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Inducted June 23, 2016 Monte Nitzkowski was a two-time All-America swimmer and water polo player at UCLA and member of the 1952 U.S. Olympic team swimming the butterfly. He coached water polo at Long Beach City College from 1955 to 1989 winning 32 conference championships. He...
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Inducted June 9, 1990 Paralyzing batters with his fluttering knuckleball, Niekro won 318 games (the 19th player in big-league history to reach the 300 plateau) in 24 seasons with the Atlanta Braves (20 years), New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians despite only winning 31 games by...
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Inducted June 11, 1992 In a 21-year major league career with seven teams (Chicago Cubs, San Diego, Detroit, Atlanta, Houston, New York Yankees, Minnesota), Niekro posted a 220-203 record, including back-to-back 20-win seasons in 1979 and 1980 for the Houston Astros, for whom he played 10...
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Inducted September 16, 2021 Bronco Nagurski was a standout football player at 6’ 2” and 226 pounds at the University of Minnesota from 1927-1929. Nagurski played defensive tackle in 1927, and both fullback and tackle in 1928 and 1929. In 1929 he was named All-America at...
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Inducted June 14, 1973 The first inductee into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame and one of the heroic figures in major league baseball, “Stan the Man” compiled a career .331 batting average in 22 seasons (1941-1963), all with the St. Louis Cardinals. The Donora,...
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Inducted June 12, 2003 In 2001, Munchak became the 27th offensive lineman to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He spent his entire career (1982-93) playing offensive line for the Houston Oilers. A devastating run blocker, he earned nine Pro Bowl appearances and...
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Inducted June 5, 1986 “Little Mo” has spent almost his entire life in football. From high school stardom in Pennsylvania, he went to All-American honors at the University of Maryland, capped his senior year by receiving the Outland Trophy as the nation’s top lineman in 1952....
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Inducted June 13, 1996 The first game official inducted by the NPASHF, Mihalik had a remarkable career that spanned 40 years, including working six NCAA tournaments, three NIT tournaments and two Olympics – 1964 in Tokyo and 1968 in Mexico City. He worked some games in...
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Inducted June 12, 1997 The seventh of eight children of Polish immigrant parents, the Pennsylvania native excelled both as player and coach in professional football. After graduating from Washington and Lee College in Virginia, where he played fullback, guard and linebacker, Michaels (brother of Lou, NPASHF...
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Inducted June 9, 1994 A star lineman on offense and defense, Michaels also served as a kicking specialist for seven teams: two high school, one college and four professional. A left-footed kicker, he did it all: kickoffs, extra points, field goals and punting. The native of...