Frank Thomas

Notable Sports Figures
National Collegiate Athletic
Association (NCAA) swimming
championships
Biondi, Matt, 1:145
Caulkins, Tracy, 1:272
Sanders, Summer, 3:1411
National Distance Running Hall of
Fame, 3:1080
National Federation of the Blind
(N.F.B.), 4:1736
National Football League (NFL)
AFL/NFL merger, 1:363, 3:1274,
3:1357
Bell, Bert, 1:122–123
free agency, 3:1358
Halas, George, 2:619–620
merger with AAFC, 1:123
Players Association, 1:123, 1:799
relocation of teams, 1:363–364
Rozelle, Pete, 3:1357–1358
rules, 2:619
Tagliabue, Paul, 3:1358
television, 3:1358
National Head Injury Foundation,
1:40
National High School Sports Hall of
Fame, 4:1710
National Hockey League (NHL)
expansion, 2:623–624
first Ivy League graduate to play
in, 1:418
masks as standard goalie gear,
3:1252
Players’Association, 2:716
Tretiak’s desire to play for,
4:1636
women players, 3:1280
See also Hart Trophy
National Hot Rod Association
(NHRA), 3:1111–1112
National Platform Championships,
3:1036
Native American athletes
Mills, Billy, 3:1076–1080
Thorpe, Jim, 4:1610–1614
Navratilova, Martina, 1:459, 2:938,
3:1129–1133, 3:1130, 3:1132,
4:1787
Navy SEALS, 4:1683
Nazi Germany
Mayer, Helene, 3:1027
Schmeling, Max, 3:1427
NBA championships
Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1:13
Auerbach, Arnold “Red,” 1:72–74
Jackson, Phil, 2:748
Johnson, Magic, 2:770–771
Olajuwon, Hakeem, 3:1160
O’Neal, Shaquille, 3:1171
Pippen, Scottie, 3:1248–1249
Robinson, Dave, 3:1316
Rodman, Dennis, 3:1342
Russell, Bill, 3:1367–1368
Stockton, John, 3:1546
Thomas, Isiah, 4:1600
West, Jerry, 4:1745
Wilkens, Lenny, 4:1758
NBA Slam Dunk Championship,
4:1726
NBC television network, 1:24
NCAA. See National Collegiate
Athletic Association (NCAA)
Neely, Cam, 3:1133–1136, 3:1134
Negro Leagues
Aaron, Hank, 1:3–4
Banks, Ernie, 1:84
Campanella, Roy, 1:235–236
Foster, Rube, 2:504–508
O’Neil, Buck, 2:508,
3:1173–1175
Paige, Satchel, 3:1191–1192
pitching, 1:125
Robinson, Jackie, 3:1324
World Series, 2:508, 3:1192
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum,
1:127, 3:1174–1175
Negro National League
Foster, Rube, 2:507–508
Gibson, Josh, 2:545–547
Saint Louis Stars, 1:124–125
Cumulative Subject Index
Nelson, Byron, 2:692
Neuheisel, Rich, 3:1542
New England Patriots
locker room incident, 3:1167
Parcells, Bill, 3:1201
New England Revolution, 2:892
New Jersey Devils, 3:1524
New Jersey Gems, 3:1060–1061
New Jersey Generals, 2:498
New Jersey Nets
Daly, Chuck, 1:356
Kidd, Jason, 2:827–828
Mutombo, Dikembe, 3:1121
New Orleans Saints, 1:404
New York City, Rocker’s comments
on, 3:1336
New York City Marathon
Loroupe, Tegla, 2:964, 2:965
O’Sullivan, Sonia, 3:1182–1183
Waitz, Grete, 4:1699–1700
New York Cosmos, 1:109, 3:1221
New York Giants (baseball)
Durocher, Leo, 1:426
Mays, Willie, 3:1031–1032
Thorpe, Jim, 4:1614
New York Giants (football)
Gifford, Frank, 2:548–549, 2:958
Landry, Tom, 2:899–900
Lombardi, Vince, 2:958
Maynard, Don, 3:1029
McGraw, John, 2:707
Parcells, Bill, 3:1201
Taylor, Lawrence, 4:1588
New York Islanders
Bossy, Mike, 1:181–182
Smith, Billy, 3:1492–1493
Trottier, Bryan, 4:1643–1644
New York Jets
Ewbank, Weeb, 1:462
Maynard, Don, 3:1029–1030
Namath, Joe, 3:1126–1128
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Cumulative Subject Index