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1983–
Antwon Toritseju Hicks (born 12 March 1983) is an American/Nigerian track and field hurdler who competes in the 110-meter hurdles. He was the gold medallist in that event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – the first American to win that…
1970–2023
Antwun Echols (December 4, 1970 – July 2, 2023) was an American boxer who was a world middleweight contender throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s. His hometown was Davenport, Iowa.
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Anucha Browne is an American former women's basketball player and a former executive for the New York Knicks team of the NBA. She is also known for winning a sexual harassment lawsuit that she filed against the former New York Knicks general manager Isiah…
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Anwar Hared (born November 17, 1996) is a Somali-Canadian ice hockey and bandy player. He played in the 2014 Bandy World Championship and scored the first ever goal for the Somalia team, scoring two in total goals. Hared was also included in the Somalia…
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Anyika Onuora (born 28 October 1984) is a British retired sprint track and field athlete who competed in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 400 metres, and also the 4 × 100 metres relay and 4 × 400 metres relay. Specialising in the short sprints and sprint…
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Sesugh Isaac Uhaa (born August 22, 1987) is an American professional wrestler. He is performing as a freelancer under the ring name Uhaa Nation. He is best known for his tenure in WWE under the ring name Apollo Crews.
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April Denise Jace (née Laune; May 6, 1974 – May 19, 2014) was an American masters track and field athlete who ran in sprinting competitions. She was the 2011 world champion in the women's over-35 4 × 100 meters relay.
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Aquil Hashim Abdullah (born Aquil ibn Michael X. Shumate; June 20, 1973) is an American rower who was the first African-American male to qualify for the Summer Olympics in the sport of rowing.
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Thomas James Ballester (born September 5, 1987), better known by his ring name AR Fox, is an American professional wrestler and trainer. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and its sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH), where he is a former one-time…
June 30, 1909
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn Arbeidernes TIF (Workers' Gymnastics and Sports Association) medal owned by Eulace Peacock. The gold toned medal is shield shaped, and is hanging from a bar by two (2) chains. The medal consists of gold toned bar pin with a “C” clasp closure holding a…
June 30, 1909
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn Arbeidernes TIF (Workers' Gymnastics and Sports Association) medal owned by Eulace Peacock. The gold toned medal is shield shaped, and is hanging from a bar by two (2) chains. The medal consists of gold toned bar pin with a “C” clasp closure holding a…
1939–2024
Archie Lee Cooley Jr. (March 18, 1939 – April 18, 2024) was an American college football coach. He served as the head football coach at Mississippi Valley State University from 1980 to 1986, University of Arkansas–Pine Bluff from 1987 to 1991, Norfolk…
1967–
Archie Ray Corbin (born December 30, 1967) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He attended Beaumont-Charlton-Pollard HS. Archie came into the league without any college experience. He played for the Kansas City Royals in 1991, Baltimore Orioles in…
1918–1965
Archie Haggie Harris Jr. (July 3, 1918 – October 29, 1965) was an American world-record-setting discus thrower and football player. Raised in Ocean City, New Jersey, Harris graduated in 1937 from Ocean City High School. As an Indiana University…
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Archie Moore (born Archibald Lee Wright; December 13, 1913 – December 9, 1998) was an American professional boxer and the longest reigning World Light Heavyweight Champion of all time (1952 – 1962). He had one of the longest professional careers in the…
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Archie Virgil Ware (June 19, 1918 – December 13, 1990) was an American first baseman in Negro league baseball. He played between 1942 and 1952. In between, Ware played winter ball in Venezuela with the Navegantes del Magallanes club in the 1947–48 season,…
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Archie Franklin Williams (May 1, 1915 – June 24, 1993) was an American U.S. Air Force officer, athlete, and teacher. He was the winner of the 400 meter run at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
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Aretha Thurmond, née Hill (born August 14, 1976) is an American discus thrower. Her personal best distance is 65.86 metres (216.1 ft), achieved in March 2004 in Marietta. Thurmond is a 1994 graduate of Renton High School and in 1998 she graduated from the…
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Ariana Washington (born August 27, 1996) is an American sprinter specializing in the 100 m and 200 m. She represented the United States in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and earned a gold medal at the 2017 World…
1994–
Ariel Daniel Lassiter Acuña (born 27 September 1994) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club Portland Timbers and the Costa Rica national team.
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Ariel Meredith (born July 11, 1986) is an American model who appeared in the 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, she did some part-time modeling starting in 1998 until she finished her schooling.
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Aries Merritt (born July 24, 1985) is an American track and field athlete who specialized in the 110 metre hurdles. Until June 2026, he held the world record in that event with a time of 12.80 s set on September 7, 2012. He won the gold medal in the 110…
ca. 1988
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGTwo arm shields worn by Seba Johnson in the 1988 and/or 1992 Winter Olympics. The green plastic arm shields have blue nylon and Velcro straps. [Invicta] is printed in red text with white background on the exterior side of shields. The interior is a gray…
ca. 2016-2018
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA neon green visual effects arm sleeve worn by Simone Missick as the character Misty Knight on the episode 'Wig Out' (203) of Marvel’s television series “Luke Cage.” This bright green visual effects arm-sleeve is part of Misty’s boxing and worn on…
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