Well, to be diplomatic about it, Moffett, 72, is already a legend in his own time.

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Brady's rise from unheralded backup to Super Bowl MVP is already a football legend, serving as an inspiration to any young player eager to be given a chance to put on a helmet.

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"Stuart was already a makeup legend when he started on ' Star Wars, '" said George Lucas, creator of the films.

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The Tarawa calamity was already a Pacific legend: how naval intelligence, relying on obsolete charts, had miscalculated the tides so flagrantly that the Marine troops in their landing vessels were forced to disembark on coral reefs and then wade ashore for hundreds of yards, exposed to killing fire from Japanese machine guns.

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Maze's 22nd World Cup podium pulled her level with Austrian legend Hermann Maier, having already broken her points record in a season.

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As far as Cunningham's on-field presence is concerned, Saints fans had already become accustomed to the fact that their former Great Britain legend did not always run to a full 80 minutes any more.

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