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, 03:42, September 10, 2017→Achievements: Sloane Stephens, an African American ranked No. 934 in the world in women's tennis the month before, easily won the U.S. Open in 2017, while no player in the finals of the 2015 U.S. Open in women's tennis was ranked in the top 20.
*Jim Plunkett, a Mexican American raised by blind parents who had met at a school for the blind, won two stunning [[Super Bowl]] victories in addition to the [[Heisman Trophy]], despite how his college coach had tried to talk him out of being a quarterback.<ref>http://www.davidpietrusza.com/Plunkett.html</ref>
*Jim Plunkett, a Mexican American raised by blind parents who had met at a school for the blind, won two stunning [[Super Bowl]] victories in addition to the [[Heisman Trophy]], despite how his college coach had tried to talk him out of being a quarterback.<ref>http://www.davidpietrusza.com/Plunkett.html</ref>
*Albert Pujols was a community college baseball player who was panned by a [[scouting report]] and was not drafted until the 402nd selection in 1999, and yet became one of the greatest hitters of the 21st century who led the Cardinals to two World Series championships.
*Albert Pujols was a community college baseball player who was panned by a [[scouting report]] and was not drafted until the 402nd selection in 1999, and yet became one of the greatest hitters of the 21st century who led the Cardinals to two World Series championships.
*Neither player in the finals of the 2015 U.S. Open in women's tennis was ranked in the top 20.
*Sloane Stephens, an African American ranked No. 934 in the world in women's tennis the month before, easily won the U.S. Open in 2017, while no player in the finals of the 2015 U.S. Open in women's tennis was ranked in the top 20.
*Stephen Curry, one of the smallest players in the [[NBA]], was drafted only 7th in his year and yet has become perhaps the finest basketball shooter ever.
*Stephen Curry, one of the smallest players in the [[NBA]], was drafted only 7th in his year and yet has become perhaps the finest basketball shooter ever.
*In an even more extreme example of the above, Sarunas Marciulionis, drafted 127th in the 1987 [[NBA]] draft, was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2014, and during his career, pioneered the use of the Euro step, which was almost unknown in his day, but is now a very common basketball move.
*In an even more extreme example of the above, Sarunas Marciulionis, drafted 127th in the 1987 [[NBA]] draft, was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2014, and during his career, pioneered the use of the Euro step, which was almost unknown in his day, but is now a very common basketball move.