Friday, December 29, 2006

Famous Clevelanders

2006 Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith is from this city

1st pick in 2003 NBA Draft & 03-04 Rookie of the Year, Lebron James plays here

The best football player and maybe the greatest athlete of all time, Jim Brown played here

Winner of 4 Gold Medals in 1936 Olympics, Jesse Owens from here

Coach of only undefeated NFL season & winner of 2 Super Bowls, Don Shula from here

Creator of Superman, Jerry Siegel is from here

Best Pitcher of all time, Cy Young, debuted and played 12 seasons here

Famous director of horror films, Wes Craven was born here

Legendary 20th century actor and comedian, Bob Hope lived here

Famous poet Langston Hughes attended high school here

Famous boxing promoter Don King began his career here

--------------Some of this information is from About.com----------

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