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Scans	Name	Description	Information
	Bobby Allison	SP 10"x8"	Born in Miami in 1937. Started racing career as a mechanic. Later became a NASCAR championship driver and was named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers.
	George Archer	SP 5"x8"	George Archer (1939-2005), American golfer, won 12 events on the PGA Tour. Turned professional in 1964. Winner of the Master's Tournament in 1969. Played the U.S. Open and came in 10th in 1969 and 5th in 1971. He was the first man to ever win on the Senior PGA Tour, and won in 19 times between 1989 and 2000. Other wins include the 1968 PGA National Team Championship and the 2000 MasterCard Championship.
	Gary Barnett	SP 5"x8"	Beleaguered coach of the Buffs football team at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Gary Barnett finished 49-38 in seven seasons at CU. The Buffs won a Big 12 Conference championship, four Big 12 North titles and Barnett won two AP Big 12 Coach of the Year honors. He was head coach at Fort Lewis in Durango, Colorado from 1982 to 1983, and in 1984 became assistant coach to CU's Bill McCartney. He was named head coach in 1999. Due to a handful of off-field scandals at the university, including allegations that prospective Buff recruits were lured with alcohol and prostitutes, and other publicized issues, Barnett accepted a $3 million contract settlement, bringing an end to an illustrious career at CU.
	Amanda Beard	SP 5"x8"	American Olympic swimmer, born in California in 1981. Appeared in the 1996 Olympic games at age 14. Won silver medals in the 100 and 200 meter breaststrokes, and a gold medal in the medley relay. She won a bronze medal in the 2000 Olympics in the 200 meter breaststroke. Beard has won 8 U.S. Championship Titles. She is a spokesperson for Defenders of Wildlife.
	Patty Berg	SP 5"x8"	Born in 1918, Berg was a founding member of the Ladies Professional Golf Association, which she played for from the 1940s to the 1960s. She gained national attention when she reached the finals of the US Women's Amateur in 1935. She won the Amateurs title in 1938. She has won 57 events on the LPGA and WPGA tournament circuit. She won the Western Open three times. She was voted Woman Athlete of the Year in 1938, 1942 and 1955. Berg died in September, 2006.
	Bonnie Blair	SP 5"x7"	Bonnie Blair began ice skating at an early age. She gained international fame when she skated the 500 meters at the 1988 Calgary Olympics faster than anyone before her, and was awarded the gold medal for her record time of 39.1. She broke her own record 6 years later when she finished at 38.9. She skated her final Olympics at Lillehammer, Norway in 1994. She also water skis and snow skis.
	Arthur M. Blank	SP 5"x7"	Entrepreneur and co-founder of the Home Depot home improvement centers, which he started with Bernard Marcus in 1978. Born in Queens, NY in 1942. Worked for Handy Dan's home improvement chain prior to starting Home Depot. Owner of the Atlanta Falcons football team.
	Brian Boitano	SP 5"x7"	American figure skater, born in California in 1963. First American to land the triple axel in 1982. Winner of the Battle of the Brains at the Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada in 1988. Won a gold medal at the World Championships in Budapest. He is a six-time World Professional Championships champion, and has been inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame.
	Pat Bowlen	Index Card 3"x5"	Pat Bowlen has spent the last 23 years as the President and CEO of the Denver Broncos football team, becoming majority owner in 1984. The Broncos were Denver's first major league franchise in 1960, and have grown to be one of the powerful forces in the National Football League. They won back-to-back World Championships in 1998, Super Bowl XXXII vs. Green Bay Packers, and 1999, Super Bowl XXXIII vs. Atlanta Falcons. The Denver team was the only AFC franchise to make three Super Bowl appearances in the 1980s. Mr. Bowlen is a trustee of the University of Denver.
	Kenny Brack	SP 8"x10"	Kenny Brack in a native of Sweden. Winner of the Indianapolis 500 in 1999. He has driven for two Indy winners, Bobby Rahal and A.J. Foyt, winning races for both. Drives #15 Pioneer/Miller Lite Honda Dalara for Team Rahal. He has won in the Indy Racing League, Renault Clio Scandanavian circuit and the Barber Saab series. Brack began his professional racing career in the Swedish Formula Three series in 1988.
	Lou Burdette	SP 5"x5"	Selva Lewis Burdette Jr., born in Nitro, WV in 1926. Graduated from the University of Richmond. His career spanned the years 1950 to 1967, and in that time he played for the Yankees, Braves, Cardinals, Phillies, Angels and the Cubs. Died February, 2007.
	Bob Cardenas	SP 5"x8"	Born in Mexico in 1920, Bob Cardenas moved to San Diego at the age of 5. In 1939 he joined the California National Guard, and entered into the aviation cadet program. At the onset of WWII he was sent to Twentynine Palms to establish the U.S. Army Airforces glider training school. He was assigned to the 44th Bomb Group and saw action in England as a fighter pilot. After the war he became a test pilot. In 1947 he was selected as Officer in Charge of the first supersonic flight carried out by Chuck Yeager in the Bell X-1. He was promoted to Brigadier General in 1968, and was named U.S. Deputy Chief of Staff in 1970. He has been awarded the Distinguished Service Medal, the Purple Heart, and the Presidential Citation. He currently serves as a member of the San Diego Mayor's Veteran Advisory Board and as a director of the Veterans Memorial Center and Museum.
	Rosie Casals	SP 5"x8"	Casals was ranked top 5 in women's singles for 11 consecutive years. Ranked #1 worldwide in doubles with 12 grand-slam doubles titles. She is a co-founder of the Women's Tennis Association. Casals was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1996 and the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame in 2003.
	Bucky Dent	SP 5"x7"	Born Russell Earl O'Dey in Savannah, Georgia in 1951. Former Major League baseball player. While playing for the New York Yankees in 1977-78, he earned two World Series rings, and was the World Series Most Valued Player in 1978.
	Roy Emerson	SP 5"x7"	Roy Stanley Emerson, born in Queensland in 1936, is a former Australian tennis champion, winning a total of 12 Grand Slam singles titles and 16 Grand Slam men's doubles titles. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1982.
	Nick Faldo	SP 5"x7"	English golfer on the European Tour. One of Europe's most successful players. Over his career, he has won three US Masters titles and three Open Championship titles. He topped the Official World Golf Rankings for a total of 98 weeks.
	A. J. Foyt	SP 5"x8"	One of the greatest race car drivers of all time, Foyt was born in Houston in 1935. He joined USAC racing in 1957. He raced in the Indianapolis 500 for 35 years, winning 4 times, and is the only driver to win the Indy 500, the Daytona 500, the 24 Hours of Daytona, and the 24 Hours of LeMans. After his retirement he became a race car owner in the CART series, and later in NASCAR. His grandson, A.J. Foyt IV continues the tradition as a race car driver. In 2000, A.J. Foyt was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame.
	Jim Furyk	SP 5"x7"	James Michael Furyk is an American professional golf champion. In September 2006 he reached a career high of second in the Official World Golf Rankings.
	Mitch Gaylord	Index Card 3"x5"	Gold Medalist gymnast in the 1984 U.S. Olympics. The first American gymnast in history to score a perfect 10. He was the number one ranked gymnast in 1983 and 1984. He was appointed a member of President Reagan's Council for Physical Fitness, touring the country and giving speaking engagements promoting exercise for adults and also school-age children. He has been seen on television in endorsements for products such as Coke and Levi's Jeans, and was seen at the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta as a TV broadcaster.
	Retief Goosen	SP 5"x7"	Retief Goosen (born February 3, 1969) is a South African professional golfer who has been in the top ten in the Official World Golf Rankings for over 250 weeks since 2001.[1] His main achievements have been two U.S. Open wins (in 2001 and 2004), and heading the European Tour Order of Merit (money list) in 2001 and 2002.
	Andy Granatelli	SP 5"x5"	Born in 1923. A former race car driver, Granatelli became CEO of his own company, which sold STP engine products. He was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2001.
	Bob Hoover	SP 5"x8"	Legendary USAF test pilot and air show pilot. Born in 1922, Hoover enlisted in the National Guard and was sent for pilot training with the Army. During WWII, after 58 successful missions, he was shot down off the coast of France in 1944 and was taken prisoner. He spent 16 months as a prisoner of war in Germany. He escaped and was able to make his way to the Netherlands and safety. During Chuck Yeager's historic flight that broke the sound barrier in the Bell X-1 in 1947, Hoover was Yeager's backup pilot in the a Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star. He has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Purple Heart and the French Criox de Guerre.
	Dale Inman	SP 2"x3"	Race car driver. Has served as Team Manager for Petty Enterprises. Has been with Petty Enterprises since Richard Petty's rookie year in 1958. Led the Petty Pit Crew Championship in 1976 and again in 1980.
	Goran Ivanisevic	SP 5"x7"	Croatian professional tennis player. He was ranked #2 in the world several times in the mid-1990s; by 2001 he had made over $18 million in career winnings. He won bronze medals in both singles and doubles at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics.
	Jerry Jones	SP 5"x8"	Born in Los Angeles, California in 1942, Jones made a fortune in gas and oil exploration in Oklahoma. In 1989 he purchased the NFL's Dallas Cowboys, of which he is also the general manager. He is deeply involved in the day-to-day activities of the team and can be seen sitting on the sidelines at almost every game. Jones is also a philanthropist.
	Jake LaMotta	SP 5"x8"	Born in 1921. Legendary boxer with a record 83 wins, 19 losses and 4 draws with 30 wins by KO. Won the world title in 1949. Known as the "Bronx Bull" early in his career. His life was the inspiration for the Hollywood film "Raging Bull," starring Robert De Niro. He still tours the country giving lectures and promoting a series of books about his life as a fighter.
	Sugar Ray Leonard	Index Card 3"x5"	Born in 1956 In North Carolina, Sugar Ray Leonard is one of the great boxers of the 20th century. He holds the Olympic Gold Medal in boxing, light welterweight, 1976, and was voted Sports Illustrated Man of the Year in 1981. He has been inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame.
	Carl Lewis	SP 5"x7"	The controversial athlete was born Carlton Lewis in 1961 in Birmingham, Alabama. He has won 10 Olympic medals (9 of them Gold), and 8 World Championship Gold Medals. Competed in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. He has won medals for the 1983 World Championships, the Olympic games of 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1996.
	Nancy Lopez	SP 5"x7"	Major figure in women's sports, born in 1957 in California. She won the US Girl's Junior Amateur Championships in 1972 and 1974. During her rookie year she won nine tournaments, and won the titles Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year, both in the same season. She was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1987.
	Greg Louganis	SP 5"x8"	American Olympic diver, born in 1960. Louganis was won gold medals in springboard and platform diving in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, and repeated in 1988. He started an acting career in the early 1990s. He later revealed that he had contracted the AIDS virus in the 1980s, and has been a spokesperson on the subject for many young people, especially those in the sports community.
	Peter Magowan	SP 5"x8"	The managing general partner of the San Francisco Giants Major League Baseball franchise. He and a group of investors purchased the team from its owner, Bob Lurie. One of the first things Magowan did as manager was to sign Barry Bonds, whose father played for the Giants. Magowan had previously served as CEO of the Bay Area based Safeway supermarket chain. He also sits on the boards of Caterpillar, Inc., and Daimler-Chrysler.
	Frank McCourt	SP 8"x10"	Owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, of which he purchased a controlling interest from Fox Entertainment Group, headed by Rupert Murdoch. McCourt made his fortune in the real estate business, primarily on the east coast.
	Jerry McMorris	SP 5"x8"	McMorris was ousted from the board of directors and management in 2004 after a 12 year run with the Colorado Rockies baseball team. He had acquired a controlling interest in the team in 1992 along with Charlie and Dick Monfort, of the Monfort meatpacking company. Keli McGregor took over as team president in 2001 and Charlie Monfort became managing general partner in 2003. McMorris still retains partial ownership. He previously was head of the NationsWay Tranport company, a Denver-based trucking firm.
	Haven Moses	SP 5"x8"	Haven Moses, number 25, a wide receiver for the Denver Broncos, played with the football team from 1972 to 1981. He ranks 6th among Denver receivers with 302 catches. Moses caught five passes for 168 yards and two touchdowns in the AFC Championship Game on New Year's Day, 1978.
	Stan Musial	Index Card 3"x5"	A right-fielder and first-baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1940s and 1950s, Stan Musial is one of the greatest all-time baseball players. He won the Most Valuable Player award in 1943, 1946 and in 1948. He led the Cardinals to victory four different times, between 1942 and 1946. He set a new record when he hit five home runs in 1954. He has a .331 lifetime batting average along with 3,630 hits, 725 doubles, 177 triples and 475 home runs.
	Jack Nicklaus	SP 5"x8"	Jack Nicklaus, born in 1940, has been a major professional golfer since the mid 1960s. He won six times at the Masters in 1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975 and 1986, and won the US Open in 1962, 1967, 1972 and 1980. He has won the British Open three times and five times with the PGA Championship between 1963 and 1980. He is the only golfer to win all major championships of the PGA Tour and Champions Tour. He has been inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame. He made his last Masters appearance in 2005.
	Lorena Ochoa	SP 5"x7"	Lorena Ochoa (born in Guadalajara, Jalisco on 15 November 1981) is a Mexican golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and is currently the number one ranked woman golfer in the world.
	Jim Palmer	Index Card 3"x5"	Jim Palmer was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990. He was born in 1945 and played for the Baltimore Orioles as a pitcher from 1965 to 1984. He played in the World Series of 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1979 and 1983. He was the only pitcher to win the World Series games in 3 decades.
	Max Papis	SP 8"x10"	Max Papis is an Italian factory driver for General Motors' Chevrolet Corvette Racing program. He is a winner of the IMSA World Sports Car Championship, 1996, the CART Championship, 1997 and the American Le Mans Series, 2004.
	Richard Petty	Index Card 3"x5"	Richard Petty, race car driver, has over 200 wins to his credit, during his years of racing on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit. He was born in 1937 and began racing cars at an early age, at the urging of his father, also a race car driver. Petty raced between the years 1960 and 1992. His last professional race was at the Atlanta Motor Speedway. Petty's son, Kyle and grandson, Adam, also have entered the racing profession.
	Gary Player	SP 5 1/2"x9"	Gary Player, international golfing pro, has won 9 championships including the Masters three times, the US Open once, the British Open three times and the PGA Championship twice. Player became a professional golfer in 1953. He is a native of South Africa, and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974.
	Nick Price	SP 5"x8"	Nick Price was born in South Africa, and has an interest in golf at an early age. He traveled to the U.S. when he was 17, and won the Junior World Championship in San Diego. He turned pro in 1977. He joined the PGA tour in 1983, and in 1994 won a series of games including the British Open and the PGA Championship and was named Player of the Year. Since that time he has won over 18 PGA tours and scored over 20 wins around the globe. He was voted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2003.
	Bobby Rahal	SP 8"x10"	Bobby Rahal, born 1953, is an auto racing team owner and former race car driver. He has won three CART championships, and has won the 1981 24 Hours of Daytona race, and the 1987 12 Hours of Sebring race. He is co-owner of Rahal-Letterman Racing, in partnership with TV host David Letterman. Rahal retired from driving in 1998. He has been inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame.
	Mary Lou Retton	Index Card 3"x5"	The first woman to win an Olympic gold medal for the all-around competition in gymnastics, in 1984. She has also won 2 silver medals and 2 bronze medals.
	Andy Roddick	SP 5"x7"	Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick (born August 30, 1982) is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is the top-ranked American player and fifth-ranked player in the world as of August 20, 2007.
	Nolan Ryan	Signed Card 3"x5"	Former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for 27 years. He is known for his pitching speed, which has been clocked in excess of 100 mph. He is considered by many to have been the fastest pitcher in baseball.
	Jamie Sale & Richard Pelletier	Index Card 3"x5"	Jamie, born in 1977, and David, born in 1974, were awarded gold medals by the International Olympics Committee after an investigation into the judging procedures used at the 2002 winter Olympics games. They had originally won the silver medal.
	Jamie Sale & Richard Pelletier	SP 5"x8"	Jamie, born in 1977, and David, born in 1974, were awarded gold medals by the International Olympics Committee after an investigation into the judging procedures used at the 2002 winter Olympics games. They had originally won the silver medal.
	Joan Benoit Samuelson	SP 5"x8"	Winner of the first women's Olympic Marathon on August 5, 1984. She also qualified for the 1996 Olympic Trials Marathon. She is a supporter of Big Brothers/Big Sisters, the Samantha Smith Foundation, and the Special Olympics.
	Mike Shanahan	SP 5"x8"	Former Offensive Coordinator for the Denver Broncos under coach Dan Reeves. Current coach of the Broncos of the National Football League.
	Vijay Singh	SP 5"x7"	Vijay Singh is a champion golfer who was number one in the Official World Golf Rankings for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005. He is the winner of 31 PGA Tours.
	Louise Smith	SP 5"x8"	A female pioneer of stock car racing, beginning in the 1940s, Smith helped promote the first NASCAR races as a popular driver early in her career. From South Carolina, she started racing as a fluke: Bill France Jr. was searching for a woman to race against male drivers, and Smith agreed to try it. She raced in her hometown of Greenville in 1939 for the very first time. Since then, she has won 38 modified races in 11 years, in races all over the US. She retired from racing in 1956, but returned as a sponsor years later, helping to promote a number of young drivers early in their careers. Smith died in April, 2006.
	Duke Snider	SP 5"x7"	Edwin Donald "Duke" Snider (born September 19, 1926 in Los Angeles, California), nicknamed "The Silver Fox" and "The Duke of Flatbush", is a former Major League baseball center fielder and left-handed batter who played with the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers (1947�62), New York Mets (1963) and San Francisco Giants (1964).
	Edward Stack	Official Card 3 1/2"x5"	Chairman of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, in Cooperstown, New York.
	Roger Staubach	Index Card 3"x5"	Born in 1942. Businessman and former professional football player. Played for the Dallas Cowboys, starting in 1969. Named Most Valuable player of Super Bowl VI on January 16, 1972. Elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1985.
	George Steinbrenner	SP 5"x7"	Known to his players and cohorts as "The Boss," Steinbrenner is one of the most controversial figures in baseball. Born in 1930 in Rocky River, Ohio. Owner of the New York Yankees and former owner of the New Jersey Nets.
	Louise Suggs	SP 5"x8"	Suggs, who became a professional golfer in 1948, has won 54 pro events from 1949 to 1962. This includes 8 championships. She also won 3 championship titles as an amateur. Her 14 strokes at the Women's US Open in 1949 set a 72-hole scoring record of 291. She was the first woman to be inducted into the Georgia Athletic Hall of Fame, and was named one of Golf Magazine's 100 Heroes of American Golf.
	Junko Tabei	SP 5"x8"	Born in 1939. The first woman to reach the top of Mt. Everest in May, 1975 (Sir Edmund Hillary was the first man to reach the summit in 1953). Tabei has been honored by the King of Nepal and by her own government of Japan.
	Bobby Unser	Index Card 3"x5"	US auto racer. Unser was born in 1934 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Brother of racers Al Unser and Jerry Unser, and the father of racer Robby Unser. 1975 IROC champion. Inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1990.