DNR - Sports Personalities

Name	Sport	Birthplace	Date
Bob Buhl	Milwaukee Braves All-Star pitcher, 1953-62; also pitched for Chicago and Philadelphia	Saginaw	1928-2001
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	1914-2010
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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