Sports
Sports Illustrated Sportsmen of the Year
Sports Illustrated is the most popular sports magazine in the United States.
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Arnold Palmer
American golfer.
- 1960 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Arthur Robert Ashe, Jr. (born 1943, died 1993)
The first prominent African-American male tennis player. Died of AIDS.
- 1992 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Bill Russell
American basketball player and coach.
- 1968 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Bill Baker
American hockey player. Member of the team that won the 1980 Olympic gold medal.
- 1980 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year, with his teammates
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Bob Suter
American hockey player. Member of the team that won the 1980 Olympic gold medal.
- 1980 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year, with his teammates
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Bob Bourne
American hockey player.
- 1987 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Bobby Morrow
American track and field athlete.
- 1956 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Robert Gordon ''Bobby'' Orr (born 1948)
Canadian hockey player.
- 1970 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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William ''Buzz'' Schneider
American hockey player. Member of the team that won the 1980 Olympic gold medal.
- 1980 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year, with his teammates
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Cal Ripken, Jr.
American baseball player.
- 1995 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Carl ''Yaz'' Yastrzemski
American baseball player.
- 1967 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Chip Rives
American football player.
- 1987 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Craig Patrick
American hockey player and manager.
- 1980 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Dale Murphy
American baseball player.
- 1987 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Dave Silk
American hockey player. Member of the team that won the 1980 Olympic gold medal.
- 1980 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year, with his teammates
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Dave Christian
American hockey player. Member of the team that won the 1980 Olympic gold medal.
- 1980 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year, with his teammates
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Edwin Moses
American hurdler.
- 1984 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Eric Strobel
American hockey player. Member of the team that won the 1980 Olympic gold medal.
- 1980 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year, with his teammates
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Greg LeMond
American cyclist.
- 1989 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Herb Brooks
American hockey coach.
- 1980 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Ingemar Johansson
Swedish heavyweight boxer.
- 1959 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Jack Nicklaus (born 1940)
American golfer, considered by many to be the greatest in the history of the sport.
- 1978 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Jack O'Callahan
American hockey player. Member of the team that won the 1980 Olympic gold medal.
- 1980 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year, with his teammates
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Jackie Stewart
Race-car driver and sharpshooter.
- 1973 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Jerry Ray ''Luke'' Lucas
American basketball player.
- 1961 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Jim Craig
American hockey player. Member of the team that won the 1980 Olympic gold medal.
- 1980 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year, with his teammates
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Jim Ryun
American runner and politician.
- 1966 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Joe Montana
American football quarterback.
- 1990 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Joe Paterno
American football coach.
- 1986 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Johann Olav Koss
Norwegian speed-skater.
- 1994 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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John Wooden
American basketball player and coach.
- 1972 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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John Harrington
American hockey player. Member of the team that won the 1980 Olympic gold medal.
- 1980 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year, with his teammates
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Johnny Podres
American baseball pitcher.
- 1955 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Ken Venturi
American golfer.
- 1964 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Ken Morrow
American hockey player. Member of the team that won the 1980 Olympic gold medal.
- 1980 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year, with his teammates
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Kipchoge ''Kip'' Keino
Kenyan runner.
- 1987 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Lee Trevino
American golfer.
- 1971 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Mark Johnson
American hockey player. Member of the team that won the 1980 Olympic gold medal.
- 1980 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year, with his teammates
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Mark Pavelich
American hockey player. Member of the team that won the 1980 Olympic gold medal.
- 1980 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year, with his teammates
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Mark Wells
American hockey player. Member of the team that won the 1980 Olympic gold medal.
- 1980 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year, with his teammates
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Mike Eruzione
American hockey player. Member of the team that won the 1980 Olympic gold medal.
- 1980 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year, with his teammates
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Mike Ramsey
American hockey player. Member of the team that won the 1980 Olympic gold medal.
- 1980 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year, with his teammates
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Neal Broten
American hockey player. Member of the team that won the 1980 Olympic gold medal.
- 1980 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year, with his teammates
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Orel Hershiser
American baseball pitcher.
- 1988 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Pete Rozelle (died 1996)
National Football League commissioner, 1960-89.
- 1963 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Phil Verchota
American hockey player. Member of the team that won the 1980 Olympic gold medal.
- 1980 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year, with his teammates
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Rafer Johnson
American decathlete and actor.
- 1958 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Reggie Williams
American football linebacker.
- 1987 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Rob McClanahan
American hockey player. Member of the team that won the 1980 Olympic gold medal.
- 1980 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year, with his teammates
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Roger Bannister
English track star who was the first person to run a mile in under four minutes. He later became a respected neurologist.
- 1954 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Rory Sparrow
American basketball player.
- 1987 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Sandy Koufax
American baseball player.
- 1965 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Steve Cauthen (born 1960)
American jockey and horse breeder.
- 1977 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Steve Christoff
American hockey player. Member of the team that won the 1980 Olympic gold medal.
- 1980 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year, with his teammates
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Steve Janaszak
American hockey player. Member of the team that won the 1980 Olympic gold medal.
- 1980 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year, with his teammates
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''Sugar'' Ray Leonard (born 1952)
American welterweight boxer.
- 1981 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Terry Baker
American football player and lawyer.
- 1962 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Terry Bradshaw
American football quarterback.
- 1979 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Tom Seaver
American baseball pitcher and announcer.
- 1969 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Willie Stargell
American baseball player.
- 1979 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Don Shula (born 1929)
American football coach.
- 1993 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Muhammad Ali (born 1941)
American heavyweight boxer. Original name: Cassius Clay.
- 1974 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Wayne Gretzky (born 1960)
Canadian hockey player who is the NHL's all-time leading scorer.
- 1982 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Michael Jordan (born 1962)
American basketball and baseball player.
- 1991 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Pete Rose (born 1941)
American baseball player and manager. Banned from the game in 1989 for betting.
- 1975 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born 1947)
American basketball player and actor.
- 1985 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Stan Musial (born 1920)
American baseball pitcher.
- 1957 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Eldrick ''Tiger'' Woods (born 1975)
American golfer. Of Thai and African-American heritage, he was the first person of color to win a major golf tournament, and the youngest person to win the Masters.
- 1996 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Dean Smith
American basketball coach.
- 1997 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
Sports Illustrated Sportsmen of the Year
Sports Illustrated is the most popular sports magazine in the United States.
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Bonnie Blair
American speed-skater.
- 1994 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Chris Evert Lloyd
American tennis player.
- 1976 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year; the first woman to win the honor in a year when a male winner was not also named
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Judi Brown King (born 1961)
American runner.
- 1987 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Mary Lou Retton
American gymnast. The first female athlete to be featured on a Wheaties box.
- 1984 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Mary Decker Tabb
American runner.
- 1983 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Patty Sheehan
American golfer. First president of the Ladies' Professional Golf Association.
- 1987 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
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Billie Jean King (born 1943)
American tennis player.
- The first female Sports Illustrated "Sportsman" of the Year, in 1972
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