Spencer Gore was among the twenty-two men who paid a guinea to enter the inaugural 1877 Wimbledon Championship. He won the Gentleman's Singles (the only event held that year) beating William Marshall 6-1, 6-2, 6-4.

Martin Johnson is best known for captaining England to victory in the 2003 Rugby World Cup. He is regarded as one of the greatest locks ever to have played the game.

In a 1990 game against the Seattle Seahawks, Derrick Thomas sacked quarterback Dave Krieg seven times.

Tony Dorsett (1977), Eric Dickerson (1983), and Adrian Peterson (2007) all won Offensive Rookie of the Year honors.

In 2002, it was as if the Indianapolis Colts were playing "Madden" and only throwing passes to Marvin Harrison to boost his stats to otherworldly levels. Harrison finished the season with 143 receptions for 1,722 yards. His next-closest competitor that season was Hines Ward who had 31 fewer catches.

LaVar Arrington was selected 2nd overall, followed by Brian Urlacher (9th overall), Sebastian Janikowski (17th overall), and Tom Brady (199th overall).

Rogers spent seven years in the minor leagues before making it to the Rangers in 1989 as a reliever. He became a starting pitcher for the club in 1993.

Pappas pitched only three games in the minor leagues before being called up by the Baltimore Orioles. He made his Major League debut on August 10, 1957 in relief against the New York Yankees.

New York Giants linebackers Harry Carson, Brad Van Pelt, Lawrence Taylor, and Brian Kelley invented their own moniker, then created a company, The Board of Dewreckers, whose sole product was a 16x20-inch color poster of the four players on a bulldozer, wearing hard hats and looking mean.

Terrell Owens set the NFL record in 2000 as a member of the San Francisco 49ers when he caught 20 passes against the Chicago Bears. Owens broke the long-standing mark of Los Angeles Rams Hall of Fame wide receiver Tom Fears who had 18 catches against the Green Bay Packers in a game in 1950.