Great White Hope
Great White Hope is a nickname for something or someone that is expected to succeed. It may refer to:
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Entertainment
- The Great White Hope, a 1967 play by Howard Sackler
- The Great White Hope (film), a 1970 motion picture adapted from the play
- "Great White Hope", a 1978 rock song by Styx on the album Pieces of Eight
People
- Arthur Pelkey (1884–1921), Canadian boxer
- James J. Jeffries (1875–1953), American boxer
- William Warren Barbour (1888–1943), American amateur boxer
- Willie de Wit (born 1961), Canadian boxer
- Jess Willard (1881-1968), American boxer
- Gerry Cooney (born 1956), American boxer
- Jerry Quarry (1945-1999), American boxer
- Larry Bird (born 1956), American professional basketball player
- Tommy Morrison (1969-2013), American boxer
See also
- The Great White Hype, 1996 U.S. boxing sports-comedy film
- World White Heavyweight Championship, boxing title in pretense from 1911 to 1914
- The White Hope (disambiguation)
- Great White (disambiguation)
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