John Elway's Life

John Albert Elway, Jr. was born on June 28, 1960 in Port Angeles, Washington. His parents are Janet Elway and John Elway, Sr. In 1979, he led the Granada Hills High School baseball team to the Los Angeles city championship. Elway had a .491 batting average and a 4-2 pitching record. He was the most highly recruited high school athlete in the United States. John made the following All-America teams: Parade, Scholastic Coach, Football News and National Coaches Association. He was selected by the Kansas City Royals in the summer baseball draft. and signed a letter of intent to attend college at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. In 1981, Elway played his final season of college baseball, batting .349 with nine homers and fifty runs batted in. He was the first selection of the New York Yankees in the summer baseball draft. In 1982, John played baseball for the New York Yankees' Class A. It was a farm club in Oneonta, New York. He had .318 average and 24 RBI. He went to football in the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association). Then, Elway ended his college football with five major NCAA Division 1-A records and nine major Pac-10 records. He finished in second place in the Heisman Rrophy balloting. In 1983, he earned his degree in ecomonics from Stanford University. John was the first to be selected in the NFL (National Football League) draft. He played for the Baltimore Colts (now the Indianapolis Colts) then played for the Denver Broncos. John Elway has won some Super Bowls with the Denver Broncos. He retired in 1997 and in 2011 he became the Executive Vice President of Football Operations for the Broncos. he is still living and is currently fifty-two.

Tiger Woods' Life

Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods was born on December 30, 1975 in Cypress, California. He was a beautiful baby with dark brown skin. Growing up in Cypress, he had neighbors that had white skin. The neighbors did not want Tiger and his family to stay in the neighborhood. They wanted the Woods family to leave. But Tiger's dad and Tiger's mom refused. They stayed in Cypress to raise their little baby boy. Tiger's dad had a love for golf. Sometimes, he would not be aloud to play on the golf course where people with white skin play. So he just swung some golf balls in the garage. He would sometimes bring along baby Tiger to watch him. But Tiger wanted to swing golf balls, too. One day, the little baby picked up the giant golf club while his dad was around. Then he swung that ball! It was amazing. Tiger was very proud of himself, and his dad was very impressed and surprised. Mr. Woods bought the boy a set of little golf clubs just for him. By the time Tiger was three, he played as well as many adults. When he was five, he went to school. On his first day, he got teased, made fun of, name-called, and beat up. Later, he learned to ignore what others think about him. Years later, he went to Stanford University. Tiger's parents said that school comes first, then golf is second. One time, he went to a tournament and he was the youngest one on the course. Some kids thought that Tiger had no chance of winning the tournament. But they were wrong. To everybody's surprise, he won. He also won the Amateur Golf Tournament in 1994. He was the youngest to ever win that tournament. But then Tiger realized that he had never played as a professional, meaning that he never won a money prize. At age twenty, he joined the Professional Golfers' Association (PGA). Tiger's parent thought that he was ready. But in his first game, he ended up in sixtieth place. Next, he ended up in third place. Then, he played again and won and got placed in first place. He once made a hole in one at the Milwaukee Open. Tiger is still living and is still playing golf. His name is Eldrick, but he was known as the great Tiger Woods.