Who was the first athlete in team sports to earn a 6 figure income?

Jack is Lord2010-02-03T17:30:16Z

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Hank Greenberg earned 100,000 dollars for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1947, the first athlete to earn that much in history.

?2010-02-01T22:42:59Z

joe namath was the first athlete to earn a million per year and just recently tiger woods is the first athlete to cross a six figure income by winning the championship this weekend and crossing 1 billion.