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Inducted June 21, 2012 Selected as the second overall pick in the 1973 NHL draft, Tom Lysiak led the Atlanta Flames in scoring in each of his first five NHL seasons. In ’73-’74, he finished second to future NHL Hall of Famer Denis Potvin in Calder...
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Inducted June 9, 1990 The Illinois native won her first national figure ice skating championship, the U. S. Junior title, in 1966 as a 4-foot-6-inch, 80-pound, 12-year-old. Two years later she made the U. S. Winter Olympic Team. In 1969, the pixieish blonde won the first...
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Inducted June 1, 1989 During a 13-year major league career (nine with the Philadelphia Phillies, four with the Chicago White Sox), “The Bull,” who turned his massive back on 150 college football scholarships his senior year to sign with the Phillies, utilized his compact 235-pound framework...
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Inducted June 8, 1978 A native of Pennsylvania, Lujack was an All-American quarterback who led Notre Dame to national titles in 1946 and 1947. In 1943, as a sophomore, he replaced QB Angelo Bertelli, who left for the service, five days before the Army game. Lujack...
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Inducted June 8, 1978 The Detroit native started bowling when he was 12 years old. At 16, he had a 191 average in a Detroit All-Star league. Lubanski won the world invitational crown in Chicago in 1958 and followed up with four titles in the 1959...
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Inducted June 13, 1996 Bob Kurland-basketball’s first great seven-footer-was too tall 50 years too soon. Although he led Jennings High in St. Louis to two state finals, college coaches didn’t want to take the time to develop tall players-except Henry Iba, who offered Kurland a scholarship...
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Inducted June 12, 1997 Signed to a $20,000 bonus by the Philadelphia Phillies out of high school in 1946, Lopata toiled in the minor leagues and didn’t reach the majors on a full-time basis until 1954. Employing a crouch batting stance suggested by Rogers Hornsby, in...
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Inducted June 8, 1978 Lopat pitched for seven years in the minors before he made it to the majors in 1944 with the Chicago White Sox. Four years later, he was traded to the New York Yankees, where he remained for eight years, posting a 109-51...
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Inducted June 20, 2019 Arlene Limas is one of the greatest Taekwondo athletes of the 20thcentury. She won the gold medal at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, and for her career was undefeated in international competition. In all, Limas has won nine National and World Championships. ...
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Inducted June 21, 2012 The first quarterback selected in the 1968 NFL Draft, Landry was chosen 11th overall after a stellar career at the University of Massachusetts where he was selected All-Yankee Conference for two seasons. He played 15 seasons in the NFL with the Lions...