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Word: champion (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Married. Maxwell Everett ("Slapsie Maxie") Rosenbloom, 33, onetime light-heavyweight boxing champion, cinecomedian, Hollywood restaurateur; and one Muriel Faeder, 22; in Las Vegas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Oct. 23, 1939 | 10/23/1939 | See Source »

...back who shone most brilliantly last week was Tom Harmon of Michigan. Against Iowa, Junior Harmon, a 9.9 sprinter and champion hurdler, scored every one of Michigan's 27 points: four touchdowns (including a 90-yd. dash after intercepting a forward pass) and three conversions- as magnificent a display of fancy field running, forward passing, blocking and place-kicking as has been seen on a college football field since the days of Red Grange. Michigan 27, Iowa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Backs | 10/23/1939 | See Source »

...Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis had abundantly demonstrated his ability to beat anybody...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR & PEACE: Pursuit of Happiness | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

...time U. S. sport. They annually attract twice as many spectators as auto racing or track. In Texas rodeos are chasing baseball off the sandlots. They have a governing organization (Rodeo Association of America), a cowboys' union (Turtle Association),* a major-league circuit and a national champion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Career Cowboys | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

Studebaker's low-priced Champion, Commander and President ($660 to $1,095) have lost almost all exterior fixtures except close-fitting door handles. Trim and neat, the 1940s have new hood locks, optional overdrive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Motormakers' Holiday | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

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