Memphis History Through Sports Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 4. Finsihed first in the 200m in Mexico City Summer Olympics, Black power salute,
  2. 5. Went to the University of San Francisco, played and coached for the Boston Celtics, 11 time NBA Champion
  3. 6. Home of the Memphis Chicks(Chickasaws) in the Chicago White Sox organization, rented to the Memphis Red Sox because of the crowd size
  4. 9. 1967-68 Carver High School Coach, graduate of BTW, 1st black basketball player at Oklahoma St.
  5. 11. Nicknamed the Brown Bomber, parents crafted him to be the opposite of Jack Johnson
  6. 12. went to Ohio St, became the first man to win 4 gold medals at a single Olympics
  7. 13. first black heavyweight champion, had a warrant for his arrest under the Mann Act
  8. 16. Eccentric baseball owner for the Athletics, owned the Memphis TAMS, quit the team in the middle of the season
  9. 19. 3 time NYC Champion at Power Memorial HS, 3 time all ameriacn at 3-time3 time NCAA Champ, Boycotted the 1968 Mexico City Olympics
  10. 20. ABA commissioner who resigned and purchased the Memphis Sounds in June, 1974, former Marine
  11. 21. Best basketball player from Melrose, played for Memphis State in college
  12. 23. Nicknamed Lefty, went to BTW, defeated Satchel Paige in head-to-head matchups, was going to be the first black pitcher in MLB but couldn't due to Tommy John Surgery
  13. 24. Best basketball player for Overton HS, broke hand in the city championship and still played, went to Ole Miss as an All-American
  14. 25. ABA team that moved from New Orleans
  15. 26. Pitcher in the early 50's for the Memphis Red Sox, later traded for a bus lattop-selling top selling recording artist for RCA
Down
  1. 1. Built in 1963, one of the finest basketball facilities in the nation
  2. 2. manager for the Cincinnati Tigers and Memphis Red Sox, was a pitcher and catcher until he played for the Red Sox
  3. 3. got a full scholarship to Rutgers, was not allowed to play under the Mason-Dixon Line due to the Gentlemen Agreements
  4. 7. first black player in history of college sports, played for Vanderbilt, went to Pearl HS in Nashville
  5. 8. first owner of the Meowned Red Sox, Owned a funeral home
  6. 10. Won gold medal in the 1960 Rome Summer Olympics, defeated Sonny Liston to become Heavyweight champion of the world, converted to Islam after refusing to fight in WW2
  7. 14. All-American in football and Lacrosse at Syracuse, played 9 seasons in the NFL for the Browns, also an actor
  8. 15. Home to the Memphis Red Sox's first stadium
  9. 17. Heralded catcher for the Red Sox and a manager for the Red Sox
  10. 18. won a $5.3 million lawsuit with Stax Studios over the rights to his music, delivered $100k to Storen in a brown paper bag for the ownership of the Sounds
  11. 22. Kentucky's head basketball coach, and arena named after him