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Presidents and sports:

* George H.W. Bush -- hit .264 senior year at Yale.

* Franklin Roosevelt -- set national high school record for standing high jump.

* William Howard Taft -- won $1,000 in golf tourney while president.

* Warren Harding -- golf scores were consistently in 80s.

* Woodrow Wilson -- was an assistant football coach at Princeton.

* Richard Nixon -- had a 152 bowling average -- his high game was 232.

Source: “That’s Not in My American History Book” (Thomas Ayres, Taylor Trade Pub., 2004)

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