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Simeon Jackson

1987–

Simeon Alexander Jackson (born March 28, 1987) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a forward for A.F.C. Sudbury. He has spent the majority of his career playing in England, relocating from Mississauga, Ontario, to South London as a teenager to pursue…

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Simeon Woods Richardson

2000–

Simeon Woods Richardson (born September 27, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Seattle Mariners organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins and Toronto Blue Jays. He played for the…

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Simi Awujo

2003–

Simisola Feyishayo Awujo (Yoruba: [sìmísólá fèjíʃàjɔ̀ àwùd͡ʒɔ̀]; born September 23, 2003) is a soccer player who plays as a midfielder for English Women's Super League club Manchester United. Born in the United States and a former United States under-17…

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Simisola Shittu

1999–

Oluwasimisola "Simisola" Shittu (born 7 November 1999) is a British-born Canadian professional basketball player for Ratiopharm Ulm of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). He played college basketball for the Vanderbilt Commodores. He was one of the top-ranked…

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Simon Brown

1983–

Simon Alexander Brown (born 18 September 1983) is an English footballer who plays for Chasetown as a midfielder. He started his career with West Bromwich Albion and was loaned out to Kidderminster Harriers twice in League Two, before joining Mansfield…

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Simon Clarke

1971–

Simon Nathan Clarke (born 23 September 1971) is an English former footballer who played, as a left midfielder.

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Simon Dawkins

1987–

Simon Jonathan Dawkins (born 1 December 1987) is a Jamaican retired professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or winger. Born in England, he represented the Jamaica national team. Recently, he was the interim head coach for Monterey Bay…

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Simon Ford

1981–

Simon Gary Ford (born 17 November 1981) is a former professional footballer who played as a defender from 2001 to 2013. Having started his career with Charlton Athletic as a youngster, he transferred to Grimsby Town in 2001. He moved on to Bristol Rovers…

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Simon Gourdine

1940–2012

Simon Peter Gourdine (July 30, 1940 – August 16, 2012) was an American sports executive who was the deputy commissioner of the National Basketball Association from 1974 to 1982 and executive director of the National Basketball Players Association from 1995…

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Simon Peddie

1981–

Simon Peddie (born 5 January 1981) is a footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder. He represented the Montserrat national team in 2014.

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Simon Zebo

1990–

Simon Zebo (born 16 March 1990) is an Irish former rugby union player who played as a wing or fullback for clubs Munster and Racing 92 and for Ireland and the British and Irish Lions.

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Simone Biles

1997–

Biles has redefined gymnastics with technically unprecedented skills, winning numerous Olympic and world titles while advocating for athlete mental health.

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Simone Charley

1995–

Simone Naomi Charley (born February 4, 1995) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Chicago Stars FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). A former two-sport athlete, Charley competed in soccer and track and field at…

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Simone Manuel

1996–

Simone Ashley Manuel (born August 2, 1996) is an American professional swimmer specializing in freestyle events. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, she won two gold and two silver medals: gold in the 100-meter freestyle and the 4×100-meter medley, and silver in the…

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Simpson Charles Younger

1850–1943

Simpson Charles Younger (May 17, 1850 – May 14, 1943) was a baseball player, a soldier in the Union Army during the American Civil War, Civil Rights campaigner, and poet. An African American, he was one of the youngest soldiers to serve in the Union Army…

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Sinbad

1956–

David Adkins (born November 10, 1956), better known by his stage name Sinbad, is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He became known in the 1990s from being featured on his own HBO specials, appearing on several television series, most notably as…

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Sinclair Armstrong

2003–

Sinclair Ntomuchukwu Armstrong (born 22 June 2003) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Süper Lig club Göztepe and the Republic of Ireland national team.

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Siobhan Wilson

1994–

Siobhan Marie Wilson (born 17 May 1994), also known as Shiv Wilson or just Shiv, is a former professional footballer who last played as a defender for Birmingham City. Born and raised in England to a British Jamaican father, she is capped for the Jamaica…

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Sipho Sibiya

1971–

Sipho Sibiya Riopel (born 28 July 1971), also known as Siphos Sibya, is a retired soccer player who is an assistant coach with the Vancouver Whitecaps women's team. Born in South Africa, he represented Canada at international level in futsal and beach soccer.

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Sirak Beyene

1996–

Shirak Beyene (born 20 October 1996 in England) is an Eritrean-English footballer. He is an Eritrea international.

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Sita-Taty Matondo

1984–

Sita-Taty Matondo (born December 28, 1984, in Kinshasa, Zaire) is a Congolese-born Canadian former soccer player who played the majority of his career in Quebec with clubs in the Ligue de Soccer Elite Quebec, USL A-League/First Division, and Canadian…

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Skeeter Barnes

1957–

William Henry "Skeeter" Barnes (born March 7, 1957) is an American former Major League Baseball utility player. He played in MLB for the Cincinnati Reds (1983–1984 and 1989), Montreal Expos (1985), St. Louis Cardinals (1987) and Detroit Tigers (1991–1994).

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Visual Arts

Sketch by Muhammad Ali of his 1967 trial

1967

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A pencil and ink sketch by Muhammad Ali of the courtroom in which he was tried and convicted for failing to report for military duty after being drafted. The scene is drawn in pencil then traced over and filled in with black ink. The judge sits at the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.153.1
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ski boots

Ski boots worn by Seba Johnson

ca. 1988

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Two ski boots worn by Seba Johnson in the 1988 and/or 1992 Winter Olympics. The boots are yellow and black plastic with yellow plastic and metal clasps. The interior are made of synthetic fabric.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.163.8ab
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