{"id":1268,"date":"2008-04-08T21:57:46","date_gmt":"2008-04-09T02:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/blog\/?p=1268"},"modified":"2008-04-08T22:03:27","modified_gmt":"2008-04-09T03:03:27","slug":"ill-settle-for-wwf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/blog\/?p=1268","title":{"rendered":"I’ll settle for WWF…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are there any famous Unitarian Universalist sports figures out there? Commenter Patrick Murfin<\/a> says no. I think he’s probably right, but I’d love to prove him wrong.<\/p>\n

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to identify a Unitarian, Universalist, or Unitarian Universalist who was or is a major sports figure, using the following criteria:<\/p>\n

“Major sports figure” means plays on a major-league sports team in the U.S. (or equivalent abroad), or plays professionally (e.g., pro boxer, jockey, NASCAR driver), or is an Olympic gold medalist). I’m willing to consider those who hold world records with duly constituted sporting bodies. College players acceptable if their team wins a major event, or if theyr are personally a record holder. Crew member on a winning America’s Cup boat. Test match cricket would be fine. Dressage champion, sure why not. Hey, we’re desperate here. I’ll settle for a WWF wrestler (actually, finding a Unitarian Universalist pro wrestler would make me personally very happy).<\/p>\n

The sports figure must have acknowledged himself or herself to be a Unitarian, Universalist, or Unitarian Universalist, and\/or have been a member of a U, U, or UU congregation.<\/p>\n

I’ve posted this same challenge on this blog before, with no results. But now the World Wide Web is bigger and shinier than it used to be, and our search skills are so much better. I’ve heard rumors about a Unitarian Universalist who got an Olympic gold medal in canoeing or kayaking — can we track that down? If we can’t have a Unitarian Universalist superhero<\/a>, surely we can at least have a Unitarian Universalist sports figure!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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