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Established 1988. Their former website has become a domain park, though.

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Alvin Attles
Basketball
7-Nov-1936   Warriors Head Coach, 1970-83
Rick Barry
Basketball
28-Mar-1944   NBA Hall of Famer
Yogi Berra
Baseball
12-May-1925   New York Yankee malapropist
Angelo Bertelli
Football
18-Jun-1921 26-Jun-1999 Winner, 1943 Heisman Trophy
Bill Bradley
Politician
28-Jul-1943   US Senator from New Jersey, 1979-97
Rosey Brown
Football
20-Oct-1932 9-Jun-2004 NY Giants, Hall of Famer
Frank R. Burns
Football
c. 1927   Rutgers Head Coach, 1973-83
Dick Button
Figure Skating
18-Jul-1929   Olympic figure skater
Pete Carril
Basketball
10-Jul-1930   Princeton Head Coach, 1967-96
Harry Carson
Football
26-Nov-1953   NY Giants Linebacker, Hall of Famer
Lou Creekmur
Football
22-Jan-1927 5-Jul-2009 Detroit Lions, Hall of Famer
Bob Davies
Basketball
15-Jan-1920 22-Apr-1990 Rochester Royals, Hall of Famer
Larry Doby
Baseball
13-Dec-1923 18-Jun-2003 First African-American in AL
Althea Gibson
Tennis
25-Aug-1927 28-Sep-2003 First black woman to win Wimbledon
Goose Goslin
Baseball
16-Oct-1900 15-May-1971 MLB Hall of Famer
Rosey Grier
Football
14-Jul-1932   LA Rams All-Pro defensive lineman
Marvin Hagler
Boxing
23-May-1954   Retired boxing champ, lives in Italy
Franco Harris
Football
7-Mar-1950   Pittsburgh Steelers RB
Tom Heinsohn
Basketball
26-Aug-1934   Boston Celtics Head Coach, 1969-78
Monte Irvin
Baseball
25-Feb-1919   Negro Leagues player, MLB Hall of Famer
Dick Kazmaier
Football
23-Nov-1930   Winner, 1951 Heisman Trophy
Carl Lewis
Track and Field
1-Jul-1961   Olympian
Vince Lombardi
Football
11-Jun-1913 3-Sep-1970 Winning isn't everything, It's the only thing
Wellington Mara
Football
14-Aug-1916 25-Oct-2005 Owns the New York Giants
Jack McKeon
Baseball
23-Nov-1930   Former Manager, Florida Marlins
Joe Medwick
Baseball
24-Nov-1911 21-Mar-1975 MLB Hall of Famer
Debbie Meyer
Swimmer
14-Aug-1952   Olympic freestyle swimmer
Renaldo Nehemiah
Track and Field
24-Mar-1959   Hurdles
Don Newcombe
Baseball
14-Jun-1926   First African-American pitcher in MLB
Bill Parcells
Football
22-Aug-1941   The Big Tuna
Pelé
Soccer
23-Oct-1940   Brazil's greatest soccer player
Willis Reed
Basketball
25-Jun-1942   NBA Hall of Famer
Jim Ringo
Football
21-Nov-1931 19-Nov-2007 NFL Hall of Famer
Phil Rizzuto
Baseball
25-Sep-1916 14-Aug-2007 American League MVP, 1950
Paul Robeson
Singer
9-Apr-1898 23-Jan-1976 20th Century renaissance man
Phil Simms
Football
3-Nov-1955   Former NY Giants QB
David J. Stern
Basketball
22-Sep-1942   Commissioner of the NBA
Paul Tagliabue
Football
24-Nov-1940   Commissioner of the NFL, 1989-2006
Lawrence Taylor
Football
4-Feb-1959   NFL Hall of Famer
Joe Theismann
Football
9-Sep-1949   Washington Redskins QB
Bobby Thomson
Baseball
25-Oct-1923 16-Aug-2010 1951 home run brought Giants to the Series
Alex Wojciechowicz
Football
12-Aug-1915 13-Jul-1992 NFL Hall of Famer


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