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Inducted June 14, 1979 After two and a half seasons in the minors, Mazeroski joined the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1956 where he remained a fixture in the Pirates infield for 17 years. At the age of 21, he was named to the first of seven All...
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Inducted June 23, 2016 Chester Marcol kicked in college at Hillsdale where he was a four-time All-American. Drafted in the second round of the 1972 NFL draft (34th overall), he was the second-highest draft selection in league history at his position. During his nine year career,...
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Inducted June 10, 1976 A top collegiate quarterback at St. Bonaventure (where he set conference records on offense and passing) and the University of Detroit (where he led the nation with 1,813 yards in total offense in 1952), he went on to play four years with...
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Inducted June 21, 2012 Selected as the second overall pick in the 1973 NHL draft, Tom Lysiak led the Atlanta Flames in scoring in each of his first five NHL seasons. In ’73-’74, he finished second to future NHL Hall of Famer Denis Potvin in Calder...
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Inducted June 9, 1990 The Illinois native won her first national figure ice skating championship, the U. S. Junior title, in 1966 as a 4-foot-6-inch, 80-pound, 12-year-old. Two years later she made the U. S. Winter Olympic Team. In 1969, the pixieish blonde won the first...
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Inducted June 1, 1989 During a 13-year major league career (nine with the Philadelphia Phillies, four with the Chicago White Sox), “The Bull,” who turned his massive back on 150 college football scholarships his senior year to sign with the Phillies, utilized his compact 235-pound framework...
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Inducted June 8, 1978 A native of Pennsylvania, Lujack was an All-American quarterback who led Notre Dame to national titles in 1946 and 1947. In 1943, as a sophomore, he replaced QB Angelo Bertelli, who left for the service, five days before the Army game. Lujack...
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Inducted June 8, 1978 The Detroit native started bowling when he was 12 years old. At 16, he had a 191 average in a Detroit All-Star league. Lubanski won the world invitational crown in Chicago in 1958 and followed up with four titles in the 1959...
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Inducted June 13, 1996 Bob Kurland-basketball’s first great seven-footer-was too tall 50 years too soon. Although he led Jennings High in St. Louis to two state finals, college coaches didn’t want to take the time to develop tall players-except Henry Iba, who offered Kurland a scholarship...
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Inducted June 12, 1997 Signed to a $20,000 bonus by the Philadelphia Phillies out of high school in 1946, Lopata toiled in the minor leagues and didn’t reach the majors on a full-time basis until 1954. Employing a crouch batting stance suggested by Rogers Hornsby, in...