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1970–
Jillian Toney (born 13 November 1970) is an English karateka. She is the winner of multiple European Karate Championships and World Karate Championships Karate medals. Her twin sister is Julliet Toney.
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Jimmie Lee Ard (born September 19, 1948) is an American former professional basketball player.
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James Blair Bibby (October 29, 1944 – February 16, 2010) was an American Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. During a 12-year baseball career, he pitched from 1972 to 1984 with the St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers, Cleveland Indians, and…
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James R. Bowie (born February 17, 1965) is a Japanese-American former professional baseball first baseman. He played for the Oakland Athletics during the 1994 season.
1951–
James Turner Brewer (born December 3, 1951) is an American former professional National Basketball Association (NBA) player. Brewer was the first notable player to come out of Proviso East High School, which has one of the most successful high school…
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James Nathaniel Brown (February 17, 1936 – May 18, 2023) was an American professional football player, civil rights activist, and actor. He played as a fullback for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL) from 1957 to 1965. Widely…
1999
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn image of Jim Brown in New York City in 1999. The portrait of Brown is from the waist up. He is wearing a knit cap and jacket with a pin on the proper left side. Underneath the portrait in the bottom left corner is Jim Brown's signature.
1968–
James Edward Byrd (born October 3, 1968) is an American former Major League Baseball player. He batted and threw right-handed. The Boston Red Sox selected Byrd in the eighth round of the 1987 MLB draft out of Seminole State College. He had a brief major…
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James Caldwell (born January 16, 1955) is an American football coach who previously served as the head coach of the Indianapolis Colts from 2009 to 2011 and Detroit Lions from 2014 to 2017. As an assistant coach, Caldwell was the assistant head coach and…
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James Mitchell Cleamons (born September 13, 1949) is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA), with the Los Angeles Lakers, Cleveland Cavaliers, New York Knicks, and Washington Bullets. In the 1975–76…
1918–2002
James Clarence Cohen (May 26, 1918 – April 23, 2002), nicknamed "Fireball", was an American Negro league pitcher in the 1940s and 1950s. A native of Evergreen, Alabama, Cohen served in the US Army at Camp Lee, Virginia, during World War II. He made his…
1920–2010
James "Fireball" Colzie (July 12, 1920 – March 23, 2010) was an American Negro league baseball pitcher. He played mostly for the Indianapolis Clowns and the Atlanta Black Crackers. He served in the United States Army during World War II. On July 20, 1947,…
1920–1961
James Thomas Elam (June 6, 1920 – February 4, 1961) was an American professional baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues. A native of Midlothian, Virginia, Elam played with the Newark Eagles in 1943. He served in the US Army during World War II, and died in…
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James William "Junior" Gilliam (October 17, 1928 – October 8, 1978) was an American second baseman, third baseman, and coach in Negro league and Major League Baseball.
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James Edward Hicks (May 18, 1940 – October 29, 2020) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder and first baseman from 1964 to 1970 and in the Nippon Professional Baseball league from 1973 to 1974.
1946–
James Webster Hill (born October 21, 1946) is an American sportscaster and former professional football player who is the lead sports anchor and sports director at KCBS-TV in Los Angeles. He played as a defensive back in the National Football League (NFL).
1928–1991
James Hillyer (March 23, 1928 – February 19, 1991) was an American football coach. He was the 11th head football coach at Prairie View A&M University in Prairie View, Texas and he held that position for the 1971 season. His record at Prairie View was 3–7.…
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James Ray Hines (September 10, 1946 – June 3, 2023) was an American track and field athlete and National Football League (NFL) player, who held the 100-meter world record for 15 years. In 1968, he became the first man to officially break the 10-second…
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James William Holt (May 27, 1944 – March 29, 2019) was an American professional baseball player. An outfielder and first baseman, he was drafted by the Kansas City Athletics in 1965, but his career was delayed by service in the Vietnam War.
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James Wilson Jeffcoat Jr. (born April 1, 1961) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys and Buffalo Bills. He played college football for the Arizona State Sun…
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"Battling" Jim Johnson (September 2, 1887 – November 1, 1918) was an American boxer who fought as a heavyweight from 1908 to 1918. He had little success and lost with great frequency to top boxers such as Sam Langford, Joe Jeanette, Sam McVey, Harry Wills…
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James Ray Jones (May 6, 1935 – October 5, 1982) was an American professional football player who was a defensive back for one season with the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Rams in the third round of the 1958…
1935–2016
Jim Morris (August 31, 1935 – January 28, 2016) was an American bodybuilder known for winning competitions over a thirty-year career. Among the titles Morris won are: Mr. USA (1972), AAU Mr.
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James Edward “Jim” Pendleton (January 7, 1924 — March 20, 1996) was an African American professional baseball player, an outfielder in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1953 and 1962. He played for the Milwaukee Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati…
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