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Theodore Roosevelt

Born: Oct. 27, 1858
26th President of the U.S.

physical fitness buff who boxed as undergraduate at Harvard; credited with presidential assist in forming of Intercollegiate Athletic Assn. (now NCAA) in 1905-06.

Died: Jan. 6, 1919

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