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Shane Gould

Born: Nov. 23, 1956Australian swimmer set world records in 5 different women's freestyle events between July 1971 and Jan. 1972; won 3 gold medals, a silver and bronze in 1972 Olympics then retired…

Max Hirsch

Born: July 30, 1880Horse racing trained 1,933 winners from 1908-68; won Triple Crown with Assault in 1946.Died: Apr. 3, 1969

Mike Ilitch

Born: July 20, 1929Baseball and Hockey owner owns Little Caesar's, the international pizza chain; bought Detroit Red Wings of NHL for $8 million in 1982 and AL Detroit Tigers for $85 million in…

Jackie Jensen

Born: Mar. 9, 1927Football RB and Baseball OF All-America at California in 1948; American League MVP with Boston Red Sox in 1958.Died: July 14, 1982

Suzanne Lenglen

Born: May 24, 1899French tennis player dominated women's tennis from 1919-26; won both Wimbledon and French singles titles 6 times.Died: July 4, 1938

Del Miller

Born: July 5, 1913Harness racing driver, trainer, owner, breeder, seller and track owner; drove to 2,441 wins from 1929-90.Died: Aug. 19, 1996

Grantland Rice

Born: Nov. 1, 1880First celebrated American sportswriter chronicled the Golden Age of Sport in 1920s; immortalized Notre Dame's “Four Horsemen.”Died: July 13, 1954

Juan Antonio Samaranch

Born: July 17, 1920president of International Olympic Committee (1980-2001) the native of Barcelona was re-elected in 1996 after IOC's move in '95 to bump membership age limit to 80; replaced by…

Lasse Viren

Born: July 22, 1949Finnish runner won gold medals at 5,000 and 10,000 meters in 1972 Munich Olympics; repeated 5,000/10,000 double in 1976 Games and added a fifth place finish in the marathon.

Leroy Burrell

Born: Feb. 21, 1967Track & Field set former world record of 9.85 in 100 meters, July 6, 1994; previously held record (9.90) in 1991; member of 4 world record-breaking 4x100m relay teams.