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The United States Military Academy (USMA) is an undergraduate college in West Point, New York that educates and commissions officers for the United States Army.The Academy is a member of the Division I Patriot League in most sports, [1] but its men's ice hockey program competes in the Atlantic Hockey league and its football program competes independent of a league.
Hundreds of NFL players had their playing careers interrupted or terminated by the conflict for months or years, losing seasons in their athletic prime. This is a sortable list of players in the NFL who were active at their time of induction and who served in the American military at some point between 1940 and 1945.
MajGen Harry K. Pickett (1911) Commanding officer of the Marine barracks at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.; LtGen James T. Moore (1916) early Marine aviator who held important command positions in USMC aviation during World War II, famous as Pappy Boyington's boss in the South Pacific air war and featured in the 1970s TV show Baa Baa Black Sheep.
On November 25, 1940, the Maxwell Memorial Club announced that Harmon had been chosen as the winner of the Maxwell Award as "the nation's No. 1 football player for 1940". [47] On November 28, 1940, Harmon was announced as the winner of the Heisman Trophy as the country's outstanding college football player with a record count of 1,303 votes. [48]
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This is a list of Major League Baseball (MLB) players to have accumulated a value of 50 or more career Wins Above Replacement (WAR) using the Baseball Reference calculation. [a] As of the conclusion of the 2024 Major League Baseball season, 320 players have reached a WAR value of 50.0 or higher, as detailed on this list.
The 1990 NL Rookie of the Year and all-Cincy bench’s WAR (40.6) and hits (1,571) leader received MVP votes five times, finishing in the top five twice, and played in a whopping 112 postseason ...
Peter Miller Dawkins (born March 8, 1938) is an American business executive and former college football player, hockey player, military officer, and political candidate. Dawkins attended the United States Military Academy , where he played as a halfback for the Army Cadets football team from 1956 to 1958.