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Sports Personalities

Name

Sport

 Birthplace Date
Bob Buhl Milwaukee Braves All-Star pitcher, 1953-62; also pitched for Chicago and Philadelphia Saginaw 1928
Kirk Gibson Michigan State University football and baseball star; played for Detroit Tigers Pontiac 1957
George ("The Gipper") Gipp Football Laurium 1895-1920
Mark Grimmette He and partner Brian Martin were Bronze medallists in luge at 1998 Olympics; 2002 winter Olympics participants; began luge career on a track in Muskegon which he calls "home"; now lives in Lake Placid, NY Ann Arbor 1971
Earvin "Magic" Johnson Basketball Lansing 1959
Marion Ladewig Bowling Grand Rapids 1914
Shelley Looney Women's ice hockey forward; played on 1998 winter Olympics gold medal winning team; 2002 winter Olympics participant; currently lives in Massachusetts Lincoln Park (Trenton?) 1972
Jean Racine Former luge slider; current bobsled driver and winner of 9 World Cup races; 2002 winter Olympics participant Pontiac (Hometown: Waterford) 1978
Sugar Ray Robinson Boxing Detroit 1920-1989
John Smoltz Baseball pitcher, Atlanta Braves Warren (grew up in Lansing) 1967
Serena Williams Tennis champion (French Open 2002, US Open 1999); lives in Florida Saginaw 1981
Adolph "Ad" Wolgast ("The Michigan Wildcat") Boxing; lightweight champion 1910-1912 Cadillac 1888-1955

 

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