George Blair
George Blair is a successful businessman, entrepreneur, and waterskier, known for his barefoot waterskiing and trademark yellow "banana"-like wetsuits.
Grantland Rice
Grantland Rice was an early 20th-century American sportswriter known for his elegant prose. In 1930 he started a nationally syndicated column that would eventually appear in 100 newspapers. His expressive writing helped to raise sports players to heroic status. He often compared the challenges of sports to mythic stories and the greater human condition. Rice frequently delved into the greater social and personal meaning of sports.
Mike Hailwood
Mike Hailwood has been described as the greatest rider in the history of motorcycle racing. At the age of 18, he was already a British champion in four classes. At age 21, he won his first World Championship. He would go on to claim eight more world titles in the 250cc, 350cc and 500cc classes.
Fausto Coppi
The Italian cyclist dominated the sport either side of the Second World War, using his all-around skills as a climber, sprinter and time-trialist to build a palmarès that rewrote the record books and raised the bar for those that followed him into professional road cycling.
Manolete
Manolete is considered by some to be the greatest bullfighter of all time. His style was sober and serious, with few concessions to the gallery, and he excelled at the 'suerte de matar'—the kill. In response to Manolete's death, General Francisco Franco, then dictator of Spain, ordered three days of "national mourning", during which only funeral dirges were heard on the radio.
Earl Monroe
Due to his on-court success and flashy style-of-play, Monroe was given the nickname Earl "Black Jesus".
Dean Potter
Dean Potter is an American free climber, alpinist, BASE jumper, BASEliner, and highliner. He is noted for hard first ascents, free solo ascents, speed ascents, and enchainments in Yosemite and Patagonia.
Pierluigi Collina
Pierluigi Collina is an Italian former football referee.
Ken Aston
Ken Aston is a soccer referee, responsible for inventing red and yellow cards.
Pen Duick
The Pen Duick yachts are ocean racing yachts from the 1960s and 1970s. They were built for French yachtsman Éric Tabarly, and he had a hand in each design.