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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 57. Chapters: Bill Walsh, Josh Ryan Evans, Kristi Yamaguchi, Dwayne Johnson, Bill Lockyer, Max Baer, Sokei-an, Shawn Stasiak, Andre Ward, Brent Patterson, Jon Miller, Brian Patterson, Eddie House, Troy Walker, John Beck, Jack Del Rio, Jack Grisham, Rosa Gumataotao Rios, Don Wakamatsu, Spice 1, Bob Sweikert, France Silva, Archie Johnson Inger, Hamza Yusuf, William Dutton Hayward, Eddie Chacon, Davone Bess, Michaela Garecht, Kimberlin Brown, Agapius Honcharenko, Forrest Fezler, Johnny Estrada, Jeff Beal, Amobi Okugo, Wes Littleton, Bill Owens, Joan Weston, Marco Dapper, James Graham Cooper, Art Larsen, Goto Zuigan, Deric Battiste, Glen Alvelais, Julie Clark, Brian Beacock, Veronica Perez, Nick DeBarr, Erick Threets, Mike Reilly, Tom Eplin, Ed Galigher. Excerpt: Dwayne Douglas Johnson (born May 2, 1972), also known by his ring name The Rock, is an American actor, professional wrestler and philanthropist currently signed with WWE, primarily featured on its Raw brand. He is often credited as Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Johnson was a college football player. In 1991, he was part of the University of Miami's national championship team. He later played for the Calgary Stampeders in the Canadian Football League, and was cut two months into the 1995 season. This led to his decision to become a professional wrestler like his grandfather, Peter Maivia, and his father, Rocky Johnson. He gained mainstream fame as a wrestler in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), originally known as the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), from 1996 to 2004, and was the first third-generation superstar in the company's history. Johnson was quickly given a push as a heroic character in the WWF, originally billed as "Rocky Maivia," and then as "The Rock." He would subsequently turn into a villain as a member of the Nation of Domination in 1997. Two years after he jo...