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Grantland Rice
He was an early 20th-century American sportswriter known for his elegant prose. His writing was published in newspapers around the country and broadcast on the radio. -
Jack Dempsey won the world heavy weight champion
as an American professional boxer .
He held the World Heavyweight Championship from 1919 to 1926. -
Helen Wills
she also known as Helen Wills Moody and Helen Wills Roark, was an American tennis player. She has been described as "the first American born woman to achieve international celebrity as an athlete.
she won the olympic games ( gold madel ) 1924 -
Gertrude Ederle Swims the English Channel
she went on to become the first woman to swim across the English Channel. When she swam the 21 miles -
Bill Tilden
was an American male tennis player. He is often considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time.[2] Tilden was the World No. 1 player for seven years. He won 14 Major singles titles including 10 Grand Slams, 1 World Hard Court Championships and 3 Pro Slams. He also won a record seven US Championships titles (shared with Richard Sears and Bill Larned). He dominated the world of international tennis in the first half of the 1920s, and during his 18-year amateur period of 1912–30, he won -
Charles Lindbergh
He honored with a ticker-tape parade in New York City after returning from the world's first solo transatlantic flight in the Spirit of St. Louis. -
Babe Ruth hits his 60th homerun
On September 30, 1927, Babe Ruth hits his 60th home run of the 1927 season and with it sets a record that would stand for 34 years. -
Bobby Jones
He won The British Amateur
where : The Old Course, St. Andrews, Scotland.
how he won : Jones surpassed his biggest threat, Cyril Tolley, the defending British Amateur champion, in the fourth round. In the final round, Jones faced the 1923 British Amateur champion, Roger Wethered. After going 6 up on the 10th hole of the second 18 in this 36-hole match, Jones remained 6 up through the 13th hole when he closed Wethered out and won the tournament 7 and 6.
