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Johnny Sellers (July 31, 1937 – July 2, 2010) was an American jockey. Born in Los Angeles, but raised in Oklahoma, he began his professional career in 1955 and between 1959 and 1968 rode in six Kentucky Derbys. He won the prestigious race aboard Carry Back in 1961 then riding the colt to victory in the Preakness Stakes. That same year, he won eight straight races, equaling an American record set in 1951, and ended the year as the United States Champion Jockey by wins. He made the August 28, 1961 cover of ''Sports Illustrated'' magazine. In 1958, Sellers rode Jack Ketch to victory in the Canadian International Stakes and in 1965 he won the Belmont Stakes aboard Hail To All. In 1969 he was voted the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award.〔(TIME magazine, March 24, 1961 )〕 Retired in 1997, Sellers lived in Hallandale, Florida, two blocks from Gulfstream Park racetrack. He remained involved in the racing industry as a bloodstock agent. In 1999, he was in the news after recovering his Kentucky Derby trophy. Stolen from his Monrovia, California home in 1978, twenty-one years later a friend notified him that the engraved sterling silver trophy was being offered for sale on eBay. In 2007, Johnny Sellers was elected to the United States' Racing Hall of Fame.〔(National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame )〕 In 2011, he was inducted into the Oklahoma Horse Racing Hall of Fame.〔(Remington Park press release - September 27, 2011 )〕 Johnny Sellers died on July 2, 2010 at age 72 in Fayetteville, Arkansas.〔(Hall of Fame jockey Johnny Sellers dead at 72 )〕 He had two sons, Mark Sellers and John Michael Sellers, both of whom had careers as jockeys. He also had a daughter, Sabrina Sellers Machado. After finishing seventh at the Belmont Stakes with Carry Back, he was a Mystery Guest on ''What's My Line'' with Arlene Francis, Joey Bishop, Dorothy Kilgallen, and Bennett Cerf on the panel. Sellers won $10 for stumping Cerf and Francis; Joey Bishop successfully guessed his identity. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Johnny Sellers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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