Mike Sweeney, Roger Staubach, Bill Bradley, Tim Tebow, David Robinson...who else cultivated a similar public persona?
Don't have a Mormon on the list yet, but Dale Murphy definitely belongs. Here's the beginning of a 1986 Jim Murray @latimes column on him: 
A bunch of great suggestions to add the list (check out the thread for more). One name that came up a couple times: A.C. Green. Which reminded me of this classic sexual abstinence video:
Would be interesting to see an essay deconstructing black Merriwell types like Green, David Robinson, etc...in what ways did they change/alter the image of the “All-American” athlete (or in what ways did it change them) when whiteness had been foundational to its meaning?
