for physical activities, in particular, contests. An ancient Greek word for 'contest' was athlos, and those competing in the games were called athletes. ..." |
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Locker-Room Liberty: Athletes who helped shape our times and the economic freedom that enabled them, by Matt Welch, Reason, May 2005
Related Topics: Joe Namath, Oscar Robertson
"Operating in a subculture far more socially conservative than those surrounding the professional arts, athletes of the mid-to-late '60s and '70s forced their reluctant and occasionally hostile audiences to confront issues of race, war, and free expression, and we are all better for their efforts." |
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