LIST OF ATHLETES ON WHEATIES BOXES

In 1934, the breakfast cereal Wheaties began the practice of including pictures of athletes on its packaging to coincide with its slogan, "The Breakfast of Champions." In its original form, athletes were depicted on the sides or back of the cereal box, though in 1958 Wheaties began placing the pictures on the front of the box. The tradition has included hundreds of athletes from many different sports, and also team depictions.
This article lists the athletes or teams depicted on Wheaties boxes, along with the year(s) of depiction and sport played. This list is not all-inclusive, and athletes may have been shown together with teams and groups, or on the sides, back, or front of the box. Some athletes appeared on the standard Wheaties box, while others appeared on the Honey Frosted Wheaties box (HFW) or that of Crispy Wheaties 'n' Raisins (CWR).
''This is an . It may never be fully completed or, because of its nature, it may be that it can never be completed. However, new and revised entries in the list are always welcome.''
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Contents

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A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y

Z

Sources

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★ 1987 Minnesota Twins baseball team

★ 2004 World Series winners Boston Red Sox

★ 2005 Texas Longhorn football team

★ 2005-2006 Miami Heat basketball team

★ 2006 Detroit Shock basketball team

★ 2007 Florida Gators basketball team

A

★ Hank Aaron - Baseball, 2002

★ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - Basketball

★ Troy Aikman - American football, 1996, 1999

★ Michelle Akers - Football (soccer)

★ Muhammad Ali - Boxing, 1999

★ Ethan Allen (baseball) - Baseball

★ Johnny Allen (baseball) - Baseball

★ Marcus Allen - American football

★ Sandy Alomar - Baseball

★ Leonel Álvarez - Soccer football

★ Ignacio Ambriz

★ Ottis Anderson - American football

★ George Lee "Sparky" Anderson - Baseball

★ Luke Appling - Baseball

★ B.J. Armstrong - Basketball

★ Jack Armstrong - ''Fictional'', 1934

★ Lance Armstrong - Cycling, 1999

★ Morrie Arnovich - Baseball

★ Arthur Ashe - Tennis, 1997

★ Steve Atwater - American football

★ Arnold "Red" Auerbach - Basketball

★ Earl Averill - Baseball, 1937

B

★ Jeff Bagwell - baseball

★ Max Baer - Boxing

★ Chris Bailey - Tennis

★ George Barclay - Baseball

★ Tom Barrasso - Ice Hockey

★ Marty Barry - 1930s - Ice Hockey

★ Justin McCarthy "Sam" Barry - Basketball

★ Marlene Bauer - Golf

★ Sammy Baugh - American football

★ Mark Bavaro - American football

★ Myriam Bédard - Biathlon

★ Beau Bell - Baseball

★ James "Cool Papa" Bell - Baseball

★ Johnny Bench - 1989 - Baseball

★ Andy Benes - Baseball

★ Brooke Bennett - Swimming

★ Cornelius Bennett - American football

★ Edgar Bennett - American football

★ Patty Berg - Golf

★ Wally Berger - Baseball

★ Yogi Berra - Baseball

★ Raymond Berry - 1967 - American football

★ Bernie Bierman - American football

★ Craig Biggio - Baseball

★ Larry Bird - Basketball

★ Drew Bledsoe - American football

★ Barry Bonds - 2001 - Baseball

★ Zeke Bonura - Baseball

★ Amanda Borden - Gymnastics

★ Lou Boudreau - Baseball

★ Phil Bourque - Ice hockey

★ Claudio Branco

★ Tommy Bridges - Baseball

★ Johnny Mack Brown - American football

★ Tim Brown - Football

★ Terry Bradshaw - American football

★ Isaac Bruce - American football

★ Don Budge - Tennis

★ Mark Buehrle - Baseball

★ Jay Buhner - Baseball

★ Nick Buoniconti - American football

★ Ellis Burks - Baseball

★ Dick Butkus - American football

★ Wally Butts - American football

★ Karyn Bye - Ice hockey

★ Earnest Byner - American football

★ Kyle Busch - Nascar

C

★ Dolph Camilli - Baseball

★ Ken Caminiti - Baseball

★ Roy Campanella - Baseball

★ Harry Caray - Baseball broadcaster

★ Chris Carpenter - Baseball - 2006

★ Cris Carter - Football

★ Bill Cartwright - Basketball

★ Ron Cey - Baseball

★ Sam Chagolla - Wrestling
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★ Wilt Chamberlain - Basketball

★ Brandi Chastain - Soccer, 1999

★ Amy Chow - Gymnastics

★ Mark Chmura - Football

★ Earl "Dutch" Clark

★ Gary Clark

★ Roberto Clemente - Baseball- 2005

★ Harlond Clift - Baseball

★ Ben Coates

★ Mickey Cochrane - Baseball

★ Paul Coffey - Ice hockey

★ David Cone - Baseball

★ Michael Cooper - Basketball

★ Joey Cora - Baseball

★ Bob Cousy - 1956 - Basketball

★ Roger Craig - Football

★ Joe Cronin - Baseball

★ Jim Crowley

★ (Speed) Cummings - 1936

★ Kiki Cuyler - Baseball

D

★ Dallas Cowboys - 2001, 1996, 1994, 1993 - Football

★ Harry Danning

★ Bob Davies

★ Curt Davis

★ Eric Davis - 1990 - Baseball

★ Glenn Davis - 1952 - Football

★ Terrell Davis - 1998 - Football

★ Darryl Dawkins - Basketball

★ Dominique Dawes - 1996 - Gymnastics

★ Dizzy Dean - 1935 - Baseball

★ Paul Dean - Baseball

★ De La Salle High School (Concord, California) - 1998 - High School football

★ Jack Del Rio - 1993 - Football

★ Frank Demaree

★ Jack Dempsey - Boxing

★ Leslie Deniz - 1984 - Discus

★ Denver Broncos - 1998 - Football

★ Paul Derringer - Baseball

★ Detroit Pistons - 1989 - Basketball

★ Donna DeVarona - Swimming

★ Bill Dickey - Baseball

★ Joe DiMaggio - Baseball

★ Babe Didrikson Zaharias - 1935 - American athlete, Golf

★ Tom Dolan - 1996 - Swimming

★ Chris Doleman - 1993 - Football

★ Tony Dorsett - 2001 - Football

★ Abner Doubleday - Baseball

★ Stacy Dragila - 2000 - Pole Vault

★ Clyde Drexler - 1993 - Basketball

★ Joe Dumars - 1989 - Basketball

★ Tricia Dunn - 1998 - Ice hockey

★ Tim Duncan - 2007 - Basketball

★ Leo Durocher - 1939 - Baseball

E

★ Bill Elliott - 2001 (HFW), 2000 (CWR, Reg.) - NASCAR

★ John Elway - 1993 - American football

★ Dale Earnhardt - 1996 - NASCAR

★ Bob Errey - Ice hockey

★ Boomer Esiason - 1990 - American football

★ Chris Evert - 1987 - Tennis

F

★ Marshall Faulk - Football

★ Jane Fauntz - 1935 - Olympic diving

★ Brett Favre - 1998 - Football

★ Tom Fears - 1951 - Football

★ Bob Feller - 1938 - Baseball

★ Lou Fette - 1938 - Baseball

★ Lew Fonseca - Baseball

★ Barry Foster

★ Jimmie Foxx - 1934 - Baseball

★ Gretchen Fraser

★ Benny Friedman- 1935 - American football Michigan New York Giants HOF

★ Frankie Frisch - Baseball

★ Walt Frazier - Basketball

★ Mal B. Freeburg

G

★ Andrés Galarraga - Baseball

★ Justin Gatlin - Track, 2004

★ Lou Gehrig - Baseball, 1992, 1999

★ Charlie Gehringer - Baseball

★ Althea Gibson - Tennis, 2001

★ Josh Gibson - Baseball, 1995

★ Kirk Gibson - Baseball

★ Randy Gilhen - Ice hockey, 1991

★ Terry Glenn - American football, 1997

★ Lefty Gomez - Baseball

★ Juan González - Baseball

★ Joe "Flash" Gordon - Baseball

★ Goose Goslin - Baseball

★ Otto Graham - Football

★ Cammi Granato - Ice Hockey, 1998

★ Red Grange - Football

★ Horace Grant - Basketball, 1991, 1992, 1993

★ A.C. Green - 1988 - Basketball

★ "Mean" Joe Greene - American football, 1997 (CWR)

★ Kevin Greene - American football

★ Hank Greenberg - Baseball

★ Ken Griffey, Jr. - Baseball, 1996 (HFW), 1997 (twice Reg.), 1998 (twice HFW, once Reg.), 1999 (HFW), 2000

★ Lefty Grove - Baseball

★ Ralph Guldahl

★ Tony Gwynn - Baseball, 1997, 2007

H

★ Stanley Hack - Baseball

★ Odell Hale

★ Franco Harris - American football

★ Gabby Hartnett - Baseball

★ John Havlicek - Basketball

★ Eric Heiden - (CWR) Speed skating

★ James "Chico" Hernandez - Sambo wrestling

★ Billy Herman - Baseball

★ Merril Hoge - American football

★ Ben Hogan - Golf

★ Nat Holman - Basketball

★ Mike Holmgren - American football

★ Joe Horlen - Baseball

★ Desmond Howard - American football

★ Dixie Howell

★ Carl Hubbell - Baseball

★ Kent Hrbek - Baseball

★ Don Hutson - American football

J

★ Peter Jacobsen - Golf

★ Joe Jacoby - American football

★ Jaromir Jagr - Ice hockey

★ Ned Jarrett - NASCAR

★ Bruce Jenner - Decathlon

★ Lynn Jennings

★ Derek Jeter - Baseball

★ Lee Johnson

★ Magic Johnson - Basketball

★ Michael Johnson - Athletics (track and field)

★ Pepper Johnson - American football

★ Randy Johnson - Baseball

★ Robert Johnson

★ Vinnie Johnson - Basketball

★ Brent Jones - American football

★ Howard Jones - American football

★ K.C. Jones - Basketball

★ Tom Jones – American football

★ Michael Jordan - Basketball

K

★ George Kell - Baseball

★ Jim Kelly - American football

★ Steve Kerr - Basketball

★ Ralph Kiner - Baseball

★ Katie King

★ Harry Kipke

★ Chuck Klein - Baseball

★ Kit Klein

★ Bernie Kosar - American football

★ Jack Kramer - Tennis

L

★ Jim Lachey

★ Bill Laimbeer - Basketball

★ Sean Landeta - American football

★ Carnell Lake - American football

★ Steve Largent - American football

★ Barry Larkin - Baseball

★ Ty Law - American football

★ Bobby Layne - American football

★ Bill Lee - Baseball

★ Mario Lemieux - Ice hockey

★ Bob Lemon - Baseball

★ Darrell Lester

★ Lawson Little

★ Greg Lloyd

★ Kenny Lofton - Baseball

★ Vince Lombardi - American football

★ Ernie Lombardi - Baseball

★ Troy Loney

★ Luc Longley - Basketball

★ Ronnie Lott - (HFW) - American football

★ John Lugbill

★ Johnny Lujack - American football

★ Todd Lyght - American football

M

★ George Maddox

★ Greg Maddux - Baseball

★ Phil Mahre - Alpine skiing

★ Steve Mahre - Alpine skiing

★ Rick Mahorn - Basketball

★ Gus Mancuso

★ Tony Manero

★ Lloyd Mangrum - Golf

★ Charles Mann – American football

★ Mickey Mantle - Baseball

★ Heinie Manush - Baseball

★ Alice Marble - Tennis

★ Dan Marino - American football

★ Marty Marion - Baseball

★ Johnny "Pepper" Martin - Baseball

★ Edgar Martinez - Baseball

★ Tino Martinez - Baseball

★ Tom Matte - American football

★ Willie Mays - Baseball

★ Tim McCarver - Baseball

★ Tim McCoy

★ Michael McCrary

★ Mark McGwire - Baseball

★ Dave McMillan

★ Bo McMillin

★ Mary T. Meagher - Swimming

★ Joe Medwick - Baseball

★ José Mesa - Baseball

★ George Mikan - Basketball

★ Shannon Miller - Gymnastics

★ Billy Mills - Running

★ Johnny Mize - Baseball

★ Dominique Moceanu - Gymnastics

★ Art Monk - American football

★ Joe Montana - American football

★ Warren Moon - American football

★ John Moore

★ Byron "Bam" Morris - American football

★ Hal Morris - Baseball

★ Wally Moses - Baseball

★ Van Lingle Mungo - Baseball

★ George Murray

★ Stan Musial - Baseball

★ Mike Mussina - Baseball

★ Randy Myers - Baseball

N

★ Joe Namath - American football

★ Bronko Nagurski - American football

★ Steve Nash - Basketball

★ Byron Nelson - Golf

★ Cindy Nelson - Alpine skiing

★ Ernie Nevers - American football

★ Hal Newhouser - Baseball

★ Bobo Newsom - Baseball

★ Hideo Nomo - Baseball

★ Ken Norton - Boxing

★ Jay Novacek - American football

O

★ Bart Oates - American football

★ Dan O'Brien - Track and field (decathlon)

★ Davey O'Brien - American football

★ Neil O'Donnell - American football

★ Jonathan Ogden - American football

★ Apolo Anton Ohno - Short track speed skating

★ Tom Osborne - American football

★ Mel Ott - Baseball

P

★ Orlando Pace - American football

★ LeRoy "Satchel" Paige - Baseball

★ Jim Palmer - Baseball

★ Arnold Palmer - Golf

★ Brad Park - Ice hockey

★ Benny Parsons - NASCAR

★ Joe Paterno - College Football Coach (Penn State)

★ Lynn Patrick

★ Carly Patterson - Gymnastics, 2004

★ Walter Payton - Football

★ John Paxson - Basketball

★ David Pearson - NASCAR

★ Drew Pearson - American football

★ Lee Petty - NASCAR

★ Richard Petty - NASCAR

★ Jaycie Phelps - Gymnastics

★ Michael Phelps - Swimming, 2004

★ Mike Piazza - Baseball

★ Frank Pietrangelo

★ Andy Pilney

★ Scottie Pippen - Basketball

★ Jim Pollard - Basketball

★ Kirby Puckett - Baseball

★ Albert Pujols - Baseball, 2005

R

★ Raymond Radcliff - Baseball

★ Andre Reed - American football

★ Harold "Pee Wee" Reese - Baseball

★ Mary Lou Retton - Gymnastics

★ Jerry Rice - Football

★ Bob Richards - Track and field (pole vault)

★ Bobby Richardson - Baseball

★ Mark Richt - College Football Coach (University of Georgia)

★ Freddy Rincon

★ Cal Ripken, Jr. - Baseball

★ Jose Rijo - Baseball

★ Phil Rizzuto - Baseball

★ Brooks Robinson - Baseball

★ David Robinson - Basketball

★ Jackie Robinson - Baseball

★ Bill Rodgers - Track and field (marathon)

★ Dennis Rodman - Basketball

★ Alex Rodriguez - Baseball

★ Elwin "Preacher" Roe - Baseball

★ Pete Rose - Baseball

★ Al Rosen - Baseball

★ Norman Ross

★ Charles "Red" Ruffing - Baseball

★ Bill Russell - Basketball 2007

★ Babe Ruth - Baseball

★ Nolan Ryan - (CWR) - Baseball

★ Mark Rypien - American football

S

★ Chris Sabo - Baseball

★ Joan Benoit Samuelson - Marathon

★ Riley Sandberg - soccer

★ Deion Sanders - (HFW) - American football

★ Ricky Sanders

★ Cael Sanderson - Wrestling

★ Gene Sarazen - Golf

★ Wes Schulmerich

★ Barbara Ann Scott

★ Byron Scott - Basketball

★ Todd Scott

★ Briana Scurry - Soccer

★ Shannon Sharpe - American football

★ Wilbur Shaw - Auto racing

★ Don Shula - American football

★ Al Simmons - Baseball

★ Phil Simms - American football

★ Bruce Smith - American football

★ Emmitt Smith - American football

★ Lee Smith - baseball

★ Neil Smith - American football

★ John Smoltz - Baseball

★ Sam Snead - Golf

★ Duke Snider - Baseball

★ Paul Sorrento

★ Warren Spahn - Baseball

★ Chris Spielman - American football

★ Eddie Stanky - Baseball

★ Bart Starr - American football

★ Roger Staubach - American football

★ Kevin Stevens

★ Dave Stockton - Golf

★ Elvis Stojko - Figure skating

★ Kerri Strug - Gymnastics

★ Harry Stuhldreher - American football

★ Pat Summitt - Basketball coach

T

★ Peter Taglianetti

★ Joe Theismann - American football

★ Yancey Thigpen - American football

★ Frank Thomas - (CWR) - Baseball

★ Isiah Thomas - Basketball

★ Thurman Thomas - American football

★ Reyna Thompson

★ Cecil Travis - Baseball

★ Tom Tresh - Baseball

★ Lee Trevino - Golf

★ Harold "Hal" Trosky - Baseball

U

★ Johnny Unitas - American football

V

★ Carlos Valderrama - Soccer

★ Amy Van Dyken - Swimming

★ Jimmy Vasser - Auto racing (Champ Car)

★ Arky Vaughan - Baseball

★ Steve Veltman - Bicycle Motocross racing, 1983

★ Zoilo Versalles - Baseball

★ Ellsworth Vines - Tennis

★ Maribel Vinson

★ Joe Vosmik - Baseball

W

★ Wallace Wade - American football

★ Lynn Waldorf - American football

★ Doak Walker - Football

★ Gerald "Gee" Walker - Baseball

★ Wallenda Troupe - High wire performers

★ Bucky Walters - Baseball

★ Paul Waner - Baseball

★ Cotton Warburton - American football

★ Lon Warneke - Baseball

★ Glenn S. "Pop" Warner - American football

★ Bob Waterfield - American football

★ Ricky Watters - American football

★ Tom Weiskopf - Golf

★ Johnny Weissmuller - Swimming

★ David Wells - Baseball

★ Billy Welu - Bowling

★ Jerry West - Basketball

★ Jo Jo White - Basketball

★ Reggie White - American football

★ Pinky Whitney - Baseball

★ Laura Wilkinson - Diving

★ Bernie Williams - Baseball

★ Ted Williams - Baseball

★ Esther Williams - Swimming

★ Dan Wilson - Baseball

★ Hack Wilson - Baseball

★ Dave Winfield - Baseball

★ Tiger Woods - Golf

★ Rod Woodson - American football

★ James Worthy - Basketball

Y

★ Kristi Yamaguchi - (HFW) - Figure skating

★ Cale Yarborough - NASCAR

★ Rudy York - Baseball

★ Steve Young - (CWR) - American football

Z

★ Alex Zanardi - Auto racing (Champcars)

Sources

★ List of athletes and teams on Wheaties boxes

★ Sports Cereal Boxes 1984-2001 (link dead as of April 8 2007)

★ Wheaties Official Site Champions List (link dead as of April 8 2007)

★ Individuals Honored on Wheaties Package Fronts (.doc file) (link dead as of April 8 2007)