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  1. 1Toe BlakeToe BlakeIce hockey, Montreal Canadiens. As a player Blake won the Hart Trophy as the league's most valuable player in 1939 and two Stanley Cups on Montreal's "Punch Line". As coach he won eight Stanley Cups between 1956 and 1968, including five in a row, still the record. He moved from star winger to…0i
  2. 2Bill RussellBill RussellBorn 12 Feb 1934Basketball, Boston Celtics. Russell won 11 NBA titles as a player, the most by anyone, and in 1966 became the first Black head coach in North American major professional sport, as player-coach. He won the 1968 and 1969 titles in that dual role, relying on the defensive, team-first approach that had…0i
  3. 3Mário ZagalloMário ZagalloBorn 9 Aug 1931Football, Brazil. Zagallo won the World Cup twice as a player, in 1958 and 1962, as a hard-working left winger who dropped back to help midfield, then became the first person to win it as a manager too, with Brazil's celebrated 1970 side. His own playing role, linking attack and defence, shaped how…0i
  4. 4Lenny WilkensLenny WilkensBorn 28 Oct 1937Basketball, Seattle SuperSonics and others. Wilkens was a nine-time All-Star point guard, then coached the SuperSonics to the 1979 NBA title and the United States to Olympic gold in 1996, retiring with more NBA coaching wins than anyone at the time. He was one of the first people elected to the…0i
  5. 5Franz BeckenbauerFranz BeckenbauerBorn 11 Sept 1945Football, West Germany. Beckenbauer captained West Germany to the 1974 World Cup and Bayern Munich to three straight European Cups as an attacking sweeper, then, without any previous coaching job, managed West Germany to the 1986 final and the 1990 title. He became only the second person after…0i
  6. 6Jupp HeynckesJupp HeynckesBorn 9 May 1945Football, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich. Heynckes was a prolific striker who won Euro 1972 and the 1974 World Cup with West Germany and four Bundesliga titles with Gladbach. As a coach he won the Champions League with Real Madrid in 1998 and with Bayern in 2013, when…0i
  7. 7Mike DitkaMike DitkaAmerican football, Chicago Bears and Dallas Cowboys. Ditka was the first tight end elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame and won a Super Bowl as a player with Dallas, then coached the Bears to victory in Super Bowl XX after the 1985 season. As coach he backed an aggressive "46" defence run by…0i
  8. 8Kenny DalglishKenny DalglishBorn 4 Mar 1951Football, Liverpool and Blackburn Rovers. Dalglish won three European Cups and several league titles as Liverpool's forward, then as player-manager led them to the league and FA Cup double in 1986 and further titles in 1988 and 1990. He later took Blackburn to the 1995 Premier League title, showing…0i
  9. 9Joe TorreJoe TorreBorn 18 Jul 1940Baseball, St Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees. Torre was a nine-time All-Star catcher and third baseman who won the 1971 National League MVP award, then managed the Yankees to four World Series titles in five years from 1996. As a manager he was known for a calm, steady clubhouse style that…0i
  10. 10Karch KiralyKarch KiralyBorn 3 Nov 1960Volleyball, United States. Kiraly won indoor Olympic gold in 1984 and 1988 and beach gold in 1996, the only player with Olympic titles in both forms. As head coach of the US women he won the 2014 World Championship and the country's first Olympic gold in women's volleyball, in Tokyo, with a…0i