Jun
Inducted June 24, 2010 Kristy Kowal, a standout swimmer for the University of Georgia from 1997-2000, led the Lady Bulldogs to NCAA Team Championships in 1999 and 2000. She was the first woman in SEC history to win conference titles in the 100 and 200 yard...
Jun
Inducted June 12, 2008 Armed with a wicked slider and change-up, Jim Konstanty pitched for five teams during his 13-year major league career (1944-1956), while compiling a career record of 66-48, with 74 saves and a 3.46 ERA in 433 games. As a relief specialist for...
Jun
Inducted June 23, 2016 Joe Kocur was a six foot, 220 pound right winger drafted in 1983 by the Detroit Red Wings as the 88th overall pick. He played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League with the Red Wings, New York Rangers and Vancouver Canucks....
Jun
Inducted June 13, 1974 At Indiana University, burly Ted Kluszewski concentrated on football, where he achieved Big Ten honors as an end. But he turned his attention to baseball in 1946 when he signed with Cincinnati. Two years later, he began a 14-year major league career...
Jun
Inducted June 3, 1982 Born in Pittsburgh but reared in Hamtramck, Michigan, where he starred in baseball and football, Klewicki went to Michigan State University, where he was an All-American defensive end and the Spartans’ MVP in 1934. He was a member of the 1935 world...
Jun
Inducted June 23, 2014 Ryan Klesko played 16 Major League Baseball seasons (1992-2007) with Atlanta, San Diego and San Francisco, belting 278 home runs, 987 RBI, and 1,564 hits during his major league career. He was an integral part of the Braves World Series Championship team...
Jun
Inducted June 10, 1999 Joe Klecko, who grew up in a blue-collar town near Philadelphia (Chester, Pennsylvania) was a truck driver, boxer and semi-pro football player (under the name Jim Jones) before he began his collegiate career at Temple University. Because of his strength and speed...
Jun
Inducted June 8, 2001 Golf’s Betsy King became only the sixth woman to be inducted into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame. She is a superstar on the pro golf circuit and already a member of the Ladies Professional Golf Association Hall of Fame. The...
Jun
Inducted May 31, 1984 Few men in boxing stirred the emotions as did Ketchel. Turning pro at the age of 16, bull-strong and cat-quick, Ketchel twice won the world middleweight championship. He KO’d “Twin” Sullivan in the first round in February 1908, lost the title to...
Jun
Inducted June 8, 2006 A native of Evanston, IL Kenn went to the University of Michigan as an offensive tackle in 1974. Twice named All-Big Ten (1976-77), Kenn helped lead the Wolverines to three Big Ten championships and appearances in a Sugar Bowl and two Rose...