Bob Marley and Sports

SI Staff | Sep 11, 2014

Bob Marley and Sports /

Bob Marley and Sports

Bob Marley practices his soccer skills in Paris on May 10, 1977. Marley and friends were due to play in a friendly match against French personalities, but due to bad weather the match was cancelled.

Bob Marley joins former Heavyweight Boxing Champion Sugar Ray Robinson on stage during a benefit concert for the Sugar Ray Robinson Youth Foundation on Nov. 27, 1979, in West Hollywood, Calif.

Bob Marley looks to kick a soccer ball as Brazil's Paulo Cezar Caju looks on in May 1980.

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Miami Hurricane linebacker Rohan Marley (left), son of Bob Marley, poses with teammates (left to right) Warren Sapp, C.J. Richardson, Ray Lewis, Corwin Francis and Patrick Riley during an SI photo shoot in Miami on March 31, 1994.

Rohan Marley celebrates a play during Miami's national championship game against Nebraska at the Orange Bowl on Jan. 1, 1995. The No. 1 ranked Cornhuskers defeated the No. 3 Hurricanes, however, 24-17.

John Crawley and Mark Butcher of the England cricket team play guitar in front of the legendary Bob Marley statue in Kingston, Jamaica, on Jan. 13, 1998.

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San Francisco Giants manager Dusty Baker laughs as he lies on his Harley Davidson motorcycle on the field at Candlestick Park in San Francisco on July 1, 1999. A caricature of Bob Marley appears on the gas tank.

LA Galaxy midfielder Ezra Hendrickson shows off his Bob Marley t-shirt as he celebrates his team's 3-2 win over the Honduran squad CD Olimpia in the Champions Cup final in Los Angeles on Jan. 21, 2001. Hendrickson scored two of the Galaxy's three goals in the victory.

South African cricketers Paul Adams and Roger Telemachus pose outside the Bob Marley museum in Kingston, Jamaica, on April 26, 2001.

Miami Heat center Brian Grant, with a tattoo of Bob Marley on his arm, looks to shoot during a game against the Nuggets at the Pepsi Center in Denver on Jan. 8, 2003.

Boxer Lennox Lewis presents Bob Marley's widow Rita Marley an award for his Founding Member Induction at the UK Music Hall Of Fame in London on Nov. 11, 2004.

Florida Gators center Joakim Noah poses in front of a Bob Marley mural in Gainesville, Fla., on Jan. 12, 2006.

Bob Marley's son Ziggy Marley scrimmages with members of the Canadian national soccer team in Montreal on Sept. 2, 2006, two days prior to Canada's game with Jamaica.

Uruguayan footballer Sebastian Abreu, with a tattoo of Bob Marley on his arm, takes part in a training session in Caracas, Venezuela, on July 12, 2007.

Usain Bolt poses next to the legendary Bob Marley statue in Kingston, Jamaica, on Oct. 19, 2007.

Lewis Hamilton wears a specially designed helmet with a tribute to Bob Marley as he prepares to drive during the final practice session prior to qualifying for the Indian Formula One Grand Prix at the Buddh International Circuit on Oct. 29, 2011 in Noida, India.

Usain Bolt models the Jamaican Olympic kit with designer Cedella Marley, daughter of Bob Marley, during the kit unveiling in London on June 1, 2012.

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Rohan Marley and UFC fighter Demian Maia pose together at the Apas GlobalBev 2013 at Expo Center Norte on May 9, 2013 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Tulane linebacker Nico Marley, grandson of Bob Marley, tosses a football during an SI photo shoot at the Bob Marley Museum in Kingston, Jamaica, on May 16, 2014.

Nico Marley races his dad Rohan Marley along Hellshire Beach in Jamaica on May 16, 2014.

Tulane linebacker Nico Marley in action against Georgia Tech at Yulman Stadium in New Orleans on Sept. 6, 2014.

Published Sep 11, 2014

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