Eric Arthur Heiden is the only athlete to win five individual gold medals in a single Olympic Games. Born into an athletic family in Madison,…
Gary Charles Gait may be the greatest lacrosse player to ever live. His twin brother Paul might be even better. Born in Victoria, British Columbia,…
Charles Woodson is the only player in National Football League history to record 50 interceptions and 20 quarterback sacks in a career. Born in Fremont,…
Richard Francis Dennis Barry III is the only player in basketball history to lead the NCAA, ABA and NBA in scoring for an individual season.…
The Banach Brothers are one of the toughest and most accomplished sports families in wrestling history. Edward Joseph Banach was born in Newton, New Jersey,…
Eddie Feigner is the greatest softball pitcher of all time. Born in Walla Walla, Washington—in the southwest region of the state along the Oregon border—on…
John Byron Nelson was perhaps the most dominant golfer of his era. Born on a 160-acre cotton farm outside Waxahachie, Texas, on this date in…
For 29 years, William Lee Shoemaker held the world record for total professional jockey victories. Born in Fabens, Texas—a border town near El Paso—August 19,…
William Scott Bowman is the greatest coach in the history of the National Hockey League and may be the best coach of any of North…