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|Drew Brees
 
|Drew Brees
 
|football
 
|football
|Led his team to victory in the Super Bowl. Professed his belief in Jesus Christ. <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=t0buCfbFuHw STV Interview with Drew Brees]</ref>
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|Led the New Orleans Saints to victory in the 2009 Super Bowl--professed his belief in Jesus Christ. <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=t0buCfbFuHw STV Interview with Drew Brees]</ref>
 
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|Chris Dudley  
 
|Chris Dudley  
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|Dan Hampton
 
|Dan Hampton
 
|football
 
|football
|helped lead the Chicago Bears to their 1985 Super Bowl title, but declined an invitation to a silly ceremony staged decades later for the event by the [[Obama]] White House.
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|helped lead the Chicago Bears to their 1985 Super Bowl title, but declined an invitation to a ceremony held decades later by the [[Obama]] White House.
 
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|Paul Azinger
 
|Paul Azinger
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|Eric Liddell
 
|Eric Liddell
 
|track
 
|track
|Honoured in both Scotland and China as one of their great-ever athletes, Liddell refused to run in the 1924 Olympic 100m on a Sunday. Instead, he competed in the 400m and though it was not his best event he won the gold medal! Returned to China as a missionary and was devoted to helping the sick and poor.
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|Honoured in both Scotland and China as one of their great-ever athletes, Liddell refused to run in the 1924 Olympic 100m on a Sunday. Instead, he competed in the 400m and, though it was not his best event, he won the gold medal! Returned to China as a missionary and was devoted to helping the sick and poor.
 
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|Gavin Peacock
 
|Gavin Peacock
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|Jason Robinson
 
|Jason Robinson
 
|rugby
 
|rugby
|Becoming a born-again Christian enabled him to reform his messed-up personal life
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|Becoming a born-again Christian enabled him to reform his troubled personal life
 
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|Josh Hamilton
 
|Josh Hamilton
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