Streets Named After Athletes

SI Staff | Mar 11, 2013

Streets Named After Athletes

Robert Griffin III

Marianne Lijewski/Killeen Daily Herald

Officials in Robert Griffin III's high school town -- Copperas Cove, Texas --officially named a street in his honor on March 8, 2013. with Mayor John Hull declaring it Robert Griffin Day. Here are some other athletes who've been similarly honored.

Muhammad Ali

AP

Roger Federer

AFP PHOTO / CARMEN JASPERSENCARMEN JASPERSEN/AFP/GettyImages

Larry Bird

SI

Roberto Clemente

Bill Frakes/SI

Brett Hull

UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt

Joe DiMaggio

AP Photo/Eric Risberg

Don Drysdale and Vin Scully

AP Photo/Richard Drew

Tim Duncan

Brian A. Westerholt/WireImage.com

John Elway

AP

Brett Favre and Mike Holmgren

AP Photo/Morry Gash

Thomas Hearns

Peter Read Miller/SI

Doug Flutie

AP

Wayne Gretzky

Mike Blake/REUTERS

Dan Marino

AP Photo/Amy E. Conn

Larry Holmes

George Tiedemann/SI

Kenny Lofton

David Walberg/SI

Willie Mays

AP

Stan Musial

AP Photo/John S. Stewart

Jesse Owens and Willie Mays

Greg Pearson/SI

Michael Phelps

AP Photo/Matthew S. Gunby

Brooks Robinson

AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster

Lovie Smith

AP Photo/LM Otero

Picabo Street

Craig Wolfrom/SI

Dan Wheldon

AP Photo/LAT, Scott LePage

Scott Hamilton

AP Photo/Jerome Delay

Jose Canseco

AP

Tee Martin and Phil Fulmer

Patrick Murphy-Racey/SI

Dave Niehaus

REUTERS/Anthony Bolante

Donovan Bailey

AP PHOTO/Moe Doiron