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Australian cyclist won 2 gold medals 1952 Olympic Games (9)
British Open Golf champion 1964 died in plane crash two years later (4)
Swimming:  . . .  Konrads set 12 individual World Records (4)
Important item of beach angling equipment (4)
All-rounder in The Invincibles 1948 touring team (6)
Coach of Hawthorn for 1983-86-89 Premierships (5)
Former Test umpire and Australian Cricket Board Chairman (4)
Won Olympic Gold Medal 1500m (1968) and Steeplechase (1972) (5)
Dutchwoman defeated by Virginia Wade Wimbledon 1977 (5)
Legendary Irish steeplechaser won 22 of 26 races over jumps (5)
Tennis term denoting "nil" comes from "the egg" in French (4)
 . . .  Bronze won the VRC Derby, Caulfield Cup and two Cox Plates (5)
WAFL Leading Goalkicker 1950 with 115 goals (6)
Horse racing: The shortest official winning margin (4)
Melbourne FC Captain selected All Australian 1993-94 (4)
Won the VRC Blue Diamond Stakes in 1980 (4)
Centreman - WA 14 games, Subiaco 197, Footscray 42, Geelong 93 (9)

 
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Australian golfer won Hawaii Open in 1994 (4)
U.S. Open Champion 1946, 1947 Wimbledon Champion 1947 (6)
Pakistan all-rounder: Top score 135* Best bowling 8/58 and 8/60 (5)
 . . .  Monfils French Davis Cup rep- resentative (4)
USA Davis Cup player whose father represented Australia (4)
Won Melbourne Cup 1968-69 and Adelaide Cup 1968 (4-5)
British Open Golf Champion 1949- 50-52-57 (5)
Olympic Gold Medallist 1500m 1980 and 1984  . . .  Coe (9)
First name of World Heavyweight Champions Johnson and Dempsey (4)
Played 302 games for Hawthorn FC - captain 1976 to 1980 (5)
 ". . ."  Mike Tyson youngest man ever to win a world heavyweight title (4)
Saddlecloth number worn by Baystone and Just A Dash Melb Cups (5)
Australian fast bowler took 355 Test wickets at average 23.92 (6)
Athletics: He lowered World 1500m record three times in 1980-81 (5)
 . . .  Lewis Olympic 100m Gold Medallist 1984 and 1988 (4)
Boxing: Australian Won World Bantamweight title 27-Feb-68 (4)
Ty  . . .  legendary USA baseballer inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame 1936 (4)

© RJ Grieves, Perth, Western Australia