Although the Washington team endured long bouts of mediocrity ( immortalized in the 1955 Broadway musical Damn Yankees ), they had a period of prolonged success in the 1920s and 1930s, led by Hall-of-Famers Bucky Harris, Goose Goslin, Sam Rice, Heinie Manush, Joe Cronin, and above all Walter Johnson.

Over the months, John Lewis alternated with Al Haig on piano, Mike Zwerin with Kai Winding on trombone ( Johnson was touring at the time ), Junior Collins with Sandy Siegelstein and Gunther Schuller on French horn, and Al McKibbon with Joe Shulman on bass.

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Sports Illustrateds Joe Posnanski wrote, " There has never been a pitcher in baseball history — not Walter Johnson, not Lefty Grove, not Sandy Koufax, not Tom Seaver, not Roger Clemens — who was more overwhelming than the young Pedro.

In addition to McQueen, the cast included Robert Preston, Ida Lupino, Joe Don Baker and Ben Johnson.

* June 28 – Assassin Jerome A. Johnson shoots Joe Colombo in the head in a middle of an Italian-American rally, putting him in a coma.

The Special Olympics movement has attracted the support of a number of international sportsmen and other celebrities, including Rafer Johnson, Bono, Joe Jonas, Derek Poundstone, Padraig Harrington, Jackie Chan, Zhang Ziyi, Yao Ming, Nadia Comaneci, Bart Conner, Vanessa Williams, Mary Alice Pearce DeVane, Colin Farrell and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

When John and Robert Kennedy next saw their father, Joe Kennedy, he told them signing Johnson as running mate was the smartest thing they had ever done.

Joe " King " Oliver, Freddie Keppard, Bunk Johnson, and other early New Orleans jazz musicians were directly inspired by his playing.

The new band included: Paul Campbell, Tommy Turrentine, Johnny Letman, Idrees Sulieman, and Joe Newman ( trumpet ); Jimmy Wilkins, Benny Powell, Matthew Gee ( trombone ); Paul Quinichette and Floyd " Candy " Johnson ( tenor sax ); Marshall Royal and Ernie Wilkins ( alto sax ); and Charlie Fowlkes ( baritone sax ).

On February 25, 1901, Johnson fought Joe Choynski in Galveston.

Jack Johnson fought Joe Jeanette a total of seven times, all during his reign as colored champ before he became the world's heavyweight champion, winning four times and drawing twice ( three of the victories and one draw were newspaper decisions ).

On 27 November 1945, Johnson finally stepped back into the ring with Joe Jeanette.

Johnson finally won the world heavyweight title on December 26, 1908, a full six years after lightweight champion Joe Gans became the first African American boxing champion.

Roanoke Virginia July 4, 1910-One white man Joe Chockely has a bullet wound in his skull and probably fatally wounded is a net result of clashes here tonight following the announcement that Jack Johnson defeated Jeffries.

Johnson made his final ring appearance at age 67 on November 27, 1945, fighting three one minute exhibition rounds against two opponents, Joe Jeanette and John Ballcort, in a benefit fight card for U. S. War Bonds.

In Joe R. Lansdale's short story The Big Blow, Johnson is featured fighting a white boxer brought in by Galveston, Texas's boxing fans to defeat the African American fighter during the 1900 Galveston Hurricane.

Johnson was part of the " Legends Pack " with Jack Dempsey, Floyd Patterson, Joe Louis, and Rocky Marciano.

Al Horford earned his first All-Star selection, and along with Joe Johnson, this marked the first time since 1998 that the Hawks sent two players to the All-Star Game.

On July 2, 2012, the Hawks traded leading scorer and All-Star Joe Johnson to the Brooklyn Nets for guards Jordan Farmar, Anthony Morrow, DeShawn Stevenson and big men Jordan Williams and Johan Petro as well as a 2013 first round pick.

In 2003, the Timberwolves made two strong offseason moves, trading away forward Joe Smith and injured guard Terrell Brandon in a multi-player deal for Ervin Johnson, Sam Cassell and embattled guard Latrell Sprewell.

Members include Joe Lacob, Peter Guber, Vivek Ranadive, Erika Glazer, Fred Harman, Bob Piccinini, Larry Bowman, Danny German, Marty Glick, Chad Hurley, Craig R. Johnson, Bruce Karsh, Jeffrey A. Miller, Paul Schaeffer, David Scially, Nick Swinmurn, Harry Tsao, John Walecka, and Dennis Wong.

Young sports icons and Olympic athletes during their competitive times were considered teen idols like Jean-Claude Killy, Peggy Fleming, Bruce Jenner, Joe Namath, Dorothy Hamill, Mark Spitz, Nadia Comăneci, Mary Lou Retton, Dominique Moceanu, Michelle Kwan, Shawn Johnson, Nastia Liukin, Mia Hamm, Ryan Lochte, Michael Phelps, Shaun White, Apolo Ohno, McKayla Maroney, and Gabby Douglas.

* Road Warrior Animal ( born 1960 ), the best-known ring persona of professional wrestler Joe Laurinaitis

James Brown was born in Barnwell, South Carolina on May 3, 1933, to Susie ( née Behlings ) Brown ( August 8, 1916-February 26, 2004 ) and Joseph (" Joe ") Gardner ( March 29, 1911-July 10, 1993 ) ( who changed his surname to Brown after Mattie Brown who raised him ).

* Joe Smith ( basketball ) ( born 1975 ), American basketball player

* Joe Smith ( footballer born 1886 ), English footballer for Hull City, Everton and Bury

* Joe Smith ( footballer born 1889 ) ( 1889 – 1971 ), England international footballer with Bolton Wanderers F. C.

* Joe Smith ( footballer born 1890 ) ( 1890 – 1956 ), England international footballer with West Bromwich Albion F. C.

* Joe Smith ( footballer born 1953 ), Scottish footballer with Aberdeen F. C.

* Joe Smith ( gridiron football ) ( born 1979 ), Canadian pro football player

* Joe Smith ( pitcher ) ( born 1984 ), American baseball player

* Joe Smith ( swimmer ) ( born 1933 ), oldest man to swim the English Channel

* Jowe Head, ( born Joe Hendon in Kidderminster in 1956 ) bass guitarist, singer and visual artist was a member of Swell Maps before joining the Television Personalities.

* Joe Lovejoy ( sports journalist, born in Bow, London )

* Joe Cornish ( comedian ) ( born 1968 ), British television personality

* Joe Cornish ( photographer ) ( born 1958 ), British landscape photographer

Joseph Michael Straczynski (; born July 17, 1954 ), known professionally as J. Michael Straczynski and informally as Joe Straczynski or JMS, is an American writer and television producer.

* Joe Hackney ( born 1945 ), North Carolina politician

Charles Joseph " Joe " Clark, ( born June 5, 1939 ) is a Canadian statesman, businessman, and university professor, and former journalist and politician.

Bobby Joe Morrow ( born October 15, 1935 ) is a former American athlete, winner of three Olympic gold medals in 1956.

Bobby Joe Morrow was born in Harlingen, Texas, and raised on a farm in San Benito, Texas.

Joseph Isadore " Joe " Lieberman ( born February 24, 1942 ) is the senior United States Senator from Connecticut.

Joe Louis " The Brown Bomber ", renowned heavyweight boxing champion, was born near LaFayette, on Buckaloo Mountain, May 13, 1914.

* Joe Bostic, a former American football Offensive lineman player for National Football League for the St. Louis ( later Arizona ) Cardinals, born in Greensboro, graduated from Ben L. Smith High School.

Billie Joe Armstrong ( born February 17, 1972 ) is an American rock musician and occasional actor, best known as the lead vocalist, main songwriter, and guitarist for the American punk rock band Green Day, which he co-founded with Mike Dirnt.

Billie Joe Armstrong was born in Piedmont, California, a small town surrounded by the city of Oakland, and was raised in Rodeo, California, as the youngest of six children to Andrew " Andy " Armstrong and Ollie Jackson.

* Joe Scarborough ( born 1963 ), American politician and cable TV news personality