Answer the following question: Lynn Curtis Swann (born March 7 1952) is an American former professional football player sportscaster and current politician and part owner of the Arena Football League team the Pittsburgh Power. In 2006 he was the Republican nominee to run against the incumbent Ed Rendell for Pennsylvania governor. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Athlete