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This dimension places an athlete in the years they were actually competing. Wikipedia notes Pele "began playing for the Brazilian club Santos at age 15" and continued until "after retiring in 1977," a career spanning more than two decades. Browsing by active era sets an athlete alongside the rivals who were competing during the same period.

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1931 1
Active Era
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1. Wikipedia: Scrabble
WikipediaScrabble, History section
Quote, Scrabble, History section
In 1931 in Poughkeepsie, New York, the American architect Alfred Mosher Butts created the game as a variation on an earlier word game he invented, called Lexiko.
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Why does this atlas treat Scrabble champions as athletes?

Scrabble champions and professional competitors are carried as athlete entities, matching this atlas's treatment of mind sports generally.

This subcategory groups athletes who competed in Scrabble, the word-formation tile game, including Scrabble champions and professional competitors. Players of other tile or board games are grouped under their own categories, since this atlas treats each mind sport's top competitors as athlete entities in their own right.