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Top Ivy League contributions to pro sports

Knicks guard and Harvard grad Jeremy Lin has become the Tim Tebow of his sport, rising from the depths of the bench to become one of his team's hottest players. This got us to thinking about some of the other great all-time athletes from Ivy League schools (it began as a formal athletic conference in 1954) who made it big in the bigs. Here’s our Top 10 Big League Ivy Leaguers eva (not including Lin, of course). One thing they all have in common, these guys are all wicked smaht.
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Knicks guard and Harvard grad Jeremy Lin has become the Tim Tebow of his sport, rising from the depths of the bench to become one of his team's hottest players. This got us to thinking about some of the other great all-time athletes from Ivy League schools (it began as a formal athletic conference in 1954) who made it big in the bigs. Here’s our Top 10 Big League Ivy Leaguers eva (not including Lin, of course). One thing they all have in common, these guys are all wicked smaht.

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