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Johan Cruyff
Sports & Athletics
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Johan Cruyff

Hendrik Johannes Cruijff
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands
25 April 1947 โ€“ 24 March 2016 (68 years old)

Johan Cruyff was a revolutionary Dutch footballer and tactical mastermind who personified Rinus Michels' 'Total Football' (Totaalvoetbal) and redefined the modern philosophy of the sport. A three-time Ballon d'Or winner who guided Ajax to three European Cups, he later built Barcelona's 'Dream Team' and established the La Masia academy model that shaped contemporary football.

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Iolanda Balaศ™
Sports & Athletics
41
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Iolanda Balaศ™

Iolanda Balaศ™ (Sล‘tรฉr)
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania
12 December 1936 โ€“ 11 March 2016 (79 years old)

Iolanda Balaศ™ was a legendary Romanian high jumper who achieved the most dominant winning streak in the history of track and field, remaining undefeated in 150 consecutive competitions between 1956 and 1967. Winning back-to-back Olympic gold medals in Rome (1960) and Tokyo (1964), she broke the high jump world record fourteen times using the classical scissors technique.

Bucharest, Romania
Moses Malone
Sports & Athletics
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Moses Malone

Moses Eugene Malone
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
23 March 1955 โ€“ 13 September 2015 (60 years old)

Moses Eugene Malone was a relentless American basketball center and three-time NBA Most Valuable Player who perfected the art of offensive rebounding, earning the title 'Chairman of the Boards'. The first modern player to jump straight from high school to professional basketball, he led the Philadelphia 76ers to the 1983 NBA championship with his famous playoff prediction 'Fo', Fo', Fo''.

Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Ron Clarke
Sports & Athletics
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Ron Clarke

Ronald William Clarke
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia
21 February 1937 โ€“ 17 June 2015 (78 years old)

Ronald William 'Ron' Clarke was an Australian long-distance running phenomenon who broke seventeen official world records across distances from two miles to the one-hour run during the 1960s. Chosen to light the Olympic cauldron as a promising teenager at the 1956 Melbourne Games, his relentless pace revolutionized world distance running, and he later served as Mayor of the Gold Coast.

Southport, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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