Profiles — Athletes

Athletes

Careers measured in seasons and titles, told through the moments that mattered.

Scottish footballer and manager (1913-1981)

William Shankly was a Scottish football player and manager who is best known for his time as manager of Liverpool.

American tennis player (born 1943)

Billie Jean King is an American former world No.

French footballer (born 1969)

Bixente Jean Michel Lizarazu is a French former professional footballer who played as a left-back.

Swedish tennis player (born 1956)

Björn Rune Borg is a Swedish former professional tennis player.

French footballer (born 1987)

Blaise Matuidi is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

American track and field athlete

Robert Beamon is an American former track and field athlete, best known for his world record in the long jump at the Mexico City Olympics in 1968.

English association football player and manager (1937–2023)

Sir Robert Charlton was an English footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, left winger or centre-forward.

American chess player (1943–2008)

Robert James Fischer was an American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion.

English association football player (1941–1993)

Robert Frederick Chelsea Moore was an English professional footballer.