Sports figures awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom:
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Recipient | Year | Sport | President |
Robert J. H. Kiphuth | 1963 | Swimming Coach | John F. Kennedy |
Jesse Owens | 1976 | Track/Olympics | Gerald Ford |
Joe DiMaggio | 1977 | Baseball | Gerald Ford |
Paul “Bear” Bryant* | 1983 | Football Coach | Ronald Reagan |
Jackie Robinson* | 1984 | Baseball | Ronald Reagan |
Earl Blaik | 1986 | Football Coach | Ronald Reagan |
Ted Williams | 1991 | Baseball | George H. W. Bush |
Richard Petty | 1992 | Auto racing | George H. W. Bush |
Arthur Ashe* | 1993 | Tennis | Bill Clinton |
Hank Aaron | 2002 | Baseball | George W. Bush |
John Wooden | 2003 | Basketball Coach | George W. Bush |
Roberto Clemente* | 2003 | Baseball | George W. Bush |
Arnold Palmer | 2004 | Golf | George W. Bush |
Jack Nicklaus | 2005 | Golf | George W. Bush |
Muhammad Ali | 2005 | Boxing | George W. Bush |
Frank Robinson | 2005 | Baseball | George W. Bush |
Buck O’Neil* | 2006 | Baseball | George W. Bush |
Billie Jean King | 2009 | Tennis | Barack Obama |
Bill Russell | 2011 | Basketball | Barack Obama |
Stan Musial | 2011 | Baseball | Barack Obama |
Pat Summitt | 2012 | Basketball Coach | Barack Obama |
Dean Smith | 2013 | Basketball Coach | Barack Obama |
Ernie Banks | 2013 | Baseball | Barack Obama |
Charles Sifford | 2014 | Golf | Barack Obama |
Yogi Berra | 2015 | Baseball | Barack Obama |
Willie Mays | 2015 | Baseball | Barack Obama |
Vin Scully | 2016 | Baseball Broadcaster | Barack Obama |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 2016 | Basketball | Barack Obama |
Michael Jordan | 2016 | Basketball | Barack Obama |
Babe Ruth* | 2018 | Baseball | Donald Trump |
Roger Staubach | 2018 | Football | Donald Trump |
Alan Page | 2018 | Football | Donald Trump |
Tiger Woods | 2019 | Golf | Donald Trump |
* – Posthumous |