You Might Not Have Guessed It . . .
1. Emerson Fittipaldi raced before he had a driver’s license.
2. Wilt Chamberlain speaks five languages.
3. A.J. Foyt was declared “dead†after a race accident.
4. Bill Russell did not attend his Basketball Hall of Fame induction.
5. Lefty Grove used a rubber stamp for his autograph.
6. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was first recruited in the ninth grade.
Source: World Features Syndicate
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