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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Inducted June 24, 2020 Frances Sobczak Kaszubski was a four-time National AAU Champion in shot put (1943, 1945, 1948 and 1950), and two-time Indoor Champion in 1948 and 1951. She was the National Champion in the discus throw seven-times (1943, 1945, 1947-1951.) In 1951, Kaszubski won...
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Inducted June 26, 2025 An outstanding collegiate track and field athlete, Jonckowski’s Olympic dream ended in 1975 when she suffered a back injury during the 1976 U.S. Olympic pentathlon qualifications. Following a lengthy recovery period, she directed her athletic drive to a sport rarely performed by...
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Inducted June 13, 1991 An outstanding high school quarterback in the Buffalo area and at Youngstown State, “The Polish Rifle” carved himself a niche as one of the game’s top quarterbacks in 17 years of pro football, 10 with the Philadelphia Eagles. He completed 2,187 of...