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Thursday, January 15, 2009

ESPN reviewed the submissions and discussions on your state/region's conversation page. The four figures on Hawaii's Sports Rushmore are below:

Duke Kahanamoku (Honolulu) - The father of modern surfing won three gold medals and two silvers in the 1912, '20 and '24 Olympics.

Colt Brennan (Hawaii Warriors) - The third all-time leader in Career FBS Passing yards, led Hawaii to Sugar Bowl in the '07 season.

Bryan Clay (Kane`ohe) - Dubbed the "World's Greatest Athlete", Clay won gold in the decathlon at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and a silver medal at the 2004 Olympics in Athens.

Wally Yonamine - The first football player of Japanese ancestry to play in the NFL, Yonamine was also the first American to play baseball in Japan after WWII.

Other Mt. Rushmore of Sports conversations
Alabama | Alaska | Arizona | Arkansas | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | Florida
Georgia | Hawaii | Idaho | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Louisiana | Maine | Maryland
Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri | Montana | Nebraska | Nevada
New Hampshire | New Jersey | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | North Dakota | Ohio
Oklahoma | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Puerto Rico | Rhode Island | South Carolina | South Dakota
Tennessee | Texas | Utah | Vermont | Virginia | Washington | Washington, D.C. | West Virginia
Wisconsin | Wyoming

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