Famous American Athletes

Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) (born 1942) - Boxing

• Muhammad Ali's Website
• Time 100
• Gale: Black History Month

Lance Armstrong (born 1971) - Bicycling

• Lance Armstrong's Website

Lou Gehrig (1903-1941) - Baseball

• Lou Gehrig Official Website
• National Baseball Hall of Fame
• Lou Gehrig: The Iron Horse
• ESPN: Gehrig legacy one of irony

Jackie Robinson (1919-1972) - Baseball

• Time 100: Jackie Robinson
• Baseball, the Color Line, and Jackie Robinson
• Jackie Robinson Foundation
• National Baseball Hall of Fame
• ESPN: Jackie changed face of sports

Babe Ruth (1895-1948) - Baseball

• Official Babe Ruth Website
• National Baseball Hall of Fame
• ESPN: Lovable Ruth was everyone's Babe