Jim Baxis
is a former second baseman for Cleveland Indians baseball team |
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Eddie Elias
Elias was a lawyer and sports television pioneer who established the
Professional Bowlers Tour in 1958. He turned bowling from a recreational
sport to television's second-longest-running professional sport behind
college football. Elias established the Firestone Tournament of Champions
in 1958 and founded Eddie Elias Enterprises. In 1997 the PBA named
the Ambassador of Bowling Award after him. He died in Ohio in 1998. |
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John Elway
was the #1 overall pick in the famous football quarterback draft of
1983. He was known for his last-minute, game-winning scoring drives.
He led the Broncos to 3 Super Bowl losses before back-to-back wins
in Super Bowl XXXII and XXXIII which earned him the 1987 NFL MVP award.
Elway is 4-time Pro Bowler, and along with Joe Marino is the only
other quarterback to throw for over 50,000 yards. |
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Doug Flutie won the
Heisman Trophy with Boston College football in1984. He played in USFL,
NFL and CFL. He is a 6-time CFL MVP with B.C. Lions (1991), Calgary
(1992-94) and Toronto (1996-97). He led Calgary and Toronto to Grey
Cup titles. Flutie returned to NFL in 1998 with Buffalo and became
part of QB controversy with Rob Johnson. He recently signed by San
Diego ( 2001). He spends much of his time off the field working with
The Doug Flutie Foundation which helps sick children. |
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Bill George is a former
Hall of Fame linebacker for the Chicago Bears football team. |
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Jeff George is a quarterback
for the Washington Redskins football team |
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Elias Ghanem is Nevada
Athletic Commission chairman. He was the chairman of the Las Vegas
Boxing Association. |
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Abe Gibran is a former
offensive lineman and coach for the Chicago Bears football team |
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Brian Habib is a Former
lineman for the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks football teams |
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John Jaha is the first
baseman for the Oakland A's. Playing for Triple-A Denver in 1992,
he became only the second player (after Joey Meyer) to hit a ball
into the upper deck at Mile-High Stadium. He was called up by the
Brewers soon afterwards, making his major-league debut at the ago
of 26, and hit .264 with 19 homers and 70 RBIs as Milwaukee's full-time
first baseman in 1993. He had a great season in 1996, when he hit
.300 with 34 homers and 118 RBIs. |
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Rich Kotite is a former
NFL coach |
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Joe Lahoud was a leftfielder
for the Red Sox Baseball team. He surpassed the league BA (in 1974
with .271) in 11 seasons of platooning, yet his power produced seasons
of 14, 12, and 13 homers in 1971-74. He hit a three-in- one game for
the Red Sox on June 11, 1969. |
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Fred Maalouf
was a quarterback for the St. Louis Cardinals football team. |
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George Maloof is the former owner
of the Houston Rockets NBA basketball team. |
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Maloof Brothers are the
owners of the Sacramento Kings basketball team |
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Zuhair "Steve" Mansour was the Weightlifting's Grandmaster
of the World in 1990. |
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Bobby Rahal
is the son of the club racer Michael Rahal. Bobby was born in the
suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio and grew up in Chicago. He won the Indianapolis
500 in auto racing in 1986. He is a CART team owner who acted as interim
president-CEO of CART until Dec. of 2000 but resigned to assume position
with Jaguar Formula One team. |
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Joe Robbie is the former
owner of the Miami Dolphins football team. A stadium is named after
him in Miami, Flordia. |
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Fuad Rubeiz is a former kicker for
the Minnesota Vikings football team.
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Fred Saigh is the former owner of
the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team. He founded the The Saigh
Foundation to serve as a legacy of the gifts he gave throughout
his lifetime to the community of St. Louis, Missouri. The foundation
benefits children and youth, primarily in the areas of education and
health care. |
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Pete Sarron was a featherweight boxing
champion. |
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Rony Seikaly was born
Beirut, Lebanon in 1965. Rony was an NBA center for various clubs.
He was selected by the Miami Heat in the first round (ninth pick overall)
of the 1988 NBA draft. He was traded by Golden State along with Clifford
Rozier to Orlando for Jon Koncak, Donald Royal and Felton Spencer
on Nov. 2, 1996. |
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Frank Skaff was a manager
for the Detroit Tigers baseball team. |
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Victor Taweel is a
former lightweight boxing champion. |
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