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year, he went back to school at Indiana State University, where he was drafted during his junior year by the Boston Celtics. After he graduated, he helped turned the Celtics from a losing team to a winning team. He stayed with them for twelve years, and then worked in the front office for five years. After that, Indianapolis recruited him to coach, which he did for three years. At that point, he moved to the front office there, and now is the President and CEO of the Indianapolis Pacers. Pretty good for "The Hick From French Lick", huh?

Tony Stewart

This popular race car driver, had up until a couple of weeks ago, been driving the #20 car for Joe Gibbs Racing. Now, he is co-owner of the Stewart/Haas racing team, and will be driving car #14 instead. Hailing from Columbus, Indiana, he has won Nextel, Sprint and IndyCar Series races. In addition, he has won races in the USAC, and owns or co-owns several racetracks in several different areas.

Jeff Gordon

The driver of the #24 car, Jeff Gordon hails from Pittsboro, Indiana, where his family moved to in order to support his racing obsession. He has won the Winston Cup four times, and the Indy 500 three times, and been the NASCAR Rookie of the year. In 1999, he co-founded Athletes for Hope with a number of other professional athletes to aid children with life-threatening and chronic illnesses.

Madam C. J. Walker

Touted as the first female to become a millionaire by her own achievements, by The Guinness Book of World Records, Madam C. J. Walker made her money by creating a hugely successful line of hair care and beauty products for black women. Originally from Louisiana, Madam Walker was the first member of her family to be born free. Divorcing her third husband by 1910, she moved her business to Indianapolis by 1917. She donated two-thirds of her estate to various philanthropic interests, including the Tuskegee Institute and Bethune-Cookman College, as well as the NAACP.

Jared Fogle

The popular spokesman for Subway, the restaurant, is from Indianapolis, Indiana. By the time he graduated from high school, Jared weighed 425 pounds. When e was diagnosed with sleep apnea and edema by a pre-med dormmate, his father, a physician, told him that he would be lucky to live to the age of 35. Scared, Jared started to eat a six-inch turkey sub for lunch at Subway, and a foot-long veggie sub at Subway every day. In three months, he had lost one hundred pounds. Eventually, he caught the attention of several key people, and the rest,

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