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Inducted June 8, 1995 A native of Danville, Illinois, Edmund Raymond “Zeke” Bratkowski turned down, at his father’s insistence, an offer to try out for the Brooklyn Dodgers and headed for the University of Georgia, where he set numerous conference and NCAA records in passing and...
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Inducted May 31, 1984 A basketball All-American at both Notre Dame and Denver universities, Boryla went on to two decades of pro basketball success as a player, coach and general manager. The East Chicago, Ind., native was a freshman All-American at Notre Dame, and a member...
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Inducted June 23, 2014 Duane Bobick started boxing at age 16 in Golden Gloves, and became one of the best amateur boxers in the United States. He was a three-time All-Navy champion and two-time All-Service champion. Standing 6’3” and weighing 215 pounds, he won the United...
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Inducted June 9, 1994 A natural athlete who outplayed boys during her All-State high school days, she became a trail-blazer for women’s sports in the U. S. “Blaze” ended her four-year (1974-1978) career at Montclair (N. J.) State as the leading scorer in women’s Division I...
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Inducted June 9, 2005 The son of a Polish immigrant who died in the Civil War as a captain in the Union Army, Bielski also joined the Union Army and learned to play baseball during lulls between battles A true pioneer, in 1872 Bielaski became the...
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A Legacy of International Coaching Success By Buck Jerzy NPASHF Past Board Chairman When Janusz Bednarski retired in December of 2014 as fencing coach at the University of Notre Dame he left a legacy as one of the all-time greats as a mentor in his sport — both...
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Inducted June 21, 2018 Rachel Komisarz-Baugh was a three-time Southeastern Conference champion and a seven-time NCAA All-American swimmer at the University of Kentucky from 1996-1999. Swimming freestyle and butterfly, she was named SEC swimmer of the year in 1999. Komisarz-Baugh was a member of the U.S. National...
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Inducted June 10, 1993 The California native was a consensus All-American quarterback at the University of California, leading the nation his senior year with 182 completions for 2, 580 yards and 12 touchdowns. The No. 1 player selected in the 1975 NFL draft, Bartkowski played 11...
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Inducted June 24, 2010 Peaches Bartkowicz, the 1960’s tennis phenom from Hamtramck, Michigan, began her rise to world tennis prominence by winning 17 age group titles as a junior, including the Wimbledon Girls’ Singles title in 1964. Over the next seven years, Peaches dazzled the tennis...
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Inducted June 9, 1990 A native of Crivitz, Wisconsin, where he starred in football, basketball and track, and a stellar running back for three years for the University of Miami (Florida), Banaszak played his entire 13-year pro football career with the Oakland Raiders. Not a flashy...