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Inducted June 23, 2011 In the annals of Little League Baseball, Deras is arguably the greatest player of all-time. The Hamtramck, MI team reached the World Series finals in 1959 having won nine of ten tournament games by shutout. In the finals Deras tossed a one-hit,...
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Inducted June 23, 2011 Tom D’Eath has excelled in the sport of hydroplane racing as a famed driver, designer, and builder. As a driver, he has won national championships in nearly every class of hydroplane racing. He is the winner of three APBA Gold Cups (1976,...
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Inducted June 16,2022 Head football coach of the Cincinnati Bearcats (2004-2006) and the Michigan State Spartans (2007-2019), Dantonio finished his career with a record of 132-74. During his time in East Lansing, he compiled an impressive list of accomplishments including three Big Ten Championships, two victories...
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Inducted June 16,2022 Head coach of men’s lacrosse at Duke University since 2007, after previously serving as head coach at Hofstra for 21 seasons (1986-2006). Danowski coached Duke to three NCAA championships in 2010, 2013, and 2014, and appearances in the national championship game in 2007...
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Inducted June 18, 2009 Bobby Czyz, a member of the 1980 U.S. Olympic boxing team, was prevented from competing that year in Moscow due to the U.S. boycott of those games. Passing up numerous college scholarship offers, the 18 year old high school senior from Wanaque,...
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Inducted June 12, 1980 Johnny Lujack, Terry Brennan, Emil Sitko, John Panelli – to name a few – made the yardage and the headlines, but their paths to the end zone were strewn with the blood, sweat and humor of linemen like Zygmont Czarobski. Coming out...
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Inducted June 10, 1976 Crimmins thrilled bowling fans by sharing in every conceivable bowling title – team, doubles, singles and all-events in local, state and national competitions. The 1941 season was a particularly rugged test. In a stretch of eight weeks, he won four major tournaments...
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Inducted June 7, 2001 Lou played his entire l0-year professional football career (1950-59) as an offensive tackle for the Detroit Lions. During that period the 6-foot-4, 250-pounder never missed a game, playing in the 126 consecutive NFL contests. Creekmur was selected six times to the All-Pro...
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Inducted June 10, 1976 Coveleski won 214 games and lost 141 in a 14-year career in the American League, primarily with the Cleveland Indians. Known as a perfectionist on the mound, Coveleski did not believe in striking out batters. “Why should I throw seven or eight...
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Inducted September 16, 2021 The top U.S. short track speed skater of the last decade, Celski is a three-time Olympian (Vancouver, Sochi and PyeongChang) and three-time medalist in the Winter Olympics. J.R. won two Olympic medals in Vancouver in 2010 just five months after experiencing a...