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The final spot on Houstonist's Mt. Rushmore of Sports goes to a legend. An icon. A sports hero. None other than Hakeem Olajuwon.

In 1979, Carl Lewis came to the University of Houston via New Jersey after being recruited by track and field coach Tom Tellez. From there, the two would pair up for the rest of Lewis' career which would go down as arguably the greatest ever in Olympic history.

It's day two for Houstonist's Mt. Rushmore of Sports and today, Mr. Astro, Craig Biggio joins Earl Campbell.

Well, today is the first day of finding out which four Houston icons makes Houstonist's Mt. Rushmore of Sports and former Houston Oilers running back Earl Campbell gets the first spot.