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Fewer than 70 athletes are known to have played in both Major League Baseball (MLB) [a] and the National Football League (NFL). This includes two Heisman Trophy winners (Vic Janowicz and Bo Jackson) [1] and seven members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame (Red Badgro, [2] Paddy Driscoll, [3] George Halas, [4] Ernie Nevers, [5] Ace Parker, [6] Jim Thorpe, [7] and Deion Sanders). [8]
The plaque gallery at the Baseball Hall of Fame Ty Cobb's plaque at the Baseball Hall of Fame. The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York, honors individuals who have excelled in playing, managing, and serving the sport, and is the central point for the study of the history of baseball in the United States and beyond, displaying baseball-related artifacts and exhibits.
Baseball Newsstand – a newsblog where baseball-related articles are linked. Entries usually feature an excerpt of the article along with a discussion thread. Hall of Merit (abbreviated as the HoM) – a sub-site conceived by Joe Dimino as an alternative to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. The purpose of the HoM is ...
The 20 players with the most hits who aren’t in the Hall of Fame. List Wire. Kevin Kaduk. August 17, 2021 at 3:17 PM ... He'll be a first-ballot inductee for the 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame class ...
He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990 in his first year of eligibility. [ 6 ] Since his retirement as an active player in 1984 , Palmer has worked as a color commentator on telecasts of MLB games for ABC and ESPN and for the Orioles on Home Team Sports (HTS), Comcast SportsNet (CSN) Mid-Atlantic and the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network ...
Craig Biggio was two votes away from induction into the Hall of Fame in 2014. That's heartbreaking in itself, but it only has to add to Biggio's nerves that the ballot for the following year is ...
Drysdale was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984, his tenth year of eligibility, [11] and his number 53 retired was retired by the Dodgers on July 1, 1984. [12] During his career, he was a nine-time All-Star , starting the Midsummer Classic a record five times and pitching a record 19.1 innings, making an appearance in all nine ...
The Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. The Pro Football Hall of Fame includes players, coaches, and contributors (e.g., owners, general managers and team or league officials or other non-players) who have "made outstanding contributions to professional football". The charter class of seventeen was selected in 1963.