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Sportspeople

Sportsperson is a person who is trained to compete in a sport involving tests of strength, speed or endurance.

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Sportspeople

Diego Armando Maradona

People; Sportspeople

Argentine football (soccer) player who is generally regarded as the top footballer of the 1980s and one of the greatest of all time. Renowned for his ability to control the ball and create scoring ...

John McEnroe

People; Sportspeople

American tennis player who established himself as a leading competitor in the late 1970s and the '80s. He also was noted for his poor behaviour on court, which resulted in a number of fines and ...

Colin Earl Meads

People; Sportspeople

New Zealand rugby union football player and former national team captain (1971) whose outstanding performance as a lock forward made him a legendary figure in New Zealand and in international rugby ...

Robert Frederick Chelsea Moore

People; Sportspeople

He was the "golden boy of English soccer" and captain of the national side that defeated West Germany 4-2 in the 1966 World Cup final at Wembley Stadium in London; it was England's only World Cup ...

Joe Namath

People; Sportspeople

American collegiate and professional gridiron football quarterback who was one of the best passers in football and a cultural sports icon of the 1960s.

Martina Navratilova

People; Sportspeople

Czech-born American tennis player, who dominated women's tennis in the late 1970s and '80s.

Jack Nicklaus

People; Sportspeople

American professional golfer, a dominating figure in world golf from the 1960s to the '80s.

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