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DETROIT - CIRCA 1950S: Unidentified Detroit Lions players during a circa 1950s game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Robert Riger/Getty Images)

DETROIT - CIRCA 1950S:  Unidentified Detroit Lions players during a circa 1950s game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Robert Riger/Getty Images)

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American baseball player Jackie Robinson (1919 - 1972) grounds a ball at first place while warming up for an exhibition game against the New York Yankees, Ebbets Field, NYC, 1950s. (Photo by Hulton|Archive/Getty Images)

American baseball player Jackie Robinson (1919 - 1972) grounds a ball at first place while warming up for an exhibition game against the New York Yankees, Ebbets Field, NYC, 1950s.  (Photo by Hulton|Archive/Getty Images)

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Babe Didrikson golfing in a promo photograph for Wilson Sporting Goods, c. 1950. (Photo by Underwood Archives/Getty Images)

Babe Didrikson golfing in a promo photograph for Wilson Sporting Goods, c. 1950. (Photo by Underwood Archives/Getty Images)

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American tennis player Althea Gibson (1927 - 2003) at the Kent Grass Tennis Championships, held at Beckenham, Kent, 11th June 1951. She is wearing a top with her name spelt out on the buttons. (Photo by Douglas Miller/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

American tennis player Althea Gibson (1927 - 2003) at the Kent Grass Tennis Championships, held at Beckenham, Kent, 11th June 1951. She is wearing a top with her name spelt out on the buttons. (Photo by Douglas Miller/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)