What would the Boston Celtics be without Red Auerbach? They might still have the same name, but they would not be the Boston Celtics.

We say this with all due respect to every other football coach, but there is no other coach more synonymous with the game than Vince Lombardi.

The word legend doesn’t cut it.

Willie Mays, one of the greatest baseball players who ever lived, died at the age of 93.

Two years after leading Notre Dame to a National Championship, Joe Montana would be drafted by the San Francisco 49ers, where he took over as their starting quarterback back late in his second season. After that, Montana became the most popular and successful quarterback of the 1980s.

In 1932, Mildred “Babe” Didrikson had one of the best Olympics of any American female, winning Gold in the 80 m hurdles and the javelin while also capturing Silver in the high jump. That in itself is impressive enough, but she was just getting started.

While Arnold Palmer was not the first superstar of golf, he was the first of the television era, making him the sport's top attraction.

Jack Nicklaus is one of the most recognized and successful golfers ever, and depending on the metric, you can argue the best of all-time.

From Puerto Rico, Roberto Clemente was not the first Latin American star in Major League Baseball, but he was the first one who transcended the sport.

Babe Ruth was the first superstar on the New York Yankees, but it did not take long before he was joined by another one, Lou Gehrig.

If Babe Ruth was the first baseball player to be a national celebrity, Joe DiMaggio was the first to be one part of an athlete/celebrity power couple when he was married to Marilyn Monroe.