1 Jackie Robinson

University of California, Los Angeles;

basketball, baseball, football, track and field

The only four-sport letter-winner in UCLA history, he later changed the game of baseball by becoming the first African-American to play in a Major League Baseball game. His number (42) is retired by all major-league teams.

2 Arthur Ashe

University of California, Los Angeles; tennis

In addition to his trail-blazing career as the first African-American male to play tennis collegiately and professionally, Ashe worked to raise the world’s social conscience. He founded many groups for minority children and created the Association of Tennis Professionals. He also brought attention to South African apartheid.

3 Jesse Owens

Ohio State University; track and field

Perhaps the greatest Olympic athlete in American history, Owens worked heavily in the community after his career and was named "Ambassador of Sports" by the U.S. State Department. He received the Medal of Freedom in 1955.

4 Dwight D. Eisenhower

U.S. Military Academy; football

Eisenhower, a five-star general, led the U.S. in the European theater during World War II. Before his two terms as U.S. president, Eisenhower was president of Columbia University. He was the first recipient of the NCAA’s Theodore Roosevelt Award. He refused the Medal of Honor for his leadership in World War II, saying it should be reserved for bravery or valor.

5 John R. Wooden

Purdue University; basketball

The most accomplished coach in the history of college basketball, Wooden won 10 NCAA titles in his last 12 years. He was the first person inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame as a player and a coach. He remains a tireless promoter of the game.

6 Althea Gibson

Florida A&M University; tennis,

basketball, golf

Gibson accomplished many firsts as an African-American tennis player, including playing in and winning Wimbledon. She worked in athletics for the New Jersey government and made public appearances for the Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, YMCA and YWCA. She was the 1991 recipient of the Theodore Roosevelt Award.

7 Madeline Albright

Wellesley College; swimming and diving

Albright has a long list of political accomplishments, capped by her service as Secretary of State in the Clinton administration. Also a baseball fan, Albright threw out the opening pitch for the Baltimore Orioles in 1997.

8 Jack W. Nicklaus

Ohio State University; golf

Considered perhaps the greatest golfer of all time, Nicklaus led the PGA tour in earnings eight times. He garnered 71 PGA victories, 10 Senior PGA titles and 19 major championships.

9 Eunice Kennedy Shriver

Stanford University; swimming and diving, track and field

Shriver founded the Special Olympics and is executive vice president for the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation, which uses its resources to further issues such as education and medical ethics. An advocate for the developmentally disabled, Shriver has received numerous awards for her humanitarian works.

10 Edward G. Robinson

Grambling State University; football

Robinson is college football’s second-winningest coach. He has received numerous awards and has been inducted into several halls of fame, including the Louisiana Sport Hall of Fame and the Sugar Bowl Hall of Fame. The Eddie Robinson Trophy for the outstanding black collegiate football player was founded in 1994.

11 Ronald Reagan

Eureka College; swimming, football,

track and field

President Reagan also was a successful entertainer and author. His presidency was marked by his theory of trickle-down economics and the strategic defense plan known as "Star Wars." Known as the Great Communicator, Reagan received the Theodore Roosevelt Award in 1990.

12 Billie Jean King

California State University, Los Angeles;
tennis

King was at the forefront of the fight for gender equality in athletics. Named one of Life magazine’s 100 Most Important Americans of the 20th Century, King is remembered for her 1973 defeat of Bobby Riggs in the "Battle of the Sexes" that educated men and empowered women.

13 Tiger Woods

Stanford University; golf

Woods was the first person to be named Sports Illustrated’s Sportsman of the Year more than once. He established the Tiger Woods Foundation in 1996, which helps empower young people through community-based programs. He also built the Tiger Woods Learning Center in Southern California and created a program to make golf more accessible to all people.

14 Gerald R. Ford

University of Michigan; football

President and vice president of the U.S., Ford is known primarily for his post-Watergate leadership. He also received the Medal of Freedom in 1999 and the Congressional Gold Medal for his public service.  A Theodore Roosevelt Award winner in 1975, he also is the namesake for the annual NCAA President’s Gerald R. Ford Award given annually at the NCAA Convention.

15 Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.

North Carolina A&T State University; football

A tireless advocate for social justice, Jackson was instrumental in the fight for civil rights. He founded the National Rainbow Coalition and has served in many diplomatic roles, most notably as a negotiator for the release of American hostages.

16 Kofi Annan

Macalester College; track and field, soccer

The secretary-general of the United Nations has used his 39 years with the organization in pursuit of world peace. Annan also served as a member of his alma mater’s board of trustees and in leadership positions with several United Nations international schools.

17 George H.W. Bush

Yale University; baseball

An NCAA Theodore Roosevelt Award recipient in 1986, Bush was successful as a student and as an athlete. After his term as president, Bush has been instrumental in social causes, such as raising money for tsunami victims in Asia.

18 Donna A. Lopiano

Southern Connecticut State University; softball, basketball, volleyball, field hockey

A champion for gender equity, Lopiano now serves as director of the Women’s Sports Foundation and as a member of the U.S. Olympic Committee’s executive board. She is a former president of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women and is listed as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Sports by The Sporting News.

19 Alan Page

University of Notre Dame; football

An NCAA Theodore Roosevelt Award recipient in 2004, Page is a well-respected member of the legal community who has devoted much of his time to public service and to children’s programs. Now a member of the Minnesota Supreme Court, he is a vocal proponent of education. Page was a dominant defensive lineman in the NFL, mostly with the Minnesota Vikings.

20 Pat Summitt

University of Tennessee at Martin; basketball

Summitt is regarded as a primary proponent of women’s basketball and has played a prominent role in the game’s continued growth. The all-time winningest NCAA basketball coach built the program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, into one of the game’s major powers, winning six NCAA championships.

21 Jim Thorpe

Carlisle Indian School, football

Thorpe helped found the American Professional Football Association, the precursor to the NFL. He was named the Associated Press’ greatest athlete of the first half of the 20th century and established his namesake nonprofit organization that encourages excellence in sports, academics, health and fitness.

22 Michael Jordan

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill;

basketball

Considered the most popular and greatest basketball player of all time, Jordan was named ESPN’s greatest athlete of the 20th century. He won numerous honors and awards throughout his collegiate and professional basketball career.

23 Paul Robeson

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick; football, basketball, track

and field

A great American entertainer, Robeson refused to perform for segregated audiences. He battled with the U.S. government over accusations of Communism, which damaged his career. He was highly acclaimed for his autobiography, called "Here I Stand."

24 Jerome "Brud" Holland

Cornell University; football

Holland served as U.S. Ambassador to Sweden and was the first African-American to receive the Theodore Roosevelt Award in 1972. He was a board member of nine major United States companies and was the first African-American to sit on the board of the New York Stock Exchange. The University of Virginia annually awards the Jerome Holland Scholarship.

25 Arnold Palmer

Wake Forest University; golf

The winner of 92 championships, Palmer helped bring golf out of the elite country clubs and into the consciousness of mainstream America. He is an author, pilot and entertainer and won the NCAA Theodore Roosevelt Award in 1983. He works with several children’s charities as well.

26 Joseph V. Paterno

Brown University; football, basketball

Paterno is one of the most admired figures in college athletics, an acknowledged icon whose influence extends well beyond the football field. Considered by many to be a model for coaching at the collegiate level, Paterno has been an outspoken advocate for academic integrity and student-athlete well-being.

27 Sally Ride

Stanford University; tennis

The first woman in space was the 2005 recipient of the Theodore Roosevelt Award. Ride works tirelessly to boost young girls’ interests in science. A professor of physics, Ride’s list of honors is long and prestigious, including induction into the Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2003.

28 Leroy T. Walker

Benedict College; football, basketball,

track and field

Walker was the first African-American in Olympic history to coach a U.S. team. He spent 35 years with the United States Olympic Committee, including time as president. He has worked with the Peace Corps and the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics.

29 Donna de Varona

University of California, Los Angeles;

swimming and diving

A respected broadcaster, de Varona is a tireless advocate for Title IX. She has served as a special consultant and advisor to the government on issues such as doping and amateur sports. She is involved in the U.S. Olympic movement and several organizations for children.

30 Bill Bradley

Princeton University; basketball

The greatest player in the history of the Ivy Group, Bradley was a Rhodes Scholar, an author and politician. Once a presidential candidate, Bradley now hosts his own talk show on satellite radio.

31 Wilma Rudolph

Tennessee State University; track and field

Rudolph was the first American woman to win three gold medals at the Olympics. She served as assistant director of athletics for the Mayor’s Youth Foundation in Chicago and vice president of Nashville Baptist Hospital before her death in 1994.

32 Denton A. Cooley

University of Texas at Austin; basketball

Cooley performed the first successful heart transplant and made many other significant breakthroughs in heart surgery, including being the first to implant an artificial heart in a human. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and founded the Texas Heart Institute.

33 Benjamin Spock

Yale University; rowing

The author of the second-highest-selling book of all time (behind only the Bible), Spock’s theories of child care were translated into 39 languages. Spock had a television program for families and ran for president in 1972 on a family platform.

34 Peter Ueberroth

San Jose State University; swimming

and diving/water polo

Ueberroth led the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee and created the second-largest travel business in North America. The former commissioner of Major League Baseball, Ueberroth also used his business acumen to help in recovery efforts after the Los Angeles riots.

35 Edwin Moses

Morehouse College; track and field

An Olympic medalist in track and field and bobsled, Moses designed and created amateur sports’ first random out-of-competition drug test in 1988. He is involved in Olympic administration and urged the creation of a program that allows athletes to benefit from certain stipends without jeopardizing their Olympic eligibility.

36 Robert J. Dole

Washburn University of Topeka; football,

basketball, track and field

A former U.S. senator and presidential candidate, Dole served as chair of the National World War II Memorial. A veteran himself, Dole received the Theodore Roosevelt Award in 1998 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

37 Patricia "Patty" Berg

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; golf

Called "The Ambassador of Women’s Golf," Berg paved the way for women’s golf to exist as it is today. She won 28 amateur and 57 professional titles and was the first president and a co-founder of the LPGA.

38 Gen. Omar N. Bradley

U.S. Military Academy; football, baseball

Bradley served as the first chair of the joint chiefs of staff, and was the fifth person in the 20th century to be named General of the Army. He also was the first chair of the NATO Committee and was the 1973 recipient of the Theodore Roosevelt Award.

39 William "Bill" H. Cosby Jr.

Temple University; track and field, football

A popular American entertainer, Cosby was the 1982 recipient of the Theodore Roosevelt Award. Cosby gives generously to historically black colleges and universities and to a dyslexia foundation he established.

40 Bill Russell

University of San Francisco; basketball

Russell was the first black coach in the NBA and also had a career in broadcasting. He was Sports Illustrated’s Sportsman of the Year in 1968 and was active in the civil rights movement.

41 Byron R. White

University of Colorado, Boulder, football

White was deputy U.S. Attorney General under President Kennedy and received the Bronze Star for his World War II service. He was a Rhodes scholar, Supreme Court Justice and 1969 Theodore Roosevelt Award winner. He was among dissenters in the landmark 1984 Supreme Court case that gave the College Football Association the right to negotiate television contracts outside of the NCAA.

42 Jackie Joyner Kersee

University of California, Los Angeles;

track and field, basketball

Perhaps the greatest female track and field performer in history, she earned six Olympic medals during her career. She raised $12 million to build a youth center in her hometown of East St. Louis, Illinois, and was named the greatest female athlete of the century by Sports Illustrated.

43 Dot Richardson

University of California, Los Angeles; softball

After a stellar career in softball, Richardson served as medical director of the USA Triathlon National Training Center, a job she currently holds. She also serves as vice chair of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.

44 Ann Meyers

University of California, Los Angeles;

basketball, track and field, volleyball

The first woman athlete to have an athletics scholarship at UCLA, Meyers went on to a successful broadcasting and speaking career. She was the first woman inducted into UCLA’s Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1993.

45 Howard K. Smith

Tulane University; track and field

A journalist and Rhodes Scholar, Smith covered dozens of America’s pivotal news events, including the Watergate scandal and moderating the first Kennedy-Nixon presidential debate. He received numerous awards for his reporting.

46 Roger T. Staubach

U.S. Naval Academy; football, basketball,

baseball

Staubach was a successful NFL player and businessman. He received numerous athletics awards and is a member of the NFL Hall of Fame. He currently oversees a company that represents corporations and professional organizations seeking real-estate solutions.

47 Knute Rockne

University of Notre Dame; football,

track and field

Credited for the birth of the passing game in college football, Rockne was later an innovative and legendary coach. He built the University of Notre Dame’s football program and campaigned regularly for national reforms to protect academic integrity in intercollegiate athletics.

48 Richard Nixon

Whittier College; football

A World War II veteran and politician, President Nixon was responsible for improved relations with the USSR. His presidency also saw the first successful moon landing mission.

49 Anita DeFrantz

Connecticut College; rowing

DeFrantz was part of the U.S. Olympic Committee that brought the 1984 Games to Los Angeles. She also worked on the Sydney Games. She is a trustee of the Women’s Sports Foundation and is president of Kids in Sports.

50 Dean Smith

University of Kansas; basketball

The NCAA’s all-time winningest male coach, Smith has received numerous awards and graduated 96 percent of his student-athletes dating back to 1961. He was the first recipient of the Mentor Award for Lifetime Achievement.

51 Mia Hamm

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; soccer

One of the greatest soccer players of all time, Hamm led the Tar Heels to four NCAA titles. She then went on to star as a member of the U.S. National Women’s Soccer Team. She established the Mia Hamm Foundation, which raises funds and awareness for bone-marrow transplant patients and their families.

52 Harold "Red" Grange

University of Illinois, Champaign; football,

track and field, baseball

Grange was the biggest football star of his era, drawing sold-out crowds at stadiums across the nation to put professional football on the map. He was considered by many to be the best football player of the first 50 years of the game.

53 Joan Benoit Samuelson

Bowdoin College; indoor and outdoor track and field, field hockey

Samuelson won the first Olympic women’s marathon in Los Angeles and was one of the first two All-Americans in her alma mater’s women’s cross country program.

54 Rafer Johnson

University of California, Los Angeles;

basketball, track and field

An outstanding student-athlete and Olympian, Johnson is heavily involved in the Special Olympics, serving as California’s state chair for the event.

55 Cedric W. Dempsey

Albion College; football, basketball, baseball

After completing his Albion education and enjoying a successful undergraduate career, Dempsey established himself as an outstanding coach and athletics administrator, culminating with his tenure as NCAA president from 1994 to 2002.

56 Oscar P. Robertson

University of Cincinnati; basketball

Robertson had a prolific NBA career and was named to the 35th and 50th NBA Anniversary All-Time Teams. He served as president of the NBA Players’ Union and was instrumental in an antitrust lawsuit against the NBA, which led to free agency.

57 Val Ackerman

University of Virginia; basketball

Ackerman demonstrated excellence, leadership and commitment to women’s basketball during and since her tenure at Virginia. Currently the president of USA Basketball, she has used her talents to provide opportunities for many young women. She also is a current member of the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics.

58 Annika Sorenstam

University of Arizona; golf

Sorenstam has 62 LPGA victories, including seven majors. She is an advocate for female athletes, becoming the first woman to compete in the Skins game in 2003. She was named one of the LPGA’s top 50 players and teachers in 2000.

59 A. Lamar Alexander Jr.

Vanderbilt University; track and field

Alexander served as governor and U.S. senator from Tennessee before seeking the Republican nomination for president in 1996. He also served as president of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and chaired President Reagan’s Commission on American Outdoors.

60 Betsy King

Furman University; golf, basketball,

field hockey

King holds 34 LPGA titles and was the first player in LPGA history to pass the $6 million mark in career earnings. She works with youth organizations and Habitat for Humanity.

61 Norman Schwarzkopf

U.S. Military Academy; football, wrestling

Schwarzkopf led the successful invasion of Iraq and Kuwait in Desert Shield and Desert Storm. He currently works with NBC News and chairs an organization that focuses on improving the quality of life for children who are seriously ill.

62 Walter Jerry Payton

Jackson State University; football

An NFL legend, Walter Payton also advocated for organ donors. After being diagnosed with primary sclerosing cholangitits, Payton urged more organ donation, prompting the number of donors to skyrocket nationwide. The Walter and Connie Payton Foundation still donates Christmas toys to underprivileged children.

63 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

University of California, Los Angeles;

basketball

Abdul-Jabbar, who played at UCLA as Lew Alcindor, changed the game of basketball with his domination. The dunk shot was disallowed after his first season with the UCLA varsity team and not re-instituted until the 1970s.

64 Capt. Alan B. Shepard Jr.

U.S. Naval Academy; rowing

A NASA astronaut, Shepard was the first American in space. He later served as chief of the Astronaut Office and received the Congressional Medal of Honor. He was a delegate to the United Nations General Assembly in 1971.

65 Judith Sweet

University of Wisconsin, Madison; badminton

The first (and only) female NCAA membership president, Sweet is an advocate for opportunities for women in athletics. She has served on 20 NCAA committees since 1983 and currently is the Association’s senior vice president for championships and education services.

66 Mike Krzyzewski

U.S. Military Academy; basketball

One of the most successful collegiate basketball coaches in history, Krzyzewski also has been involved as an advocate for academic integrity and student-athlete well-being. He and his wife co-chair the Duke Children’s Miracle Network Telethon, and he is active in campaigns against drug abuse and drunk driving.

67 Vince Lombardi

Fordham University; football

One of the great coaches in NFL history, Lombardi was named the NFL 1960s Man of the Decade. He was the ESPN Coach of the Century and the Super Bowl Trophy was renamed in his honor. After his death, a charitable foundation dedicated to cancer research was established in his honor.

68 Robert B. Mathias

Stanford University; football, track and field

A former Marine, Mathias served in Congress and as deputy director of the selective service. He was a champion for American youth programs and the 1995 recipient of the Theodore Roosevelt Award. He was the youngest person to win an Olympic gold medal in the decathlon.

69 Bill Richardson

Tufts University; baseball

A 14-year member of Congress and a United Nations ambassador, Richardson was twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. A staunch advocate for world peace, Richardson was the 1999 recipient of the Theodore Roosevelt Award.

70 Jack F. Kemp

Occidental College; football

A politician and vice presidential candidate, the former NFL quarterback also served in Congress and as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. He is an advocate for the expansion of home ownership among the poor.

71 Calvin Hill

Yale University; football

A politician, businessman and former NFL great, Hill has been involved with the Peace Corps, the National Association for Retarded Citizens, the Baltimore Orioles and the Presidential Council on Physical Fitness. He has served as a consultant to several major companies, including Bethlehem Steel and the Cleveland Browns.

72 James Brown

Harvard University; basketball

A television personality, Brown hosts numerous sports, entertainment and activist programs. He has received numerous awards for his broadcasting career and is involved in many community activities, including the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Darrell Green’s Youth Life Foundation.

73 Larry Bird

Indiana State University; basketball

A basketball legend and NBA Hall of Famer, Bird later went on to win awards as a coach, taking the Indiana Pacers to their first appearance in the NBA championship series. He is involved in many charity events for organizations such as the Boys and Girls Clubs of America.

74 Earvin "Magic" Johnson

Michigan State University; basketball

Johnson is best known as a basketball legend and a broadcasting personality. His namesake foundation works with inner-city youth organizations, and he oversees several successful business ventures. He works with a variety of charities, including the Make-a-Wish foundation and the United Negro College Fund.

75 Herman R. Frazier

Arizona State University; track and field

An Olympic gold medalist and NCAA champion, Frazier served on several Olympic committees and with the Pan American Games. He works with the Fiesta Bowl and was named the Arizona Athlete of the Century by the Arizona Republic.

76 Dennis Hastert

Wheaton College (Illinois); wrestling

Hastert has served as Speaker of the House of Representatives since 1999. He was inducted an an Outstanding American into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and is still involved in the sport. He was a government teacher and football and wrestling coach at Yorkville High School.

77 Otis Chandler

Stanford University; track and field

Chandler was the fourth publisher of the Los Angeles Times, increasing the size and pay of its reporting staff and overseeing the merger with the Washington Post. Pieces from his automobile collection are often on display for charitable causes.

78 George P. Schultz

Princeton University; basketball

An economist of national stature, Schultz served in several Cabinet positions. He was a Medal of Freedom recipient and a best-selling author.

79 Jerry West

West Virginia University; basketball

West is still celebrated as one of the greatest basketball players at any level. He now serves as president of basketball operations for the NBA Memphis Grizzlies.

80 Robert Kraft

Columbia University; football

The owner of the New England Patriots established a new model not only in how to win Super Bowls, but also how to operate a successful professional franchise. He is responsible for many charitable acts, many benefiting Columbia University. He was the 2006 recipient of the Theodore Roosevelt Award.

81 William "Bill" V. Campbell

Columbia University; football

Noted as an innovator in the computer world, Campbell was vice president for marketing at Apple when the company introduced the MacIntosh. He later became president of Claris Corporation and Intuit.

82 Kwaku Ohene-Frempong

Yale University; soccer, track and field

Ohene-Frempong has dedicated much of his life to research and treatment of sickle cell disease. He organized one of the largest international conferences on the disease and set up a clinic in Ghana to prevent and treat it. He currently serves as president of the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America.

83 William P. Lawrence

U.S. Naval Academy; football

Lawrence was held as a prisoner of war in Vietnam from 1967 to 1973. He received numerous military awards, including the Bronze Star, Purple Heart and Silver Star. He received the Theodore Roosevelt Award in 1984.

84 Arnold "Red" Auerbach

George Washington University; basketball, baseball

One of the greatest coaches of all time, Auerbach was the first coach in history to win 1,000 games. He was named the greatest coach in the history of the NBA by the basketball writers in 1980 and wrote a popular book on basketball.

85 Phil Knight

University of Oregon; track and field

Knight’s professional accomplishments have paved the way for the growth of collegiate athletics through the success of Nike and its collegiate relationships. His contributions to the University of Oregon have helped grow the university’s academic and athletics endeavors.

86 Edward Temple

Tennessee State University; track and field

Temple has coached dozens of Olympic athletes as Tennessee State’s women’s track coach. He coached many American teams competing internationally and is an author and community activist in Nashville.

87 Archie Griffin

Ohio State University; football

Griffin is considered one of the greatest college football players of all time and is the only player to win the Heisman trophy twice. He currently serves as president of his alma mater’s alumni association.

88 Thomas J. Hamilton

U.S. Naval Academy; football, basketball, baseball

After spending time in the Navy, Hamilton went on to a successful career in athletics, serving as a coach, athletics director, conference director and vice president of the National Football Foundation. He received the Bronze Star for his military service and the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium locker room complex is dedicated in his honor.

89 James Frank

Lincoln University (Missouri); basketball

A champion of diversity and inclusion in intercollegiate athletics, Frank was the first (and only) black membership president of the NCAA and was instrumental in discussions that led to the establishment of the NCAA Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee. He also presided over the Association during the time the NCAA began sponsoring women’s championships.

90 Dawn Staley

University of Virginia; basketball

Currently the women’s basketball coach at Temple, Staley also continues to play for the WNBA Charlotte Sting. Staley is one of just three women to earn three Olympic medals.

91 Michael H. Armacost

Carleton College; football, basketball,

baseball

In addition to his work with Asian nations, including ambassadorships to Japan and the Philippines, Armacost also served as president of the Brookings Institute. He is an author, teacher and recipient of several awards from the federal government.

92 Meg Whitman

Princeton University; lacrosse, squash

A successful businesswoman, Whitman began her career at Proctor and Gamble. She did stints at Walt Disney and Stride Rite before becoming president and CEO of FTD, then general manager at Hasbro and now as CEO of eBay.

93 Cheryl Miller

University of Southern California; basketball

Perhaps the finest female basketball player ever, Miller was a four-time all-American and three-time Naismith Award winner. A 1984 Olympic gold medalist and inductee into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, she served as her alma mater’s head women’s basketball coach before her career as a broadcaster.

94 Wyomia Tyus

Tennessee State University; track and field

Tyus helped establish the Women’s Sports Foundation and has worked in broadcasting, and as a teacher, coach and public relations specialist. She served as Goodwill Ambassador to Africa and currently works with the U.S. Olympic Committee.

95 Theresa Edwards

University of Georgia; basketball

Edwards is the only American basketball player to compete on five Olympic teams. She played professionally in the ABL and the WNBA and received the WNBA’s Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award in 2004.

96 Roosevelt "Rosey" Grier

Pennsylvania State University; football,

track and field

An outstanding collegiate and professional football player, Grier has enjoyed a successful acting and singing career and is a social activist. He was an advisor to Robert Kennedy and founder of a nonprofit resource center for inner-city youth.

97 Julie Foudy

Stanford University; soccer

A past president of the Women’s Sports Foundation, Foudy served on the education secretary’s Commission on Opportunity in Athletics, a blue-ribbon panel that examined Title IX policies. She is an advocate for gender equity and supporter of efforts to end teen smoking.

98 Robin Roberts

Southeastern Louisiana University;

basketball

Roberts, who works closely with the Women’s Sports Foundation, has had a successful career in broadcasting. She currently works with ABC’s "Good Morning America" and has a scholarship created in her honor by the Women’s Institute on Sports and Education.

99 Alpha A. Alexander

College of Wooster; basketball, volleyball, tennis, lacrosse

Alexander has had a long career in athletics. She is co-founder and vice president of the Black Women in Sport Foundation and has had a hand in scores of projects that helped young women and minorities fulfill their athletics dreams.

100 Jerry Rice

Mississippi Valley State University; football

A prolific professional player, Rice holds NFL records in career receptions, yards and touchdowns scored. He created a foundation that donates money to boys clubs and is involved with numerous other charities.