Saturday, August 13, 2011

About Left-Handers' Day

About Left-Handers' Day
Today is International Lefthanders day
On August 13th, 1976 an organization know as Lefthanders International first declared this holiday. This organization served as a source of information for left-hander's It also sold left-handed products several years before going out of business. No one entity really picked it up from there. Now, its up to individuals and local organizations to celebrate this day.

We have not heard of left-handed parades or large parties. Left-hander's day is not marked in calendars either. There will always be some mention of this day in a few newspapers or local TV stations that can be easily missed by public at large. The question is - What can we do to change this and bring more attention to left-hander's day.

The general awareness of the difficulties and frustrations left-handers experience in everyday life, and have successfully led to improved product design and greater consideration of our needs by the right-handed majority - although there is still a long way to go!!

It's a little known fact that August 13th is celebrated as Left-hander's day throughout the world. A number of left-hander's association celebrate it and draw attention to this special day but it is not done enough. As a result, not many people know about it. This year, we would like to do more to bring awareness of left-hander's day. So lets get a early start.

How many lefties are there?

Around ten per cent of the world’s population is left handed - that’s 640 million-odd people - and there are so many famous lefties whole websites have been set up to list them all.

A bizarrely high percentage of US presidents are southpaws, including Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan. Ditto ace tyrants Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar and Napoleon.

In the acting world Robert De Niro and Nicole Kidman use their left hands, as do sports stars Pele, John McEnroe and Mike Tyson. Art giants Michelangelo and Leonardo Di Vinci were also left-handed.

No wonder lefties have a reputation for being rather special.

Perhaps the last two chaps explain their reputation for being more creative, but the lucky ten per cent also earn more money according to some studies. This one 7  by the National Bureau of Economic Research, found that left-handed college graduates in the US earned ten per cent more than right handed alumni.

Is it better to be a leftie?

Back in the day lefties also had an advantage in hand-to-hand combat. Because a righty fought with his shield on his left, a left-handed swordsman could make a surprise attack on the opponent's unprotected right side.

In Aztec times lefties were celebrated for their magical and healing abilities, while in Russia, the word levsha (lefty), came to mean ‘skilled craftsman’.

Paradoxically however, in other parts of the world our left-handed friends got a raw deal.

Take the Romans. The Latin word ‘sinistra’ originally meant ‘left’, but came to represent ‘evil’ and, eventually, ‘sinister’ today. Compare that to their word for right-handed – ‘dexter’ – meaning dexterity or skill. That’s just not fair.

Then there’s the term ‘cack-handed’. For many it means clumsy, but can also stand in for ‘left-handed’ and derives (apparently) from the ancient tradition of eating with the right hand and, er, wiping oneself with the other.

Crackdown on southpaws

Until relatively recently left-handed schoolkids also had a hard time. As late as the 1960s it was common for British children to have their left hands tied behind their backs and then be forced to use the other hand. The poor mites would then be punished because (duh) their handwriting was shoddy.

Even today, many schools still aren’t properly equipped for southpaws, and lack the right scissors, fountain pens and desks, while ‘forced conversation’ of kids still goes on in countries such as Japan and Taiwan.

With so much cultural baggage around left-handedness, both bad and good, it’s not surprising that boffins have been studying the cause for centuries.

So, why are people left handed?
Despite this, the common consensus today is that, well, there is no consensus. Hundreds of causes and factors have been linked to hand preference, but no-one really knows for sure.

One theory is that it’s all in the genes.  We spoke to top geneticist Dr Clyde Francks, who helped discover that a particular gene – LRRTM1 - appeared to increase the odds of being left-handed.

The human brain is asymmetrical, which means that the two sides of the brain are used for different functions.

In right-handed people the left side of the brain controls speech and language. According to Dr Francks however, in a “fair proportion” of left-handed people either both sides, or the right side, will control speech instead.

The LRRTM1 gene contributes to this switch-around and influences whether you are left or right handed, amongst many other things.

Dr Francks admits though that genetics only explain around one quarter of the predisposition for left-handedness.

So what about the other 70-odd percent?
Another theory is that environmental factors determine handedness. Some research suggests that the baby’s development in the womb, including exposure to hormones, may influence hand preference.

Or perhaps ‘modeling’ is the cause? Some children choose what hand to use to by copying their parents. This doesn’t happen in all cases though.

Does gender play a role?
A child’s sex could be another reason. Slightly more boys than girls are left-handed, which lead some researchers to speculate that male hormone testosterone can influence hand preference.
Dr Francks believes all of these theories could possibly decide what hand you use, but only for a tiny minority of people.

“There are no grand explanations,” he said. “There are hundreds of different reasons as to why people are left-handed. I believe it’s a much more heterogeneous thing.”

Myths about the lefthanded

He also says there isn’t enough evidence that suggests lefties are more creative or higher achievers.
“It’s a myth,” he said. “There are numerous scientific studies out there, but typically the sample sizes are too small.”

The idea that left-handers are also prone to certain diseases is also ruled out by Dr Francks, even though his research into LRRTM1 suggested carrying the gene slightly increased the risk of developing mental illnesses such as schizophrenia.

“Some people weren’t happy about that, but it will only be a tiny influence, it would not be a case that all people with this gene would have a slightly increased risk.”

In short then, left-handedness is not, according to all the evidence, something positive or negative, just a “really interesting part of normal human variation”.

Don’t let this put you off celebrating left-handed day this Saturday however...

Famous Left-Handers
  1.     Left-Handed U.S. Presidents
  2.     James A. Garfield  (1831-1881) 20th
  3.     Herbert Hoover  (1874-1964) 31st
  4.     Harry S. Truman  (1884-1972) 33rd
  5.     Gerald Ford  (1913-    ) 38th
  6.     Ronald Reagan  (1911 -    ) 40th
  7.     George H.W. Bush  (1924-    ) 41st
  8.     Bill Clinton  (1946-    ) 42nd
  9.     Barack Obama  (1961-    ) 44th
  10.     Left-Handed U.S. Politicos
  11.     Senator Bill Bradley, Rhodes scholar, basketball star
  12.     McGeorge Bundy, presidential advisor
  13.     Benjamin Franklin, statesman/publisher/scientist
  14.     Steve Forbes, businessman/publisher
  15.     Jean-Marc Froidevaux ?, Swiss politician
  16.     Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Supreme Court Justice
  17.     Senator Daniel Inouye
  18.     Anthony Kennedy, Supreme Court Justice
  19.     Alan Keyes, US Senator, US Ambasador
  20.     Brigadier Gen. Lee Hsien Loon, Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore
  21.     John McCain, US SenatorB
  22.     Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Defense
  23.     Col. Oliver North, White House aid
  24.     H. Ross Perot, businessman
  25.     William Perry, Secretary of Defense
  26.     Nelson Rockefeller, Vice President
  27.     Senator Hugh Scott
  28.     Robert Wagner, New York mayor
  29.     Henry Wallace, Vice President
  30.     [Senator Bob Dole - switched to left due to injury]
  31.     Miscellaneous Left-Handers
  32.     Joan of Arc (?), French heroine
  33.     Lloque Yapanqui (?), Inca monarch
  34.     Ramses II (?), Egyptian pharaoh
  35.     Tiberius (?), Roman emperor
  36.     Alexander the Great
  37.     Charlemagne, Holy Roman emperor
  38.     Julius Caesar, Roman general
  39.     Napoléon Bonaparte (?), French emperor
  40.     Josephine de Beauharnais
  41.     King Louis XVI of France
  42.     Queen Victoria of England
  43.     King George II of England
  44.     King George VI of England
  45.     Prince Charles of England
  46.     Prince William of England
  47.     Fidel Castro, Cuban leader
  48.     Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli prime-minister
  49.     Ehud Olmert, Israeli prime-minister
  50.     Nicole d'Oresme, mathematician
  51.     Henry Ford, automobile manufacturer
  52.     David Rockefeller, banker
  53.     Dwight F. Davis, founder of the Davis Cup in tennis
  54.     Helen Keller, advocate for the blind
  55.     Dr. Albert Schweitzer, physician/missionary
  56.     August Piccard, inventor of stratosphere, bathosphere
  57.     Edwin Buzz Aldrin, astronaut
  58.     Wally Schirra, astronaut
  59.     Dr. Mark Silver, surgeon
  60.     Paul Prudhomme, chef
  61.     Cecil Beaton, photographer/costume designer
  62.     Lord Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts (ambidexterous)
  63.     Dave Barry, journalist
  64.     David Broder, journalist
  65.     Edward R. Murrow, correspondent
  66.     Ted Koppel, journalist
  67.     Forrest Sawyer, journalist
  68.     Ray Suarez, journalist
  69.     John F. Kennedy, Jr., lawyer/publisher
  70.     Caroline Kennedy, lawyer/author
  71.     Ron Reagan, son of Ronald Reagan
  72.     Vin Scully, sports broadcaster
  73.     David Letterman (?), host
  74.     Jay Leno, host
  75.     Lenny Bruce, comedian
  76.     Allen Ludden, host
  77.     Joel Hodgson, host of Mystery Science Theater 3000
  78.     Wink Martindale, game show host
  79.     Uri Geller, psychokinetic performer
  80.     Richard Simmons, exercise guru
  81.     Euell Gibbons, naturalist
  82.     Marie Dionne, one of the Dionne quintuplets
  83.     General H. Norman Schwarzkopf
  84.     Clarence Darrow, lawyer
  85.     F. Lee Bailey, lawyer
  86.     Melvin Belli, lawyer
  87.     Marcia Clark, lawyer
  88.     Alan Funt, television producer
  89.     Milt Caniff, cartoonist
  90.     Bill Mauldin, cartoonist
  91.     Cathy Guisevite, cartoonist
  92.     Matt Groening, cartoonist
  93.     Jean Plantureux (Plantu), political cartoonist
  94.     Pat Oliphand, political cartoonist Ronald Searle, cartoonist
  95.     Pat Robertson, evangelist/politician
  96.     N.B. Forrest, Confederate general
  97.     John Dillinger, criminal/bank robber
  98.     Boston Strangler (Albert Henry DeSalvo), serial killer
  99.     Jack-the-Ripper, serial killer
  100.     John Wesley Hardin, Western gunslinger
  101.     Bart Simpson, cartoon character
  102.     [King Edward III of England, due to stroke]
  103.     Left-Handed Authors
  104.     James Baldwin, novelist
  105.     Bet Bowen, horror novelist
  106.     Peter Benchley, novelist
  107.     Lewis Carroll
  108.     Richard Condon, novelist
  109.     Jean Genet
  110.     Marshall McLuhan
  111.     Diane Paul
  112.     Helen Hooven Santmyer, novelist
  113.     Viktoria Stefanov
  114.     Samuel C. Warner (?), poet
  115.     H.G. Wells
  116.     Jessamyn West
  117.     Eudora Welty, see One Writer's Beginnings (1983:27)
  118.     [Thomas Carlyle - switched to left due to injury]
  119.     Left-Handed Musicians
  120.     Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, composer
  121.     David Byrne (Talking Heads)
  122.     Glen Campbell
  123.     Vicki Carr
  124.     Natale Cole
  125.     Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
  126.     Phil Collins (Genesis)
  127.     Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins)
  128.     Dick Dale (guitarist)
  129.     Don Everly (The Everly Brothers)
  130.     Phil Everly (The Everly Brothers)
  131.     Bela Fleck, jazz musician
  132.     Glenn Frey (the Eagles)
  133.     Eric Gale, guitarist
  134.     Noel Gallagher (Oasis) (?)
  135.     Errol Garner, jazz pianist
  136.     Judy Garland
  137.     Crysal Gayle
  138.     Kevin Griffin, guitarist & lead singer (Better than Ezra)
  139.     Thomas Hedley, vocalist/musician
  140.     Jimi Hendrix
  141.     Isaac Hayes
  142.     Tony Iommi, guitarist (Black Sabbath)
  143.     Albert King, guitarist
  144.     Melissa Manchester
  145.     Chuck Mangione, trumpet
  146.     Martina McBride ?, country music singer
  147.     Paul McCartney (the Beatles; Wings)
  148.     Christie Marie Melonson (opera)
  149.     George Michael (Wham!)
  150.     Peter Nero, conductor
  151.     Joe Perry ? (Aerosmith)
  152.     Robert Plant (Led Zepplin)
  153.     Cole Porter, song-writer
  154.     Sergei Rachmaninoff ?, composer
  155.     Maurice Ravel ?, composer
  156.     Lou Rawls
  157.     John Lydon a.k.a. Johnny Rotten (Sex Pistols / Public Image Ltd.)
  158.     Rich Szabo, trumpeter
  159.     Seal
  160.     Ringo Starr (?) (the Beatles)
  161.     Paul Simon (Simon & Garfunkel)
  162.     Tiny Tim
  163.     Rudy Valee
  164.     Lenny White, drummer
  165.     Paul Williams, song-writer
  166.     Left-Handed Artists
  167.     Albrecht Dürer
  168.     M.C. Escher
  169.     Hans Holbein
  170.     Paul Klee
  171.     Michelangelo
  172.     LeRoy Neiman
  173.     Raphael
  174.     Leonardo da Vinci (RH paralyzed?)
  175.     Left-Handed Actors
  176.     Don Adams
  177.     Dan Aykroyd
  178.     Eddie Albert
  179.     Tim Allen
  180.     June Allyson
  181.     Harry Anderson
  182.     Amitabh Bachchan, Indian actor
  183.     Herschel Bernardi
  184.     Robert Blake
  185.     Matthew Broderick
  186.     Bruce Boxleitner
  187.     Carol Burnett
  188.     George Burns, comedian
  189.     Ruth Buzzi, comedienne
  190.     Keith Carradine
  191.     Khaled Chahrour, Egyptian actor
  192.     Charlie Chaplin
  193.     George Gobel, comedian
  194.     Chuck Conners
  195.     Hans Conreid
  196.     James Cromwell
  197.     Tom Cruise
  198.     Quinn Cummings
  199.     Daniel Davis
  200.     Bruce Davison
  201.     Matt Dillon
  202.     Marty Engles, comedian
  203.     Olivia de Havilland
  204.     Robert DeNiro
  205.     Michael Dorn
  206.     Fran Drescher, comedian
  207.     Richard Dreyfuss
  208.     W.C. Fields
  209.     Larry Fine ? (of the Three Stooges)
  210.     Peter Fonda
  211.     Greta Garbo
  212.     Terri Garr
  213.     Paul Michael Glaser
  214.     Whoopie Goldberg
  215.     Betty Grable
  216.     Cary Grant
  217.     Peter Graves
  218.     Mark Hamill
  219.     Rex Harrison
  220.     Goldie Hawn
  221.     Joey Heatherton
  222.     Tippi Hedren
  223.     Jim Henson, puppetteer
  224.     Kermit the Frog
  225.     Rock Hudson
  226.     Angelina Jolie
  227.     Shirley Jones ?
  228.     Gabe Kaplan
  229.     Danny Kaye
  230.     Diane Keaton
  231.     George Kennedy
  232.     Nicole Kidman
  233.     Lisa Kudrow
  234.     Michael Landon
  235.     Hope Lange
  236.     Joey Lawrence
  237.     Peter Lawford
  238.     Cloris Leachman
  239.     Hal Linden
  240.     Cleavon Little
  241.     Shirley MacLaine
  242.     Andrew McCarthy
  243.     Kristy McNichol
  244.     Steve McQueen
  245.     Howie Mandel, comedian
  246.     Marcel Marceau, mime
  247.     Harpo Marx
  248.     Marsha Mason
  249.     Mary Stuart Masterson
  250.     Anne Meara, comedian
  251.     Sasha Mitchell
  252.     Marilyn Monroe
  253.     Robert Morse
  254.     Anthony Newley
  255.     Kim Novak
  256.     Ryan O'Neal
  257.     Sarah Jessica Parker
  258.     Estelle Parsons
  259.     Anthony Perkins
  260.     Ron Perlman
  261.     Luke Perry
  262.     Bronson Pinchot
  263.     Joe Piscopo, comedian
  264.     Robert Preston
  265.     Michael J. Pollard
  266.     Richard Pryor, comedian
  267.     Robert Redford
  268.     Keanu Reeves
  269.     Don Rickles, comedian
  270.     Julia Roberts
  271.     Mickey Rourke
  272.     Eva Marie Saint
  273.     Telly Savalas
  274.     Jean Seberg
  275.     Jerry Seinfeld, comedian
  276.     Christian Slater
  277.     Dick Smothers, comedian
  278.     Brent Spiner
  279.     Slyvester Stallone ?
  280.     Terence Stamp
  281.     Jessica Steen
  282.     Rod Steiger
  283.     Alan Thicke
  284.     Terry Thomas, comedian
  285.     Emma Thompson
  286.     Rip Torn
  287.     Peter Ustinov
  288.     Brenda Vaccaro
  289.     Karen Valentine
  290.     Rudy Vallee
  291.     Dick Van Dyke
  292.     Graham Walker a.k.a. Grumbleweeds, English comedian
  293.     Wil Wheaton
  294.     James Whitmore
  295.     Treat Williams
  296.     Bruce Willis
  297.     William Windom
  298.     Oprah Winfrey
  299.     Mare Winningham
  300.     Joanne Woodward
  301.     Keenan Wynn
  302.     Stephanie Zimbalist
  303.     Left-Handed Athletes
  304.      SOCCER
  305.     Jans van Breukelen (soccer)
  306.     Dan Burbott (?) (soccer)
  307.     Johan Cruyff (soccer)
  308.     Willem van Hanegem (soccer)
  309.     Hernan Medford (soccer)
  310.     Pelé -Edson Arantes do Nascimento (soccer)
  311.     Diego Armando Maradona (soccer)
  312.     Romario (soccer)
  313.     Hugo Sanchez (soccer)
  314.     Richard Witschge (soccer)
  315.      CRICKET
  316.     Alan Border (cricket)
  317.     Alistair Campbell (cricket)
  318.     Denis Compton (cricket)
  319.     Saurav Ganguly (cricket)
  320.     David Gower (cricket)
  321.     Gary Sobers (cricket)
  322.      OLYMPIC SPORTS
  323.     Francis X. Gorman (diving)
  324.     Greg Louganis (diving)
  325.     Mark Spitz (swimming)
  326.     Bruce Jenner (decathlon)
  327.     Nikita Kohloff (wrestling)
  328.     Dorothy Hamill (skating)
  329.      GOLF
  330.     Bonny Bryant (golf)
  331.     Bob Charles (golf)
  332.     Russ Cochran (golf)
  333.     Connie Decker (golf)
  334.     NOT Ben Hogan (golf), who is included on many published lists
  335.      FENCING
  336.     Cécile Argiolas (fencing)
  337.     Laura Flessel-Colovic (fencing)
  338.     Fabrice Gazin (fencing)
  339.     Matthieu Gourdain (fencing)
  340.     Fabrice Jeannet (fencing)
  341.     Giuseppe Mangiarotti (fencing)
  342.     Hugues Obry (fencing)
  343.     Anne-Lise Touya (fencing)
  344.     Adeline Wuilleme (fencing)
  345.      CYCLING
  346.     Thomas Voeckler (French), cyclist
  347.      HOCKEY
  348.     Tom Barrasso
  349.     Phil Esposito
  350.     Cam Neely
  351.     Terry Sawchuk
  352.     Roman Turek
  353.      BOWLING
  354.     Bill Allen (bowling)
  355.     Patrick Allen (bowling)
  356.     Earl Anthony (bowling)
  357.     Mike Aulby (bowling)
  358.     Steve Cook (bowling)
  359.     Patty Costello (bowling)
  360.     Dave Davis (bowling)
  361.     Cara Honeychurch (bowling)
  362.     Tish Johnson (bowling)
  363.     Johnny Petraglia (bowling)
  364.     Andy Varipapa (bowling)
  365.      BILLARDS
  366.     Steve Mizerak, Jr. (billiards)
  367.     Kun-Fang Lee (billiards)
  368.     Bonnie Arnold (billiards)
  369.     Reynaldo Grandee (billiards)
  370.      BADMINTON
  371.     Erik Poul Hoejer (badminton)
  372.     Peter Rasmussen (badminton)
  373.     Donna Stacey (netball)
  374.      BOXERS
  375.     Carmen Basilio (boxing)
  376.     James "Gentleman Jim" Corbett (boxing)
  377.     Marvin Hagler (boxing)
  378.     Oscar de la Hoya (boxing)
  379.     Reggie Johnson (boxing)
  380.     Rafael "Bazooka" Limon (boxing)
  381.     Freddie Miller (boxing)
  382.     Jacker Patterson (boxing)
  383.     Pernell "Sweet Pea" Whitaker (boxing)
  384.      DRIVERS
  385.     Johnny Herbert (Formula 1 driver)
  386.     Terry Labonte (NASCAR race car driver)
  387.     Ayrton Senna (Formula 1 driver)
  388.     Karl Wendlinger (Formula 1 driver)
  389.     Valentino Rossi (motorcycle racer)
  390.      AMERICAN FOOTBALL
  391.     Frankie Albert (Am.football)
  392.     Terry Baker (Am.football)
  393.     Mark Brunell (quarterback)
  394.     Bobby Douglass (Am.football)
  395.     Norman "Boomer" Esiason (Am.football)
  396.     Jim Del Gaizon (Am.football)
  397.     David Humm (Am.football)
  398.     Paul McDonald (Am.football)
  399.     Scott Mitchell (Am.football)
  400.     Gayle Sayers (Am.football)
  401.     Allie Sherman (Am.football, coach)
  402.     Kenny Stabler (Am.football)
  403.     Steve Young (Am.football)
  404.     Jim Zorn (Am.football)
  405.      BASKETBALL
  406.     Nate Archibald (basketball)
  407.     Walter Berry (basketball)
  408.     Larry Bird (basketball)
  409.     Adrian Branch (basketball)
  410.     Calbert Cheaney (basketball)
  411.     Dave Cowens (basketball)
  412.     Adrian Dantley (basketball)
  413.     Charles "Lefty" Driesell (basketball)
  414.     Mark Eaton (basketball)
  415.     Nick Van Exel (basketball)
  416.     Gail Goodrich (basketball)
  417.     Ron Kellogg (basketball)
  418.     Toni Kukoc (basketball)
  419.     Bob Lanier (basketball)
  420.     Brad Lohaus (basketball)
  421.     Harold Minor? (basketball)
  422.     Dick Motta (basketball)
  423.     Chris Mullen (basketball)
  424.     Sam Perkins (basketball)
  425.     Digger Phelps (basketball)
  426.     Willis Reed (basketball)
  427.     Guy Rodgers (basketball)
  428.     Bill Russell (basketball)
  429.     Wayman Tisdale (basketball)
  430.     Bill Walton (basketball)
  431.     Lenny Wilkins (basketball)
  432.     Manuel Zuleta (basketball)
  433.      TENNIS
  434.     Kenneth Carlsen (tennis)
  435.     Jimmy Connors (tennis)
  436.     Norman Brookes (tennis)
  437.     Courtney De Mone (tennis)
  438.     Guy Forget (tennis)
  439.     Andres Gomez (Santos) (tennis)
  440.     Goran Ivanesivic (tennis)
  441.     Rod Laver (tennis)
  442.     Henri LeConte (tennis)
  443.     John McEnroe (tennis)
  444.     Thomas Muster (tennis)
  445.     Martina Navratilova (tennis) - ambidexterous
  446.     Manuel Orantes (tennis)
  447.     Niki Pilic (tennis)
  448.     Renee Richards (tennis)
  449.     Marcello Chino Rios (tennis)
  450.     Monica Seles (tennis)
  451.     Roscoe Tanner (tennis)
  452.     Guillermo Vilas (tennis)
  453.     Mark Woodforde (tennis)
  454.      BASEBALL
  455.     Steve Carlton ? (pitcher)
  456.     Whitey Ford (pitcher)
  457.     Paul Gibson (pitcher)
  458.     Lefty Grove (pitcher)
  459.     Ron Guidry (pitcher)
  460.     Al Habrosky (pitcher)
  461.     Steve Howe (pitcher)
  462.     Bruce Hurst (pitcher)
  463.     Carl Hubbell (pitcher)
  464.     Randy Johnson (pitcher)
  465.     Tommy John (pitcher)
  466.     Bob Kipper (pitcher)
  467.     Joe Magrane (pitcher)
  468.     Greg Swindell (pitcher)
  469.     Brady Anderson (baseball)
  470.     Steve Avery (baseball)
  471.     Harold Baines (baseball)
  472.     Barry Bonds (baseball)
  473.     Wade Boggs ? (baseball)
  474.     Lou Brock (baseball)
  475.     Brett Butler (baseball)
  476.     Will Clark (baseball)
  477.     Ty Cobb (baseball)
  478.     Adrian Dantley (basketball)
  479.     Lenny Dykstra (baseball)
  480.     John Franco (baseball)
  481.     Tom Glavine (baseball)
  482.     Lefty Gomez (baseball)
  483.     Leon "Goose" Goslin (baseball)
  484.     Ken Griffey, Jr. (baseball)
  485.     Tony Gwynn (baseball)
  486.     Rickey Henderson (baseball)
  487.     Kent Hrbek (baseball)
  488.     "Shoeless" Joe Jackson (baseball)
  489.     Reggie Jackson (baseball)
  490.     David Justice (baseball)
  491.     Wally Joyner (baseball)
  492.     Sandy Koufax (baseball)
  493.     John Kruk (baseball)
  494.     Kenny Lofton (baseball)
  495.     Fred Lynn? (baseball)
  496.     Kevin Maas (baseball)
  497.     John McGras (baseball)
  498.     Fred McGriff (baseball)
  499.     Heinie Manush (baseball)
  500.     Dave Martinez (baseball)
  501.     Don Mattingly (baseball)
  502.     Jackie Mitchell (baseball)
  503.     Stan Musial (baseball)
  504.     Troy O'Leary (baseball)
  505.     Paul O'Neil (baseball)
  506.     John Olerud (baseball)
  507.     Mel Ott (baseball)
  508.     Rafael Palmeiro (baseball)
  509.     Dan Pasqua (baseball)
  510.     Babe Ruth (baseball)
  511.     "Neon" Deion Sanders (baseball/Am.football)
  512.     Warren Spahn (baseball)
  513.     Casey Stengel (baseball)
  514.     Darryl Strawberry (baseball)
  515.     Lou Whitaker (baseball)
  516.     Ted Williams (baseball)
  517.     Fernando Valenzuela (baseball)
  518.     Tommy Lasorda (baseball manager)

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