Marvin Allan Creamer, Jr. ( born January 24, 1916 ) is a former college professor and amateur American sailor noted for having sailed around the globe without the aid of navigational instruments.

To Decathlon Man Rafer Johnson ( Time cover, Aug. 29 ), whose gold medal in last summer's Olympic Games was won as much on gumption as talent, went the A.A.U.'s James E. Sullivan Memorial Trophy as the outstanding U.S. amateur athlete of 1960.

In its 12-year history as an amateur league, the Brooklyn Atlantics won seven championships, establishing themselves as the first true dynasty in the sport, although, the New York Mutuals were widely considered to be one of the best teams of the era as well.

The event attracts amateur swimmers from all over the Canaries and Spain, and also swimming professionals such as David Meca and Maarten Van der Weijden, the paralympist Jesús Collado Alarcón who won gold medals for 100m backstroke and butterfly in Athens 2004, and Xavi Torres Ramis, the paralympic champion in Barcelona ' 92, Sydney and Atlanta.

Oscar Mathisen, five-time ISU world champion and three-time European champion, renounced his amateur status in 1916 and travelled to America, where he won many races but was beaten by Bobby McLean of Chicago, four-time American champion, in one of the races.

Also in 1961, the year of her father's death, Rudolph won the James E. Sullivan Award, an award for the top amateur athlete in the United States, and visited President John F. Kennedy.

While teaching he also played amateur football for local teams and was soon signed up to Manchester United as a professional, playing his first game in 1936 and being part of the team that won promotion to the First Division in 1938.

Following in his father's athletic footsteps, John Jr. won in 1947 the James E. Sullivan Award as the country's top amateur athlete.

Eastman Kodak's 16 mm format won the amateur market and is still widely in use today, mainly in the Super 16 variation, which remains popular with professional filmmakers.

Berle entered show business at the age of five when he won an amateur talent contest.

The Barret School of Irish Dancing has produced some of Ireland's best Irish dancers, and the local theatre group, The Puddle Alley Players, has won several awards over the years in amateur dramatic competitions.

Fernando Vargas ( born December 7, 1977 ) is a retired American boxer of Mexican descent and two-time world champion, who won a bronze medal as an amateur at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata.

A 7-dan amateur will have won three national events, and will be effectively of lower-ranked pro standard.

The Grises is also a Double A class amateur baseball team that has won one championship ( 1951 ) and four time runner-ups in ( 1950, 1960, 1965 and 1967 ).

* Don Lash ( 1912 – 1994 ), track and field champion who won the 1938 James E. Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in the United States, graduated from Auburn High School in 1933.

* Don Lash, champion long-distance runner who won the 1938 James E. Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in the United States, was born in Bluffton in 1912.

In addition, he has won over 90 major amateur titles, and is a black belt in judo and sombo.

* Billy Joe Patton, amateur golfer who almost won the 1954 Masters Tournament, member of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame

He began boxing in amateur competitions and, by 1924, won Germany's national amateur title in the light heavyweight division.

Zarate, considered along with rival Wilfredo Gómez to be among the better punchers of the lighter divisions, had an amateur record of 33 wins and 3 losses, with 30 knockout wins, and he won the Mexican Golden Gloves, or Guantes De Oro, in 1969.

As an amateur, he allegedly won all 100 of his fights, 86 by knockout, but this record was apparently fabricated for publicity purposes.

William Warren Barbour, who won the American and Canadian amateur heavyweight championship in 1910 and 1911, was " Gentleman Jim " Corbett's choice to be " the great white hope ," but Barbour declined to take up the mantle.

He was a keen amateur boxer and won the Irish junior middleweight title in 1944.

Corley was an amateur standout, and won the National Golden Gloves Light Welterweight Championship in 1995.

Jones ' involvement with the gospel choir occurred after she won an amateur contest at Chicago's Regal Theater where she sang " I Can't Face the Music ".

His father, a professional engraver and an amateur landscape painter, took his sons on numerous hunting expeditions, and imparted to them his knowledge and love of nature.

Lovecraft was a keen amateur astronomer from his youth, often visiting the Ladd Observatory in Providence, and penning numerous astronomical articles for local newspapers.

In addition to the numerous fans who have started or joined punk bands, audience members also become important participants via the scene's many amateur periodicals — in England, according to Laing, punk " was the first musical genre to spawn fanzines in any significant numbers ".

After the publication of a manual in the 18th century, raku ware was also made in numerous workshops by amateur potters and tea practitioners in Kyoto, and by professional and amateur potters around Japan.

Oklahoma City is host to numerous major college and amateur sporting events.

The centuries-long habitation of the American Indians in the area has produced numerous archaeological sites which attract amateur archaeologists year-round.

After this debut ( a loss to future Olympian Johnny Miller ), Louis compiled numerous amateur victories – eventually winning the club championship of his Brewster Street recreation center, the home of many aspiring Golden Gloves fighters.

Stone, Robinson, and Fred Stewart were joined by Larry Graham, Greg Errico, and Jerry Martini, all of whom had studied music and worked in numerous amateur groups.

In spite of numerous famed examples of the economic growth of Second Life an amateur analyst in 2008 estimated the income inequity in Second Life's economy as worse than has ever been recorded in any real economy: a Gini coefficient of 90. 2, a Hoover index of 77. 8, and a Theil index of 91 %.

Adam and Joe began working on comedy material during their time at Westminster School together, where they created numerous amateur films along with their friend Louis Theroux.

He has been the honoree at numerous banquets and award ceremonies, and fellow boxing world champion Roy Jones Jr., often pointed as a possible rival during the 1990s ( indeed, McClellan actually beat Jones as an amateur ), set up a foundation to help McClellan.

Its family-friendly storyline, universal themes and catchy music have resulted in numerous productions of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat ; according to the Really Useful Group, by 2008 more than 20, 000 schools and amateur theatre groups had successfully put on productions.

By 1909, the former teenagers were adults, still playing organized football, and they began to play against numerous amateur and semi-pro opponents from outside the area.

The DVD includes a documentary on the amateur and professional career of Verne Gagne, the rise and fall of the AWA over its 30 year history, and numerous interviews and features with Gagne, Hulk Hogan, Jim Brunzell, Michael Hayes, Baron Von Raschke, Greg Gagne, Eric Bischoff, Bobby Heenan, Gene Okerlund and Nick Bockwinkel.

* Dallas Texans Soccer Club, American amateur soccer club known for producing numerous professional players.

Following the late 1960s " Yamatai boom " when numerous Japanese historians, linguists, and archeologists published reevaluations of Himiko and Yamatai, the debate was joined by Japanese nationalists, mystery writers, and amateur scholars.

It was known at an early age that he had talent as a vocalist and he started singing in numerous amateur contests, which he usually won.

The ARRL sponsors numerous amateur radio contests throughout the year with the biggest of these being November Sweepstakes and the International DX Contest.

There have been numerous reproductions during the 20th century, and amateur cabinetmakers sometimes consider a Davenport to be an interesting project.

The crew also made numerous radio contacts to schools around the world using the Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment II ( SAREX II ), including brief radio contact with the Russian Mir space station, the first such contact between Shuttle and Mir using amateur radio equipment.

Gliding is another common activity within the Mackenzie Basin, and the area was host to a Gliding World Cup event in 1995, as well as being the home of several gliding clubs, airfields, and numerous private glider pilots, of both amateur and professional status.

The musical has since played successfully in numerous regional and amateur productions.

The stadium was also the home stadium of the Seattle Sounders of the North American Soccer League ( NASL ) and hosted numerous amateur sporting events, concerts, and other events.

It also hosts amateur and recreation sports leagues, as well as numerous San Francisco high school football games ( including the City Championship, known popularly as the " Turkey Bowl ").