Sports

In this category are 72 entries about pioneer developers of youth sports safety equipment such as double ear-flap batter’s helmet and aluminum bat, the one-handed jump shot in basketball, the fast-break offense in college basketball, inventor of six-man football, innovations in archery industry, television wrestling, college wrestling rules, female ultradistance runner who holds records in two age groups and performed in over 100 marathons, one of first women athletic directors of coed college program in nation, co-pioneer of movement to include badminton in Olympics for the United States, first Hispanic diver to win NCAA championship and silver medal in world championship, and first person in history to score an ABC-sanctioned 900 series; one person holds record in professional basketball for consecutive games played, one in professional football for consecutive games played by offensive lineman, and first in professional football to gain 1,000 yards rushing and receiving in single season, one college football player ranked as 10th best in history, and one named 1939 Associated Press male athlete of the year; one of most successful high school football coaches in nation, one women’s college basketball coach with over 600 victories, one men’s college basketball coach with over 800 victories, one amateur and two professional golf players with major championships, world champions in heavyweight boxing and wrestling and in cowboy events; 16 college coaches of national championships in basketball, football, gymnastics, track, volleyball, and wrestling, including one coach who earned eight in gymnastics; one manager won two baseball world series, six persons inducted into professional baseball hall of fame, one in basketball, three in football, three in horse racing, and one in car racing, one received Sullivan Award, and two appeared on cover of Time.

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