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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...
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Inducted June 12, 2008 Christian Laettner is widely considered one of the greatest college basketball players of all time. During his four-year collegiate career at Duke University, Laettner averaged 16.6 points and 7.7 rebounds per game, and twice earned All-American honors while leading the Blue Devils to...
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Inducted June 9, 2005 Kwalick, born in Pittsburgh, became a star at Penn State University. For his three-year career as a tight end he caught 86 passes for 1,343 yards and 10 touchdowns all Penn State records. Kwalick was the school’s first two-time All-American (1968, 1969)....
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Inducted June 12, 2003 Kuzava, a native of Wyandotte, Michigan, began his big league career with the Cleveland Indians. But he made his name, thanks in part to an injury, with the New York Yankees. In 1951, Kuzava was property of the Washington Senators. The previous...
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Inducted July 18, 1998 Kush capped a brilliant collegiate football career in 1952 by being named an All-American as his Michigan State team went undefeated in nine games and won the National Championship. A native of Windber, PA., Kush played his first two seasons as a...