Frank Thomas

Cumulative Subject Index Notable Sports Figures
Wilkins, Dominique, 4:1760–1763,
4:1761
Wilkins, Gerald, 4:1763
Wilkinson, Laura, 4:1763,
4:1763–1765
Willard, Jess, 1:383
Williams, Esther, 4:1765–1771,
4:1766, 4:1769
Williams, John Henry, 4:1778
Williams, Richard, 4:1771–1772,
4:1779–1780
Williams, Serena, 4:1771,
4:1771–1775, 4:1773, 4:1779,
4:1781
Williams, Ted, 4:1775,
4:1775–1779, 4:1777
Gwynn, friendship with, 2:610
Jackson, efforts to exonerate,
1:288
Joyce, facing the pitching of,
2:795, 2:797
Musial/Williams showdown,
3:1117
Williams, Venus, 4:1771–1774,
4:1779–1783, 4:1780, 4:1782
Williamson, Alison, 4:1783–1785,
4:1784
Wills, Helen, 4:1717, 4:1785–1788,
4:1786
Wilma (movie), 2:587
Wilson, Johnny, 1:81
Wiltwyck School For Boys, 3:1209
Wimbledon
Agassi, Andre, 1:16
Ashe, Arthur, 1:65–66
Becker, Boris, 1:111
Borg, Bjorn, 1:176–178,
3:1042–1043
Budge, Don, 1:224
Capriati, Jennifer, 1:246
Casals, Rosemary, 1:268
Connors, Jimmy, 1:324
Court, Margaret Smith, 1:347
Davenport, Lindsay, 1:361
1900
Evert, Chris, 1:458, 1:459–460
Gibson, Althea, 2:541
Gonzales, Richard “Pancho,”
2:553
Goolagong, Evonne, 2:555, 2:556
Graf, Steffi, 2:564, 2:565
King, Billie Jean, 2:835,
2:836–837
Kournikova, Anna, 2:870
Laver, Rod, 2:910
McEnroe, John, 3:1042–1043
Navratilova, Martina,
3:1130–1131
Sampras, Pete, 3:1398, 3:1399
Sanchez Vicario, Arantxa,
3:1401–1402
Tilden, Bill, 4:1618, 4:1619
Winfield, Dave, 4:1788–1791,
4:1789
Winfield Foundation, 4:1789, 4:1790
The Winning Team (movie), 1:31
Winnipeg Jets
Hull, Bobby, 2:721–722
Selanne, Teemu, 3:1456
Winston Cup
Allison, Davey, 1:40
Earnhardt, Dale, Sr., 1:434–437
Guthrie, Janet, 2:606–607
Johnson, Junior, 2:766, 2:768
Robinson, Shawna, 3:1329
Winter, Tex, 2:748
Witt, Katarina, 4:1791–1794, 4:1792
Wittingham, Charles, 3:1475
Wolf, Ron, 2:477
Woman Bowler of the Year, 2:887
Women
Augusta National Golf Club,
3:1020
baseball, discrimination in, 1:174
basketball, 1:138–139
Boston Marathon, 2:537–538
boxing, 3:1021–1022
college basketball, 3:1566
Colorado Silver Bullets,
1:311–313
drag racing, 3:1111
first African-American selected
for a U.S. Olympic team,
1:302
first African-American to win
Olympic gold medal, 1:302
first African to win a major
marathon, 2:964
first African to win the Boston
Marathon, 3:1308
first American gymnast to win
Olympic gold medal for the
balance beam, 3:1075
first American gymnastics team to
win Olympic gold medal,
3:1075
first American on the
International Olympic
Committee, 2:377
first American skier to win the
overall World Cup,
3:1048–1049
first American to earn eight
Olympic gold medals, 4:1606
first American to win five
Olympic gold medals, 1:153
first American to win Olympic
gold medal in ladies singles
figure skating, 1:25
first American to win the British
Ladies’Amateur
Championship, 4:1829
first American to win three gold
medals in Olympic track and
field events, 3:1364
first American to win world figure
skating championship, 1:25
first Australian to win 200-meter
butterfly in the Olympics,
3:1175
first biathlon Olympic event,
1:116
first boxer on Don King’s client
roster, 3:1021
first collegiate coach to win 700
games, 1:328
first elected to Basketball Hall of
Fame, 1:139
first four time Olympic gold
medal track and field winner,
1:68
first gymnast to win medals in
every event on the program in
two different Olympics, 2:907