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Sparky Anderson...
Born February 22, 1934, Bridgewater, SD was twice selected as Manager of the Year by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
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Norm Van Brocklin
Born March 15, 1926, in Eagle Butte, South Dakota was named the NFL's Most Valuable Player in 1960.
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Ward "Piggy" Lambert
Born May 28, 1888 in Deadwood, SD was inducted into Basketball's Hall of Fame in 1960 and credited with inventing the "fast break"
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Billy Mills...
born June 30, 1938 on a Oglala Sioux reservation in Pine Ridge, S.D., becomes the first American to ever win a Gold Medal in the Olympic 10K meter event.
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Casey Tibbs...
born March 5, 1929, 50 miles northwest of Fort Pierre, South Dakota, in a log cabin on the family homestead on the Cheyenne River. At 14 years of age, Casey started riding in state rodeos. By 15, he was trailing bucking stock from rodeo to rodeo and had moved on to national competition. In 1949, at age 19, Casey became the youngest man ever to win the national saddle bronc-riding crown. Between 1949 and 1955, he won a total of six PRCA saddle bronc-riding championships, a record still unchallenged, plus two all-around cowboy championships and one bareback-riding championship.
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Adam Vinatieri
born December 28th, 1972 in Yankton, SD, letters four years at SDSU, initially plays in Europe and then joins the New England Patriots in 1996..
becomes first SDSU graduate to kick the winning field goal in two Super Bowl Championships (2002 & 2004) with just seconds left on the clock...
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