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Bill Russell
Sports & Athletics
22
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Bill Russell

William Felton Russell
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
12 February 1934 โ€“ 31 July 2022 (88 years old)

William Felton 'Bill' Russell is universally revered as the greatest winner in North American team sports history, having anchored the Boston Celtics dynasty to eleven NBA championships in thirteen seasons (1957โ€“1969). A five-time NBA MVP who revolutionized defensive basketball with shot-blocking and fastbreak initiation, he was also the first Black head coach in major American professional sports and a towering civil rights leader.

Mercer Island, Washington, United States
Gerd Mรผller
Sports & Athletics
11
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 2,410

Gerd Mรผller

Gerhard Mรผller
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany
3 November 1945 โ€“ 15 August 2021 (75 years old)

Gerd Mรผller was the most lethal and clinical penalty-box goalscorer in football history, whose predatory instincts, low center of gravity, and explosive turning speed netted 68 goals in 62 games for West Germany and 563 goals for Bayern Munich. He scored the winning goal in the 1974 World Cup final and led Bayern Munich to three consecutive European Cups (1974โ€“1976).

Wolfratshausen, Bavaria, Germany
Milkha Singh
Sports & Athletics
2
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Milkha Singh

เจฎเจฟเจฒเจ–เจพ เจธเจฟเฉฐเจ˜
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Pakistan
1929 โ€“ 2021 (91 years old)

Legendary Indian sprinter revered as 'The Flying Sikh' who overcame the trauma of Partition to win gold at the Commonwealth Games and set national records.

Chandigarh, India
Elgin Baylor
Sports & Athletics
16
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 2,240

Elgin Baylor

Elgin Gay Baylor
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
16 September 1934 โ€“ 22 March 2021 (86 years old)

Elgin Gay Baylor was a revolutionary American basketball player who transformed the sport by taking it off the hardwood and into the air. A transcendent forward for the Minneapolis and Los Angeles Lakers, his mid-air body control, hanging bank shots, and 61-point outburst in the 1962 NBA Finals paved the way for Julius Erving, Michael Jordan, and Kobe Bryant.

Los Angeles, California, United States
Paolo Rossi
Sports & Athletics
9
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Paolo Rossi

Paolo Rossi
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy
23 September 1956 โ€“ 9 December 2020 (64 years old)

Paolo Rossi was an Italian striker whose predatory finishing, opportunistic movement, and redemption story illuminated the 1982 World Cup in Spain. Scoring an immortal hat-trick to eliminate favorites Brazil, two in the semi-final, and the opening goal in the final against West Germany, he claimed the World Cup, Golden Ball, Golden Boot, and Ballon d'Or in the same magical year.

Siena, Tuscany, Italy
Diego Maradona
Sports & Athletics
43
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 4,100

Diego Maradona

Diego Armando Maradona
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina
30 October 1960 โ€“ 25 November 2020 (60 years old)

Diego Armando Maradona was an Argentine football genius endowed with incomparable dribbling artistry, vision, and rebellious charisma. Regarded alongside Pelรฉ as one of the greatest players of all time, he single-handedly captained Argentina to World Cup glory in Mexico in 1986 and transformed underdog SSC Napoli into champions of Italy and Europe.

Dique Lujรกn, Tigre, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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