Names in the News - Dec. 19, 1987
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Canadian Ben Johnson, who set the world record in the 100-meters last August, and West German Steffi Graf, who displaced Martina Navratilova as the No. 1 women’s tennis player in the world, were selected athletes of the year in a United Press International poll of European sports editors.
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