Medal of Freedom: Before Stan Musial and Bill Russell, which athletes answered the President’s call?

Among the 15 Presidential Medal of Freedom winners presented with the highest US civilian award at the White House Tuesday are two sports greats, Bill Russell and Stan Musial. Russell led the Boston Celtics to 11 NBA championships and became the first black head coach of a major US sport when he replaced Red Auerbach in 1966. Musial, known as “Stan the Man” to his legion of fans, was a first-ballot Baseball Hall of Famer after compiling 3,630 hits and 475 home runs during 22 seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals. Russell and Musial join 11 other former sports stars in this exclusive company. Take this quiz to see if you can identify the others.

2. This former Buffalo Bills quarterback went on to serve New York as a US congressman for 18 years:

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Former St. Louis Cardinals slugger and Baseball Hall of Famer Stan Musial waves to fans during 'Stan Musial Day' at Busch Stadium on October 2, 2010, in St. Louis.

Joe Ferguson

Jim Kelly

Jack Kemp

Drew Bledsoe

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