| Jason Kreitzer <krei513@aol.com>: Aug 26 03:04PM -0700 On Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at 2:56:15 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. In 1934 this legendary New York Yankee, nicknamed "The Iron > Horse", became the first athlete to be pictured on a Wheaties > cereal box. Lou Gehrig > 2. Known as Major League Baseball's "Iron Man", he holds the record > for the longest streak of consecutive games played at 2,632. Cal Ripken > on to play professional football and baseball, and in 1950, > he was named the greatest athlete of the half-century by the > Associated Press. Jim Thorpe > the first black player to win singles championships at the French > Open (1956), Wimbledon (1957 and 1958), and the US Nationals > (also 1957 and 1958). Althea Miller? > he won the Daytona 500 in 1998. His 7 NASCAR Winston Cup > championships tie him with Richard Petty for the most of > all time. Dale Earnhart Sr. > Montreal. He then went on to become a television celebrity, > appearing in series and made-for-TV movies as well as on game > shows, talk shows, and reality shows. Caitlyn Jenner > 9. Nicknamed "Sweetness", he won a Super Bowl, was twice the NFL's > Most Valuable Player, and rushed for 16,726 yards in his career, > second only to Emmitt Smith. Walter Payton > 100 years ago. > 1. March: This controversial film premiered, and set a box-office > record that may have stood for over 20 years. Name it. "Birth of a Nation" > games -- to who? (Either the city or the team name will do.) > 3. October: This British nurse was executed by a German firing > squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium. Name her. Florence Nightingale? > 4. December: Which world leader did Edith B. Galt marry? President Woodrow Wilson |
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