Great Athletes

by Johnson, Rafer; Salem Press

• ISBN13: 9781587650086
• ISBN10: 1587650088
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-02-01
• Publisher: Salem Pr Inc

Table of Contents

Publisher's Note	ix
Introduction	xi
Contributing Reviewers	xvii
Hank Aaron	1	(3)
Jim Abbott	4	(3)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	7	(4)
Harold Abrahams	11	(3)
Herb Adderley	14	(3)
Andre Agassi	17	(3)
Troy Aikman	20	(3)
Akebono	23	(3)
Michelle Akers	26	(3)
Tenley Albright	29	(3)
Grover Alexander	32	(3)
Vasily Alexeyev	35	(3)
Muhammad Ali	38	(4)
Marcus Allen	42	(4)
Bobby Allison	46	(3)
Roberto Alomar	49	(3)
Lance Alworth	52	(3)
Lyle Alzado	55	(3)
Morten Andersen	58	(3)
Paul Anderson	61	(3)
Willie Anderson	64	(3)
Mario Andretti	67	(3)
Nikolai Andrianov	70	(3)
Earl Anthony	73	(3)
Said Aouita	76	(3)
Luke Appling	79	(3)
Eddie Arcaro	82	(3)
Nate Archibald	85	(3)
Alexis Arguello	88	(4)
Paul Arizin	92	(3)
Tommy Armour	95	(3)
Henry Armstrong	98	(4)
Lance Armstrong	102	(3)
Arthur Ashe	105	(3)
Evelyn Ashford	108	(3)
Bob Askin	111	(3)
Doug Atkins	114	(3)
Tracy Austin	117	(3)
Shirley Babashoff	120	(2)
Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner	122	(3)
Max Bear	125	(3)
Jeff Bagwell	128	(3)
Donovan Bailey	131	(3)
Irvine ``Ace'' Bailey	134	(2)
Iolanda Balas	136	(3)
Alan Ball	139	(3)
Catie Ball	142	(2)
Seve Ballesteros	144	(3)
Ernie Banks	147	(3)
Gordon Banks	150	(3)
Willie Banks	153	(3)
Roger Bannister	156	(3)
Charles Barkley	159	(3)
Randy Barnes	162	(3)
Jay Barrs	165	(3)
Rick Barry	168	(4)
Greg Barton	172	(3)
Sammy Baugh	175	(3)
Elgin Baylor	178	(3)
Bob Beamon	181	(4)
Jim Beatty	185	(3)
Franz Beckenbauer	188	(2)
Boris Becker	190	(3)
Chuck Bednarik	193	(3)
Jean Beliveau	196	(3)
James ``Cool Papa'' Bell	199	(3)
Albert Belle	202	(3)
Johnny Bench	205	(3)
Chief Bender	208	(3)
Joan Benoit	211	(3)
Patty Berg	214	(4)
Yogi Berra	218	(3)
Raymond Berry	221	(3)
George Best	224	(2)
Abebe Bikila	226	(3)
Fred Biletnikoff	229	(3)
Dave Bing	232	(3)
Matt Biondi	235	(4)
Larry Bird	239	(4)
Bonnie Blair	243	(3)
Doc Blanchard	246	(3)
Danny Blanchflower	249	(3)
George Blanda	252	(4)
Fanny Blankers-Koen	256	(3)
Dain Blanton and Eric Fonoimoana	259	(3)
Jeff Blatnick	262	(3)
Drew Bledsoe	265	(2)
Ethelda Bleibtrey	267	(3)
Wade Boggs	270	(3)
Svetlana Boginskaya	273	(4)
Brian Boitano	277	(3)
Ato Boldon	280	(2)
Barry Bonds	282	(3)
Bjorn Borg	285	(3)
Julius Boros	288	(3)
Jean Borotra	291	(3)
Valeri Borzov	294	(3)
Mike Bossy	297	(3)
Ralph Boston	300	(3)
Ray Bourque	303	(3)
Riddick Bowe	306	(3)
Bill Bowness	309	(3)
Bill Bradley	312	(3)
Pat Bradley	315	(3)
Donald G. Bradman	318	(3)
Terry Bradshaw	321	(3)
George Breen	324	(3)
Billy Bremner	327	(3)
George Brett	330	(4)
Valerie Brisco-Hooks	334	(3)
Lou Brock	337	(3)
Jim Brown	340	(3)
Tim Brown	343	(3)
Valery Brumel	346	(3)
Kobe Bryant	349	(3)
Sergei Bubka	352	(3)
Buck Buchanan	355	(3)
Craig Buck	358	(3)
Don Budge	361	(3)
Maria Bueno	364	(3)
Nick Buoniconti	367	(3)
Leroy Burrell	370	(3)
Mike Burton	373	(3)
Susan Butcher	376	(3)
Dick Butkus	379	(3)
Dick Button	382	(3)
George Charles Calnan	385	(3)
Roy Campanella	388	(3)
Earl Campbell	391	(3)
Jose Canseco	394
Indexes
Sport Index	iii
Country Index	xiii
Name Index	xxi