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Faye Dancer 2002 Deaths

Faye DancerAge: 77 free-spirited outfielder in the women's professional baseball league of the 1940s, and the inspiration for "All the Way Mae" Mordabito, the character played by Madonna in…

Andy Phillip 2001 Deaths

Andy PhillipAge: 79 playmaking guard who was the first NBA player to record 500 assists in a season (1952); five-time NBA All-Star in 11 pro seasons; helped Boston win first of 16 NBA…

Diane Whipple 2001 Deaths

Diane WhippleAge: 33 women's lacrosse coach at St. Mary's College (Moraga, Calif.), who was the victim of a dog attack that made national headlines; former head coach at UC-San Diego; two-…

Daniel Lawson 2001 Deaths

Daniel LawsonAge: 21 redshirt junior reserve guard on the Oklahoma State basketball team who was killed when a team charter plane crashed in a field 40 miles east of Denver while returning…

Terry Hall Biography

Terry HallAge: 53 women's basketball coach at Wright State University the past seven years; her 20 year coaching career included tours with Eastern Kentucky, University of Kentucky,…

Larry Ellis 1998 Deaths

Larry EllisAge: 70 track and field coach for the U.S. men's team at the 1984 Olympics and past president of USA Track & Field; coached 1968 Olympic long jump champion Bob Beamon; spent…

Jimmy Stewart

Name at birth: James StewartJimmy Stewart was an American film hero from the 1930s through the 1950s, playing sturdy, honest, all-American types in a series of popular films. He is now perhaps best…

Michael Sam

Michael Sam is the college football player who announced in 2014 that he was gay and hoped to play in the NFL. If he were to make a team, he would become the first openly gay active player in NFL…

Steve Little Biography

Steve LittleAge: 43 University of Arkansas kicker who shares the NCAA record for longest field goal, a 67-yard boot against Texas in 1977; two-time All-American at Arkansas; set team bowl…

Lowell Perry 2001 Deaths

Lowell PerryAge: 69 All-American receiver at the University of Michigan in the 1950s, who later became the NFL's first black coach in more than 40 years; won Rose Bowl over California in 1951…