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This list is not all-inclusive, and athletes may have been shown together with teams and groups, or on the sides, back, or front of the box. Most athletes appeared on the standard Wheaties box, while others appeared on the Honey Frosted Wheaties (HFW), Crispy Wheaties 'n' Raisins (CWR), Wheaties Energy Crunch (WEC), or Wheaties Fuel (WF) boxes.
1935 – First woman athlete depicted on a Wheaties box – Golfer and athlete Babe Didrikson Zaharias 1936 – First African American athlete on a Wheaties box – Jesse Owens 1939 – First televised commercial sports broadcast sponsorship, of the 1939 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
More than 70 Olympians have appeared on the front of Wheaties cereal boxes. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways ...
He was the first athlete to appear on the front of Wheaties cereal boxes in 1958 (though not the first depicted on all parts of the packaging), and also was the first Wheaties spokesman, setting up the Wheaties Sports Federation, which encouraged participation in Olympic sports. [5]
Tennis champion Coco Gauff joins a long lineage of athletes to be featured on the coveted orange Wheaties box. Coco Gauff is the latest athlete to endorse the “Breakfast of Champions.”
As the year continues, Wheaties plans to recognize athletes who have previously graced the iconic orange box and "shaped sports culture."
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