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Mustapha Choukri

ู…ุตุทูู‰ ุดูƒุฑูŠ ุจูŠุชุดูˆ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1947 โ€“ 1980 (33 years old)

One of the greatest playmakers in Moroccan football history, idolized as 'Petchou', who shone with Raja and Wydad Casablanca and played for Morocco in the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

Casablanca, Morocco
Mohamed Akid
Sports & Athletics
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Mohamed Akid

ู…ุญู…ุฏ ุนู„ูŠ ุนู‚ูŠุฏ
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
1949 โ€“ 1979 (29 years old)

Legendary striker who scored the decisive goals qualifying Tunisia for the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentinaโ€”the first African nation ever to win a World Cup matchโ€”and led CS Sfaxien to league glory.

Sfax, Tunisia
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Raymond Braine

Raymond Ernest Michel Braine
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium
1907 โ€“ 1978 (71 years old)

Belgium's first true international football superstar who scored 141 goals for Beerschot, led Sparta Prague to the Mitropa Cup in 1935 as continental Europe's highest-paid player, and starred at the 1928 Olympics.

Hoboken (Antwerp), Belgium
Gene Tunney
Sports & Athletics
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Gene Tunney

James Joseph Tunney
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
25 May 1897 โ€“ 7 November 1978 (81 years old)

James Joseph 'Gene' Tunney was an intellectual, scientifically minded American boxer who dethroned Jack Dempsey in 1926 to become the World Heavyweight Champion. Renowned as 'The Fighting Marine', he lost only one fight in his entire 88-bout professional career (which he avenged four times) and retired as the reigning, undefeated heavyweight champion in 1928.

Greenwich, Connecticut, United States
Harold Abrahams
Sports & Athletics
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Harold Abrahams

Harold Maurice Abrahams
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Great Britain
15 December 1899 โ€“ 14 January 1978 (78 years old)

Harold Maurice Abrahams was an English sprinter and Olympic champion whose dramatic triumph in the 100 meters at the 1924 Paris Olympicsโ€”defying anti-Semitic prejudice and employing pioneering professional coach Sam Mussabiniโ€”was immortalized in the Oscar-winning film Chariots of Fire. He later served as a respected barrister, track administrator, and BBC radio broadcaster.

Enfield, Greater London, Great Britain
Vladimir Kuts
Sports & Athletics
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Vladimir Kuts

ะ’ะปะฐะดะธะผะธั€ ะŸะตั‚ั€ะพะฒะธั‡ ะšัƒั†
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine
7 February 1927 โ€“ 16 August 1975 (48 years old)

Vladimir Petrovich Kuts was a fierce Soviet long-distance runner who captured both the 5,000m and 10,000m gold medals at the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games. Renowned for his brutal 'surge' racing tacticsโ€”repeatedly alternating all-out sprints with fast recovery laps to break opponents' psychological willโ€”he set world records at both distances before his untimely death at age forty-eight.

Moscow, Russia
Steve Prefontaine
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Steve Prefontaine

Steve Roland Prefontaine
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
25 January 1951 โ€“ 30 May 1975 (24 years old)

Steve 'Pre' Prefontaine was a charismatic American middle- and long-distance runner whose aggressive, front-running racing philosophy, rock-star swagger, and fierce battle for athlete financial autonomy ignited the 1970s American running boom. At the time of his tragic death in a car accident at age twenty-four, he held every American outdoor track record from 2,000 meters to 10,000 meters.

Eugene, Oregon, United States
Ezzard Charles
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Ezzard Charles

Ezzard Mack Charles
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
7 July 1921 โ€“ 28 May 1975 (53 years old)

Ezzard Mack Charles, 'The Cincinnati Cobra', was an extraordinary American boxer celebrated as one of the greatest light-heavyweights and heavyweights in the history of the sport. Outboxing Joe Louis in 1950 to become the undisputed World Heavyweight Champion, he defended his title eight times and pushed Rocky Marciano to the absolute brink in two of boxing's most savage championship wars.

Chicago, Illinois, United States
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