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4 NOTABLE SPORTS FIGURES 4 NOTABLE SPORTS FIGURES Dana Barnes, Editor VOLUME 4 · T-Z Appendix · Indexes Notable Sports Figures Project Editor Dana R. Barnes Editorial Laura Avery, Luann Brennan, Frank Castronova, Leigh Ann DeRemer, Andrea Henderson, Kathy Nemeh, Angela Pilchak, Tracie Ratiner, Bridget Travers Research Gary J. Oudersluys, Cheryl L. Warnock, Kelly Whittle © 2004 by Gale. Gale is an imprint of The Gale Group, Inc., a division of Thomson Learning, Inc. Gale and Design™ and Thomson Learning™ are trademarks used herein under license. 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GV697.A1N68 2004 796`.092`2--dc21 2003011288 Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Contents Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Advisory Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii Entry List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxvii Entries Volume 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Volume 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467 Volume 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 977 Volume 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1579 Appendix of Sports Abbreviations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1833 Cumulative Geographic Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1839 Cumulative Occupation Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1849 Cumulative Subject Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1863 v Introduction Notable Sports Figures provides narrative biographi-cal profiles of more than 600 individuals who have made significant contributions to their sport and to soci-ety. It covers sports figures from the nineteenth, twenti-eth, and twenty-first centuries who represent a wide variety of sports and countries. Lesser-known sports such as cricket, equestrian, and snowboarding are fea-tured alongside sports like baseball, basketball, and football. Notable Sports Figures includes not only ath-letes, but also coaches, team executives, and media fig-ures such as sportscasters and writers. Notable Sports Figures takes a close look at the peo-ple in sports who have captured attention because of success on the playing field or controversy off the play-ing field. It provides biographical coverage of people from around the world and throughout history who have had an impact not only on their sport, but also on the society and culture of their times. Each biography features information on the entrant’s family life, early involvement in sports, career highlights, champi-onships, and awards. Notable Sports Figures also exam-ines the impact that the subject had and continues to have on his or her sport, and the reasons why the indi-vidual is “notable.” This includes consideration of the successes and failures, on the field and off, that keep the person in the public eye. The biographies in Notable Sports Figures profile a broad variety of individuals. Athletes such as Babe Ruth, Michael Jordan, and Martina Navratilova are featured for their record-breaking accomplishments. Jackie Robinson and Janet Guthrie remain in the public consciousness because of their determination to cross racial and gender boundaries. Other sports fig-ures have captured our attention by their controversial activities. Skater Tonya Harding continues to hold public interest not because of any medals won, but be-cause of the scandalous attack on Nancy Kerrigan. Baseball player “Shoeless” Joe Jackson was one of the greatest players of his era, but he is remembered more for his complicity in the “Black Sox” scandal of 1919 than for his accomplishments on the field. Their lives, accomplishments, and reasons for the public’s ongoing fascination with them are examined in No-table Sports Figures. SELECTION PROCESS AND CRITERIA A preliminary list of athletes, team executives, sports-writers, broadcasters, and other sports figures was com-piled from a wide variety of sources, including Hall of Fame lists, periodical articles, and other biographical collections. The list was reviewed by an advisory board, and final selection was made by the editor. An effort was made to include athletes of varying nationalities, ethnici-ties, and fields of sport as well as those who have con-tributed to the success of a sport or team in general. Selection criteria include: · Notable “first” achievements, including those who broke racial or gender barriers and paved the way for others · Impact made on the individual’s sport and on soci-ety as a whole · Records set and broken · Involvement in controversial or newsworthy activi-ties on and off the playing field FEATURES OF THIS PRODUCT For easy access, entries are arranged alphabetically according to the entrant’s last name. · Timeline—includes significant events in the world of sports, from historic times to the present. · Entry head—lists basic information on each sports figure, including name, birth and death years, na-tionality, and occupation/sport played. · Biographical essay—offers 1,000 to 2,500 words on the person’s life, career highlights, and the im-pact that the individual had and continues to have on his or her sport and on society. Bold-faced names within entries indicate an entry on that person. · Photos—provide a portrait for many of the individ-uals profiled. Several essays also include an action photo. · Sidebars—present a chronology of key events in the entrant’s life, a list of major awards and accom-plishments, and, as applicable, career statistics, brief biographies of important individuals in the en- vii ... - tailieumienphi.vn