Famous Athletes

Professional surfer Scott Dunton was hit by a major wave at the age of 16 when he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Living the typical teen-age life, he had to learn how to take control of this new disease [...]

Coleman began swimming in the eighth grade and continued throughout his high school career. At the University of Pennsylvania, he became captain of the swim team but put swimming on hold after graduating. At the age of 35, Coleman was [...]

Ronald Edward Springs was born on November 4, 1956 in Williamsburg, Virginia. He began his collegiate football career at Coffeyville Community College in 1975 before transferring to Ohio State University the following year. It was there that Springs' skills on [...]

Ron Santo was born on February 25, 1940 in Seattle, Washington. He began his baseball career with the Chicago Cubs on June 26, 1960. He went on to play 15 seasons with the team as an infielder and was selected [...]

Born Walker Smith Jr. on May 3, 1921 in Ailey, Georgia, this determined young boy found a love for boxing and a need for an alias very early on. When his parents moved him to New York, he took interest [...]

Diagnosed with Diabetes Type: 2 Born and raised in Beaufort, South Carolina, Joseph William Frazier had a normal childhood. He began his professional boxing career in 1958 at age 14, training with former middleweight boxer Yank Durham and veteran trainer [...]

Walt Frazier was born on March 29, 1945 in Atlanta, Georgia where he attended Howard High School, and played on both the football and basketball teams. It was here that he learned the game of basketball on the school’s dirt [...]

Charles Wade Wilson was born on February 1, 1959 in Commerce, Texas. It was in this northeast Texas town that he spent the rest of his childhood and teenage years. Wilson attended Commerce High School where he very quickly became [...]

Ty Cobb was born on December 18, 1886 in Narrows, Georgia as the first of three sons. He spent the majority of his childhood in Georgia with his father, who was a schoolteacher, publisher, and senator. His father urged Cobb [...]

Toby Petersen was born on October 27, 1978 in Minneapolis, MN. Petersen attended Colorado College from 1996-2000 where he played for four years on the Tigers ice hockey team. Upon graduating, Petersen was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the [...]