SPH-M 333 Exam 4 Study Guide
correctly answered to pass graded A+
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Billie Jean King - correct answer ✔✔Female American tennis star, has been an advocate against
sexism (wanted equal pay for women and men) in sports and society. She is known for the "The
Battle of the Sexes" in 1973, in which she defeated 55-year-old Bobby Riggs, a former
Wimbledon men's singles champion.
Chris Everett - correct answer ✔✔Former world No. 1 tennis player. Evert won 18 major singles
titles, including a record 7 French Open titles and a joint-record six US Open titles
Dennis Green - correct answer ✔✔first African American coach at a D1 school- Stanford in 1989
Betty Friedan - correct answer ✔✔1921-2006. American feminist, activist and writer. Best
known for starting the "Second Wave" of feminism through the writing of her book "The
Feminine Mystique".
Pat Summit - correct answer ✔✔Female Tennessee Coach, 1098-208 WL record, 16 SE con
titles, 8 national championships, annual salary eventually exceeded $1 mil, asst. coach for 1984
Olympic team
Al Downing - correct answer ✔✔Former MLB baseball pitcher, played for Dodgers, Yankees,
Brewers, and Oakland Athletics
Frank Robinson - correct answer ✔✔first black manager in the MLB, coached the Cleveland
Indians in 1975
, Charles Atlas - correct answer ✔✔Italian body builder and isometrics guru
Jack LaLaane - correct answer ✔✔fitness equipment and known as the "God Father of Modern
Fitness"
Bernar Macfadden - correct answer ✔✔Marketing Genius
Sonny Liston - correct answer ✔✔Entering the ring as a 7-1 underdog in 1964, Muhammad Ali's
career took off after upsetting this man
Roberto Clemente - correct answer ✔✔First great Hispanic player
15 All-Star games - 317 lifetime average
240 homeruns - 3,000 base bits
Bill Bowerman - correct answer ✔✔American track and field coach and co-founder of Nike, Inc.
Pierre Coubertin - correct answer ✔✔creator of the modern Olympics, a Frenchman and why
the official language is French. Important because the Olympics is the biggest sporting event
across the world and has one of the most sponsorships
Harry Edwards - correct answer ✔✔organized a protest that led to the cancellation of San Jose
State University's opening football game with the University of Texas at El Paso in 1967, the first
major college in the U.S. to cancel an athletic event under the threat of racial protest.
Birch Bayh - correct answer ✔✔Father of Title IX
Don King - correct answer ✔✔boxing promoter as a pontificator, comic relief, personality, bigger
than the fight
correctly answered to pass graded A+
updated
Billie Jean King - correct answer ✔✔Female American tennis star, has been an advocate against
sexism (wanted equal pay for women and men) in sports and society. She is known for the "The
Battle of the Sexes" in 1973, in which she defeated 55-year-old Bobby Riggs, a former
Wimbledon men's singles champion.
Chris Everett - correct answer ✔✔Former world No. 1 tennis player. Evert won 18 major singles
titles, including a record 7 French Open titles and a joint-record six US Open titles
Dennis Green - correct answer ✔✔first African American coach at a D1 school- Stanford in 1989
Betty Friedan - correct answer ✔✔1921-2006. American feminist, activist and writer. Best
known for starting the "Second Wave" of feminism through the writing of her book "The
Feminine Mystique".
Pat Summit - correct answer ✔✔Female Tennessee Coach, 1098-208 WL record, 16 SE con
titles, 8 national championships, annual salary eventually exceeded $1 mil, asst. coach for 1984
Olympic team
Al Downing - correct answer ✔✔Former MLB baseball pitcher, played for Dodgers, Yankees,
Brewers, and Oakland Athletics
Frank Robinson - correct answer ✔✔first black manager in the MLB, coached the Cleveland
Indians in 1975
, Charles Atlas - correct answer ✔✔Italian body builder and isometrics guru
Jack LaLaane - correct answer ✔✔fitness equipment and known as the "God Father of Modern
Fitness"
Bernar Macfadden - correct answer ✔✔Marketing Genius
Sonny Liston - correct answer ✔✔Entering the ring as a 7-1 underdog in 1964, Muhammad Ali's
career took off after upsetting this man
Roberto Clemente - correct answer ✔✔First great Hispanic player
15 All-Star games - 317 lifetime average
240 homeruns - 3,000 base bits
Bill Bowerman - correct answer ✔✔American track and field coach and co-founder of Nike, Inc.
Pierre Coubertin - correct answer ✔✔creator of the modern Olympics, a Frenchman and why
the official language is French. Important because the Olympics is the biggest sporting event
across the world and has one of the most sponsorships
Harry Edwards - correct answer ✔✔organized a protest that led to the cancellation of San Jose
State University's opening football game with the University of Texas at El Paso in 1967, the first
major college in the U.S. to cancel an athletic event under the threat of racial protest.
Birch Bayh - correct answer ✔✔Father of Title IX
Don King - correct answer ✔✔boxing promoter as a pontificator, comic relief, personality, bigger
than the fight
