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Lee Calhoun

Lee CalhounBorn: Feb. 23, 1933Track & Field won consecutive Olympic gold medals in the 110m hurdles (1956,60).Died: June 22, 1989Frank CalderA - CWalter Camp

Lee Evans

Lee EvansBorn: Feb. 25, 1947Track & Field dominant quarter-miler in world from 1966-72; world record in 400m set at 1968 Olympics stood 20 years.Janet EvansD - FChris Evert

Lee MacPhail

Lee MacPhailBorn: Oct. 25, 1917Baseball AL president (1974-83); president of owners' Player Relations Committee (1984-85); also GM of Baltimore (1959-65) and NY Yankees (1967-74); son of…

Lee Smith

Lee SmithBorn: Dec. 4, 1957Baseball RHP 3-time NL saves leader (1983,91-92); retired as all-time saves leader with 478 and an ERA of 3.03; 10 seasons with 30 or more saves and 3 times saved…

Lee Trevino

Lee TrevinoBorn: Dec. 1, 1939Golfer 2-time winner of 3 majors—U.S. Open (1968, 71), British Open 1971-72) and PGA (1974,84); Player of Year once on PGA Tour (1971) and 3 times with Seniors…

Lee Elder

Lee Elder Born: July 14, 1934Golf   in 1975, became the first Black golfer to play in the Masters Tournament; also played in the 1977 Masters; member of the 1979 U.S. Ryder Cup team; played in…

Jeanette Lee

Jeanette LeeBorn: July 9, 1971Billiards known as “The Black Widow”; won the 1994 Women's Professional Billiards Assoc. (WPBA) National Championship and vaulted to the No. 1 women's player in…

Sammy Lee

Sammy LeeBorn: Aug. 1, 1920Diving won Olympic gold medals for U.S. in the platform diving event in 1948 and 1952, the first male diver in history to win 2 golds in that event; Sullivan Award…

Jackson, Stonewall

(Encyclopedia) Jackson, Stonewall (Thomas Jonathan Jackson), 1824–63, Confederate general, b. Clarksburg, Va. (now W.Va.), grad. West Point, 1846. With the diversion in the Shenandoah Valley a…

Bull Run

(Encyclopedia) Bull Run, small stream, NE Va., c.30 mi (50 km) SW of Washington, D.C. Two important battles of the Civil War were fought there: the first on July 21, 1861, and the second Aug. 29–30,…