Sports - 5

Identify the sport personalities.

1. At the premiere party for a movie based of him, X told the distinguished crowd a joke: "What's the difference between a Jew and a canoe? A canoe tips." His wife Lonnie was pleading for him not to tell the next joke, which ran as such: "A black, a Puerto Rican and a Mexican are in a car. Who's driving? The police." The Anti-Defamation League said in a statement expressing "disappointment" at the remarks, saying that it was "Unfortunate, given the champ's long-standing commitment to causes of multiculturalism. This was in 2001. Who is X?

2. X made his movie debut in Bruce Lee's posthumous 1978 film Game of Death, in which his character Hakim fought Billy Lo (played by Lee). In 1980, he played co-pilot Roger Murdock in Airplane! He has had numerous other TV and film appearances, often playing himself, including appearances in the movie Fletch, the sitcom Full House, Diff'rent Strokes (his height humorously contrasted with that of diminutive child star Gary Coleman), The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and Scrubs. He also appeared in the telemovie version of Stephen King's The Stand, played himself in Slam Dunk Ernest, The Mighty Ducks II and a brief non-speaking cameo appearance in BASEketball. X was also the co-executive producer of the 1994 TV movie, The Vernon Johns Story.

3. His family were Jaguar dealers. his brother Jimmy was a racing driver. it was only natural that he would soon become involved in motor racing like his older brother. After his brother was injured in a crash at Le Mans the sport was discouraged by their parents and he took up shooting. In target shooting he made a name for himself and almost made it to the Olympics only just missing the team for 1960. Identify him.

4. In the Japanese boxing manga and anime series Hajime no Ippo (Fighting Spirit), the title character Makunouchi Ippo is taught the "Gazelle Punch" which is a recreation of the leaping blow X used to defeat Johansson in their first rematch fight. He is a character in the popular Fight Night Round 3 Video Game.
X is mentioned in the Billy Joel song "We didn't Start the Fire": "Liston beats X."

5. X’s greatest sporting hero is Allan Border, and has lived in Australia. His brother Max plays for Australia. X is left-handed. He once claimed that if he “had to do it all over again” he would be a cricketer this time. He is also well known for his grumpy attitude and once he said this to a journalist during a press conference,“ I’m more of a man than all of you put together. I can walk down the street with my head held high. I can look at myself in a mirror, but you (waving a finger at the astonished journalists) cannot”

6. He played for Philadelphia 76ers and LA Lakers and Harlem Globetrotters. He was considered to be one of the greatest and most dominant players in history of NBA. He also was the only player in NBA history to average more than 50 pts in a season or score 100 pts in a single game. He has earned MVP awards, and was selected to 13 All-Star Game games. He also appeared in the movie Conan the Destroyer. He, unfortunately, died as a bachelor, even though he infamously claimed to have had sex with 20,000 prostitutes.Who was he?

7. He was born in Bologna in 1960 .He later attended the local university, graduating with a degree in economics in 1984. During his teenage years, he played as a central defender for a local team, but due to his poor form, he changed his career where it was discovered that he had a particular aptitude for the job and went on to become one of the greatest . In 2003 he published his autobiography Le Mie Regole del Gioco. He achieved the height of his career in 2002. Who is he?