Sportscentury - joshruge89/Sports GitHub Wiki
Athletes By sport
Baseball (23*)
Football (20*)
Track/Field (12*)
Basketball (11)
Tennis (8)
Boxing (7)
Hockey (6)
Golf (6*)
Horse Racing (5)
Auto Racing (3)
Swimming/Diving (2)
Speed Skating (2)
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Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders counted as baseball and football.
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Babe Didrikson counted as track and field and golf.
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Jim Thorpe counted as baseball, football, and track and field.
Episodes divided by Sport in order of ranking
Football 20 Athletes
4 Jim Brown Football
7 Jim Thorpe baseball, football, and track and field.
25 Joe Montana Football
27 Jerry Rice Football
28 Red Grange Football
32 Johnny Unitas Football
39 Walter Payton Football
40 Lawrence Taylor Football
49 O. J. Simpson Football
64 Sammy Baugh Football
70 Dick Butkus Football
72 Bo Jackson Football, baseball DUPLICATE
74 Deion Sanders Football, baseball DUPLICATE
75 Dan Marino Football
76 Barry Sanders Football
79 Gale Sayers Football
86 Otto Graham Football
88 Joe Namath Football
93 Don Hutson Football
95 George Blanda Football
Baseball 23 Athletes
2 Babe Ruth Baseball
7 Jim Thorpe baseball, football, and track and field.
8 Willie Mays Baseball
14 Hank Aaron Baseball
15 Jackie Robinson Baseball
16 Ted Williams Baseball
20 Ty Cobb Baseball
22 Joe DiMaggio Baseball
34 Lou Gehrig Baseball
37 Mickey Mantle Baseball
42 Sandy Koufax Baseball
56 Pete Rose Baseball
60 Walter Johnson Baseball
61 Stan Musial Baseball
63 Satchel Paige Baseball
67 Bob Gibson Baseball
71 Roberto Clemente Baseball
72 Bo Jackson Football, baseball DUPLICATE
73 Josh Gibson Baseball
74 Deion Sanders Football, baseball DUPLICATE
77 Cy Young Baseball
83 Honus Wagner Baseball
89 Rogers Hornsby Baseball
Basketball 11 Athletes
1 Michael Jordan Basketball
13 Wilt Chamberlain Basketball
17 Magic Johnson Basketball
18 Bill Russell Basketball
26 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Basketball
30 Larry Bird Basketball
36 Oscar Robertson Basketball
43 Julius Erving Basketball
58 Elgin Baylor Basketball
62 Jerry West Basketball
94 Bob Cousy Basketball
Ice hockey 6 Athletes
5 Wayne Gretzky Ice hockey
21 Gordie Howe Ice hockey
31 Bobby Orr Ice hockey
55 Mario Lemieux Ice hockey
82 Bobby Hull Ice hockey
85 Maurice Richard Ice hockey
Boxing 7 Athletes
3 Muhammad Ali Boxing
11 Joe Louis Boxing
24 Sugar Ray Robinson Boxing
51 Rocky Marciano Boxing
52 Jack Dempsey Boxing
87 Henry Armstrong Boxing
100 Jack Johnson Boxing
Olympic sports 16 Athletes - 12 Track and Field & 2 Swimming/Diving & 2 Speed Skating
6 Jesse Owens Track and field
7 Jim Thorpe baseball, football, and track and field.
10 Babe Zaharias Track and field, Golf
12 Carl Lewis Track and field
23 Jackie Joyner-Kersee Track and field
33 Mark Spitz Swimming
41 Wilma Rudolph Track and field
46 Eric Heiden Speed skating, cycling
47 Edwin Moses Track and field
53 Rafer Johnson Track and field
54 Greg Louganis Diving
68 Al Oerter Track and field
69 Bonnie Blair Speed skating
78 Bob Mathias Track and field
91 Bob Beamon Track and field
96 Michael Johnson Track and field
Golf 6 Athletes
9 Jack Nicklaus Golf
10 Babe Zaharias Track and field, Golf
29 Arnold Palmer Golf
38 Ben Hogan Golf
44 Bobby Jones Golf
99 Sam Snead Golf
Tennis 8 Athletes
19 Martina Navratilova Tennis
45 Bill Tilden Tennis
48 Pete Sampras Tennis
50 Chris Evert Tennis
59 Billie Jean King Tennis
65 Althea Gibson Tennis,
81 Jimmy Connors Tennis
98 Don Budge Tennis
Horse racing 5 Athletes
35 Secretariat Horse racing
57 Bill Shoemaker Horse racing
66 Eddie Arcaro Horse racing
84 Man o' War Horse racing
97 Citation Horse racing
Auto racing 3 Athletes
80 A. J. Foyt Auto racing
90 Richard Petty Auto racing
92 Mario Andretti Auto racing
Episodes divided by Sport in chronological order
Football 20 Athletes
Jerry Rice – Football (1985–2004)
Deion Sanders – Football (1989–2005)
Joe Montana – Football (1979–1994)
Dan Marino – Football (1983–1999)
Lawrence Taylor – Football (1981–1993)
Bo Jackson – Football (1987–1990)
Barry Sanders – Football (1989–1998)
Walter Payton – Football (1975–1987)
O. J. Simpson – Football (1969–1979)
Joe Namath – Football (1965–1977)
Dick Butkus – Football (1965–1973)
Johnny Unitas – Football (1956–1973)
Gale Sayers – Football (1965–1971)
George Blanda – Football (1949–1975)
Jim Brown – Football (1957–1965)
Otto Graham – Football (1946–1955)
Sammy Baugh – Football (1937–1952)
Don Hutson – Football (1935–1945)
Red Grange – Football (1925–1934)
Jim Thorpe – Football (1915–1928)
Baseball 23 Athletes
Deion Sanders – Baseball (1989–2001)
Bo Jackson – Baseball (1986–1994)
Pete Rose – Baseball (1963–1986)
Hank Aaron – Baseball (1954–1976)
Willie Mays – Baseball (1951–1973)
Roberto Clemente – Baseball (1955–1972)
Bob Gibson – Baseball (1959–1975)
Mickey Mantle – Baseball (1951–1968)
Sandy Koufax – Baseball (1955–1966)
Stan Musial – Baseball (1941–1963)
Ted Williams – Baseball (1939–1960)
Jackie Robinson – Baseball (1947–1956)
Joe DiMaggio – Baseball (1936–1951)
Satchel Paige – Baseball (1948–1953 MLB; Negro Leagues before)
Lou Gehrig – Baseball (1923–1939)
Babe Ruth – Baseball (1914–1935)
Rogers Hornsby – Baseball (1915–1937)
Josh Gibson – Baseball (1930–1946 Negro Leagues)
Ty Cobb – Baseball (1905–1928)
Walter Johnson – Baseball (1907–1927)
Jim Thorpe – Baseball (1913–1919)
Honus Wagner – Baseball (1897–1917)
Cy Young – Baseball (1890–1911)
Basketball 11 Athletes
Michael Jordan – Basketball (1984–1993, 1995–1998, 2001–2003)
Magic Johnson – Basketball (1979–1991, 1996)
Larry Bird – Basketball (1979–1992)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Basketball (1969–1989)
Julius Erving – Basketball (1971–1987; NBA 1976–1987)
Oscar Robertson – Basketball (1960–1974)
Jerry West – Basketball (1960–1974)
Wilt Chamberlain – Basketball (1959–1973)
Elgin Baylor – Basketball (1958–1971)
Bill Russell – Basketball (1956–1969)
Bob Cousy – Basketball (1950–1963, brief return 1969–1970)
Ice hockey 6 Athletes
Mario Lemieux – Ice hockey (1984–1997, 2000–2006)
Wayne Gretzky – Ice hockey (1979–1999)
Gordie Howe – Ice hockey (1946–1971, NHL return 1979–1980)
Bobby Hull – Ice hockey (1957–1980 NHL/WHA; NHL career 1957–1972, NHL return 1979–1980)
Bobby Orr – Ice hockey (1966–1978)
Maurice Richard – Ice hockey (1942–1960)
Boxing 7 Athletes
Muhammad Ali – Boxing (1960–1981)
Sugar Ray Robinson – Boxing (1940–1965, with breaks)
Rocky Marciano – Boxing (1947–1955)
Joe Louis – Boxing (1934–1951)
Henry Armstrong – Boxing (1931–1945)
Jack Dempsey – Boxing (1914–1927)
Jack Johnson – Boxing (1897–1931)
Olympic sports 16 Athletes - 12 Track and Field & 2 Swimming/Diving & 2 Speed Skating
Michael Johnson – Track and field (1996, 2000 Olympics; retired 2001)
Bonnie Blair – Speed skating (1984–1994 Olympics; retired 1995)
Greg Louganis – Diving (1976, 1984, 1988 Olympics; retired 1988)
Jackie Joyner-Kersee – Track and field (1984–2000 Olympics; retired 2001)
Carl Lewis – Track and field (1984–1996 Olympics; retired 1997)
Edwin Moses – Track and field (1976–1988 Olympics; retired 1989)
Eric Heiden – Speed skating (1980 Olympics), cycling (1985 retired from pro cycling)
Mark Spitz – Swimming (1968, 1972 Olympics; retired 1972)
Al Oerter – Track and field (1956–1968 Olympics; attempted comeback 1980)
Wilma Rudolph – Track and field (1956, 1960 Olympics; retired 1962)
Rafer Johnson – Track and field (1956, 1960 Olympics; retired 1960)
Bob Mathias – Track and field (1948, 1952 Olympics; retired 1952)
Babe Zaharias – Track and field (1932 Olympics; golf career until 1956 death)
Bob Beamon – Track and field (1968 Olympics; retired early 1970s)
Jesse Owens – Track and field (1936 Olympics; retired late 1930s)
Jim Thorpe – Track and field (1912 Olympics; pro sports career into late 1920s)
Golf 6 Athletes
Jack Nicklaus – Golf (PGA Tour wins 1962–1986, last Masters cut made 1998, final Open 2005)
Arnold Palmer – Golf (PGA Tour wins 1955–1973, played Champions Tour into 2006)
Sam Snead – Golf (PGA Tour wins 1936–1965, played in majors into 1983)
Ben Hogan – Golf (PGA Tour wins 1938–1959, played in majors until early 1970s)
Babe Zaharias – Golf (LPGA 1947–1955, career ended with illness; died 1956)
Bobby Jones – Golf (amateur career 1916–1930; retired 1930)
Tennis 8 Athletes
Martina Navratilova – Tennis (1975–2006, briefly played doubles afterward)
Pete Sampras – Tennis (1988–2002, briefly played 2008 exhibition)
Jimmy Connors – Tennis (1970–1996, some lower-level events after)
Chris Evert – Tennis (1971–1989)
Billie Jean King – Tennis (1966–1983)
Althea Gibson – Tennis (1950–1958, amateur and pro tours)
Bill Tilden – Tennis (1912–1947, amateur and pro tours)
Don Budge – Tennis (1932–1946, amateur and some pro tours)
Horse racing 5 Athletes
Secretariat – Horse racing (1972–1973)
Citation – Horse racing (1947–1951)
Bill Shoemaker – Horse racing (1949–1990)
Eddie Arcaro – Horse racing (1934–1962)
Man o’ War – Horse racing (1919–1920)
Auto racing 3 Athletes
Mario Andretti – Auto racing (1965–2006, retired from professional racing)
Richard Petty – Auto racing (1958–1992)
A. J. Foyt – Auto racing (1957–1997)
Also See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SportsCentury