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john h
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john h asked in SportsOther - Sports · 1 decade ago

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

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  • 1 decade ago
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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.

    Source(s): baseball-almanac.com
  • 1 decade ago

    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.

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