Meet athletes and pioneers, and explore the objects that tell their stories.
8,756 matching cards · 24 cards per page
Loading image…1948–
Marilyn Bevans is an American former marathon runner. She became the first sub-three-hour, African-American female marathon runner, and the first national-class black female American marathoner. Bevans came in second place at the 1973 Maryland Marathon…
1984–
Marilyn Chinwenwa Okoro (born 23 September 1984, in London) is a British track and field athlete. She finished third in the 800 metres at both the 2007 and 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final. She was on the bronze winning 4 × 400 m relay at the 2007 World…
Loading image…1957–2020
Mário José dos Reis Emiliano (23 May 1957 – 15 June 2020), commonly known as Marinho, was a Brazilian professional footballer and assistant manager of Bangu. He played as a right winger. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Loading image…1934–2020
Marino H. "The Godfather" Casem (June 23, 1934 – April 25, 2020) was an American college football coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Alabama State University (1963), Alcorn State University (1964–1985), and Southern…
Loading image…1985–
Mario Rigby is a Canadian-Turks and Caicos Islander adventure explorer, author, speaker, and former professional track and field athlete currently based in Toronto, ON. From 2015 to 2017, he completed an epic two year long walk across Africa, from Cape…
1972–2019
Mário Sabino Júnior (23 September 1972 – 25 October 2019) was a Brazilian judoka, who won the gold medal in the half heavyweight division (–100 kg) at the 2003 Pan American Games. In the final he defeated Canada's Nicolas Gill. He represented his native…
1939–2025
Marion Ossie Blackburn (July 31, 1939 – April 4, 2025) was an American entrepreneur and tennis professional.
1966–
Marion Eugene Hobby Jr. (born November 7, 1966) is an American football coach who currently serves as the defensive line coach for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). Prior to that, he was the defensive line coach for the…
Loading image…1975–
Marion Lois Jones (born October 12, 1975), married Marion Jones-Thompson, is an American former world champion track-and-field athlete and former professional basketball player. She won three gold medals and two bronze medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in…
1994–
Marissa Kurtimah (born May 25, 1994 in Songo, Sierra Leone) is a Sierra Leone-Canadian track and field athlete competing in the sprint events, predominantly the 100m event. Kurtimah fled her country of birth (due to the civil war) in 2002 at 8 years old…
Loading image…1960–
Marita Payne-Wiggins (born October 7, 1960) is a Canadian former track and field athlete who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics. She is the co-Canadian record holder in the 400 metres, along with Jillian Richardson, and previously held the…
Loading image…1981–
Maritza Correia (born December 23, 1981), also known by her married name Maritza McClendon, is a former Olympic swimmer from Puerto Rico who swam representing the United States. When she qualified for the U.S. Olympic team in 2004, she became the first…
1947–
Marjorie Bailey (née Turner; born 21 November 1947) is a Canadian sprinter. At the 1976 Summer Olympics she competed in the women's 100 metres and 200 metres. She made the semi-final round in both events.
Loading image…1959–
Mark Anthony Aguirre (born 1959) is an American former professional basketball player. After three years at DePaul University, he was selected first overall by the Dallas Mavericks in the 1981 NBA draft.
1968–
Mark Wayne Alleyne (born 23 May 1968) is an English cricket coach and former first-class cricketer who made ten One Day International appearances for England between 1998/99 and 2000/01. He is the head coach at Gloucestershire County Cricket Club. Classed…
1973–2006
Mark Anthony Graham (May 17, 1973, in Gordon Town, Jamaica – September 4, 2006, in Panjwaii, Kandahar, Afghanistan) was a Canadian Olympic athlete and soldier who died while participating in Operation Medusa during the NATO mission in Afghanistan.
Loading image…1994–
Mark-Anthony Kaye (born 2 December 1994) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for USL Championship club Sacramento Republic FC and the Canada national team.
1977–
Mark Boswell (born July 28, 1977) is a Canadian high jumper, who won a total number of six national titles in the men's high jump event. Boswell was born in Mandeville, Jamaica and grew up in Brampton, Ontario. Boswell attended the University of Texas at…
Loading image…1956–2024
Mark Allen Bradley (December 3, 1956 – December 30, 2024) was an American professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets from 1981 to 1983.
Loading image…1963–
Mark Anthony Breland (born May 11, 1963) is an American boxing trainer. As an amateur, he was a gold medal winner at the 1984 Summer Olympics, with a 110-1 record as an amateur and is regarded among the greatest amateur fighters ever. He competed as a…
1962–
Mark Abraham Bright (born 6 June 1962) is an English sports correspondent and former footballer. Born to a Gambian father and English mother, he was adopted into a foster family in Stoke-on-Trent at an early age. He played non-League football for local…
1958–
Mark Brown (born 18 December 1958) is a Welsh former rugby union international player. He was the first Black Welsh person to represent the Wales national rugby union team.
Loading image…1972–
Mark Alan Butcher (born 23 August 1972) is an English cricket commentator and former English Test cricketer, who played county cricket for Surrey from 1992 until his retirement in 2009. He was a left-handed batsman, and occasional right-arm medium-pace…
Loading image…1981–
Mark Calderwood (born 25 October 1981) is an English former professional rugby league footballer. An England international representative winger, he has played in the Super League for the Leeds Rhinos, (with whom he won 2004's Super League IX), the Wigan…
Biographies, museum objects and archive records are distinct card types. Every card links to its historical source.
