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Inducted June 23, 2011 A third round draft pick by San Francisco in 1988 out of Boston College, Romanowski went on to a 16 year career in the NFL playing for the 49ers, Eagles, Broncos and Raiders. The tough, hard-nosed linebacker played in 243 consecutive games,...
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Inducted June 9, 2005 Born in LaPorte, Indiana, Reed was a three-sport star in high school. Basketball was his first love so he turned down a bonus offer to sign a baseball contract and accepted a basketball scholarship from the University of Notre Dame. A 6’6″...
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Inducted June 8, 2006 Born John Quinn Picus in Janesville, PA, he spent his early years working as a coal miner. In 1909, at the age of 24, he became the first Polish American to play major league baseball since Oscar Bielaski. He went on to...
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Inducted August 8, 2002 Johnny Podres pitched for 15 seasons in the major leagues: Brooklyn Dodgers (1953-57), Los Angeles Dodgers (1958-65), Detroit Tigers (1966-67) and the San Diego Padres (1969). For his career, he won 148 games against 116 losses in over 2,000 innings pitched. He...
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A baseball catcher, Pierzynski played 19 seasons in the majors with the Twins (1998-2003), San Francisco Giants (2004), Chicago White Sox (2005-2012), Texas Rangers (2013), Boston Red Sox (2014), St. Louis Cardinals (2014) and the Atlanta Braves (2015-2016). He is one of only ten catchers...
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Inducted June 9, 2005 Piekarski was a four year letter winner for the University of Pennsylvania from 1901 to 1904. The first Polish American to be named All-American, he was named to Walter Camp’s third team All-American team, and was a consensus All-American in 1904. A...
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Inducted June 9, 1983 The New Jersey native was one of the premier relief pitching specialists in the major leagues from 1961 to 1973, posting a 79-74 record, 179 saves and a 2.79 ERA in 737 games covering 1,237 innings. He pitched for the Los Angeles...
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Inducted June 3, 1982 A high school All-State selection in Ohio, Payak moved on to Bowling Green University where he was a starting guard his freshman year and, using an assortment of one-handed jump shots and two-handed set shots, scored nearly 1,000 points in four years...
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Inducted June 23, 2014 Walt Patulski, a three-year starter at The University of Notre Dame, was generally considered the best collegiate lineman in the country from 1969-71. The 6-foot-6, 260-pound defensive end was a unanimous All-American in 1971, winning both the UPI Lineman of the Year...
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Inducted October 15, 1988 Born in Milwaukee, a quiet but persistent tennis player who adopted a business-like approach to the game, Parker ranked among the top ten U.S. players for 17 consecutive years, 1933-1949. Among his accomplishments: a member of the Davis Cup team five times,...