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Armen Keteyian is one of 13 HOFMAG.com Senior Staff to contribute a list of the Top Ten Most Influential People in Sports History. How does it compare with your own choices or the lists of the other HOFMAG.com writers in the box to the right? Find out all the results, from Who's #1 to "also ran" in HOFMAG.com's Top 10 Most Influential People in Sports History. 10. Tony Hawk – The high-flying skateboard whiz who carried X-treme sport into the mainstream. 9. Jim Fixx – The man whose athletic feet and literary feats made fun runs, 10K and marathons part of popular culture. 8. Walter Byers – In 1951, at age 29, became the NCAA's first executive director. Ruled with an iron fist for 36 years bringing college sport into the big time. 7. George Halas – Without "Papa Bear" there would be no Grange, no Rozelle, no NFL. 6. Roone Arledge – A television visionary whose eye for talent and "up close and personal" storytelling reshaped the way we watch sports and news. 5. Arthur Ashe – The epitome of grace and dignity on the court, an unstoppable force for political and social change off it. 4. Billie Jean King – Her win against Riggs is at the heart of Title IX...and the soul of equal opportunity for women everywhere. 3. Arnold Palmer – The King. He revolutionized golf but has never lost touch with his subjects, 2. Ali – Single name, unmatched influence in and out of the ring. 1. Babe Ruth – His smashing success and larger-than-life appetites still captivate today. Eight-time Emmy Award winning Armen Keteyian is the Chief Investigative Correspondent for CBS News in New York and executive editor of Hall of Fame Magazine. You can contact him at
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