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WWE Hall of Famer Bruno Sammartino dead at 82
Professional wrestling legend Bruno Sammartino died Wednesday, WWE announced. He was 82.
Sammartino, a WWE Hall of Famer, was known as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of any era and one of the ultimate good guys in the ring.
Sammartino grew up in Abruzzi, Italy and lived under Nazi occupation during World War II. He and his mother hid out in Valla Rocca during the occupation and eventually joined his father in Pittsburgh in 1950.
“The Italian Superman” started to hit the weights in the late 50’s and caught the eye of Vincent J. McMahon – one of the pioneers of American professional wrestling.
Sammartino quickly became a fan favorite after defeating Buddy Rogers in 43 seconds at Madison Square Garden in 1963 to become the second-ever WWE champion.
Samamartino held the WWE title for nearly eight years and became a household name over the course of his career. He had his rivalries with some of wrestling’s famous names, including George “The Animal” Steele, Gorilla Monsoon and Killer Kowalski.
He would lose his title to Ivan Koloff in 1971, but eventually won it back two years later becoming the first two-time WWE champion. He held the title for three-and-a-half more years.
Entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/04/18/wwe-hall-famer-bruno-sammartino-dead-at-82.html
Professional wrestling legend Bruno Sammartino died Wednesday, WWE announced. He was 82.
Sammartino, a WWE Hall of Famer, was known as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of any era and one of the ultimate good guys in the ring.
Sammartino grew up in Abruzzi, Italy and lived under Nazi occupation during World War II. He and his mother hid out in Valla Rocca during the occupation and eventually joined his father in Pittsburgh in 1950.
“The Italian Superman” started to hit the weights in the late 50’s and caught the eye of Vincent J. McMahon – one of the pioneers of American professional wrestling.
Sammartino quickly became a fan favorite after defeating Buddy Rogers in 43 seconds at Madison Square Garden in 1963 to become the second-ever WWE champion.
Samamartino held the WWE title for nearly eight years and became a household name over the course of his career. He had his rivalries with some of wrestling’s famous names, including George “The Animal” Steele, Gorilla Monsoon and Killer Kowalski.
He would lose his title to Ivan Koloff in 1971, but eventually won it back two years later becoming the first two-time WWE champion. He held the title for three-and-a-half more years.
Entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/04/18/wwe-hall-famer-bruno-sammartino-dead-at-82.html
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Cannon was a two-time unanimous All American (1958, 1959), LSU's only Heisman Trophy winner (1959), and the #1 overall pick in the 1960 NFL draft. Cannon led LSU to the school's first national championship of modern era (1958). Arguably LSU's best player ever.
This is Cannon's famous punt return against Ole Miss on Halloween, 1959:
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Bill Mallory, Hoosiers' career leader in wins, dies at 82
Bill Mallory, Indiana's all-time coaching wins leader who upgraded football teams at Colorado, Northern Illinois and Miami (Ohio), died Friday in Bloomington, Indiana.
Indiana University confirmed Mallory's passing following a tweet by Mallory's son, Curt, the football coach at Indiana State.
Bill Mallory was 82. He underwent emergency brain surgery after falling on May 22. Curt Mallory tweeted Thursday that his father had been placed in hospice care.
Bill Mallory went 168-129-4 in 27 seasons as a college head coach, guiding 10 teams to bowl appearances with four AP top-20 finishes. He led Miami (Ohio), his alma mater, to an 11-0 record in 1973 and a No. 15 finish in the final poll. Mallory later coached Colorado to the 1977 Orange Bowl and Northern Illinois to its first Mid-American Conference title in 1983.
Entire article: http://www.espn.com/college-footbal...lory-indiana-hoosiers-all-wins-leader-dies-82
Bill Mallory, Indiana's all-time coaching wins leader who upgraded football teams at Colorado, Northern Illinois and Miami (Ohio), died Friday in Bloomington, Indiana.
Indiana University confirmed Mallory's passing following a tweet by Mallory's son, Curt, the football coach at Indiana State.
Bill Mallory was 82. He underwent emergency brain surgery after falling on May 22. Curt Mallory tweeted Thursday that his father had been placed in hospice care.
Bill Mallory went 168-129-4 in 27 seasons as a college head coach, guiding 10 teams to bowl appearances with four AP top-20 finishes. He led Miami (Ohio), his alma mater, to an 11-0 record in 1973 and a No. 15 finish in the final poll. Mallory later coached Colorado to the 1977 Orange Bowl and Northern Illinois to its first Mid-American Conference title in 1983.
Entire article: http://www.espn.com/college-footbal...lory-indiana-hoosiers-all-wins-leader-dies-82
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Former 49ers WR Dwight Clark Dies at Age 61 After Battle with ALS
Former San Francisco 49ers receiver Dwight Clark, who had ALS, died Monday at the age of 61.
His wife, Kelly, announced the news on Clark's Twitter account:
Entire article: https://bleacherreport.com/articles...ht-clark-dies-at-age-61-after-battle-with-als
He'll always be remembered for this one play:
R.I.P.
Former San Francisco 49ers receiver Dwight Clark, who had ALS, died Monday at the age of 61.
His wife, Kelly, announced the news on Clark's Twitter account:
Entire article: https://bleacherreport.com/articles...ht-clark-dies-at-age-61-after-battle-with-als
He'll always be remembered for this one play:
R.I.P.
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Hall of Famer Schoendienst dies at 95
Spent 67 of his 76 years in baseball with Cardinals
Red Schoendienst, a fixture with the Cardinals and one of the organization's most beloved figures, died on Wednesday at the age of 95.
Few players across the history of Major League Baseball were as synonymous with a particular franchise as Schoendienst was with the Cardinals. The Hall of Famer spent nearly three-quarters of a century in uniform and more than six decades with St. Louis.
Entire article: https://www.mlb.com/news/hall-of-famer-red-schoendienst-dies/c-280117310
R.I.P.
Spent 67 of his 76 years in baseball with Cardinals
Red Schoendienst, a fixture with the Cardinals and one of the organization's most beloved figures, died on Wednesday at the age of 95.
Few players across the history of Major League Baseball were as synonymous with a particular franchise as Schoendienst was with the Cardinals. The Hall of Famer spent nearly three-quarters of a century in uniform and more than six decades with St. Louis.
Entire article: https://www.mlb.com/news/hall-of-famer-red-schoendienst-dies/c-280117310
R.I.P.
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Hall of Famer Schoendienst dies at 95
Spent 67 of his 76 years in baseball with Cardinals
Red Schoendienst, a fixture with the Cardinals and one of the organization's most beloved figures, died on Wednesday at the age of 95.
Few players across the history of Major League Baseball were as synonymous with a particular franchise as Schoendienst was with the Cardinals. The Hall of Famer spent nearly three-quarters of a century in uniform and more than six decades with St. Louis.
Entire article: https://www.mlb.com/news/hall-of-famer-red-schoendienst-dies/c-280117310
R.I.P.
RIP
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Hall of Famer Schoendienst dies at 95
Spent 67 of his 76 years in baseball with Cardinals
Red Schoendienst, a fixture with the Cardinals and one of the organization's most beloved figures, died on Wednesday at the age of 95.
Few players across the history of Major League Baseball were as synonymous with a particular franchise as Schoendienst was with the Cardinals. The Hall of Famer spent nearly three-quarters of a century in uniform and more than six decades with St. Louis.
Entire article: https://www.mlb.com/news/hall-of-famer-red-schoendienst-dies/c-280117310
R.I.P.
Just sayin': Back in the 1950s, my first baseball glove was a Red Schoendiest model. It actually looked like this one that sold on ebay:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1950-039-s...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
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NHRA legend Tom “the Mongoose” McEwen dies aged 81
One of the most iconic figures in NHRA history, Tom McEwen, died yesterday aged 81.
McEwen won just five NHRA races yet helped elevate the sport’s status when he came up with the idea of building a rivalry with Don ‘The Snake’ Prudhomme by acquiring the moniker of ‘The Mongoose’. By 1970, the idea had earned the pair sponsorship from Mattel Hot Wheels and they’d become household names to anyone interested in motorsport.
McEwen first began racing in 1953, driving ‘stock’ Oldsmobiles at Santa Ana Dragstrip in Irvine, Calif., and Lions Dragstrip in Long Beach, but he rapidly moved up to dragsters.
One of these was Gene Adams' Albertson Oldsmobile which led to him racing Adams’ ‘Shark car’, a dragster featuring a sexy metallic blue body. In side-profile its tail did indeed resemble that of a shark, and with dragsters of the time running front engines, the ‘tail’ formed the semi-enclosed cockpit for McEwen.
But as well as driving such a striking car, McEwen also said the experience gained with Adams improving his technique. Speaking to NHRA, when in 2001 the series compiled its list of the 50 greatest drivers, McEwen said: "Driving for [Adams] was like going to college for me. I had to learn to drive all over again; to get the feeling of driving without smoking the tires."
In ’63, he scored victory against Art Malone at the Bakersfield March Meet in California. In ’64, McEwen took on Prudhomme, using the Donovan Engineering Special and won in two straight sets.
Later that year, McEwen used Lou Baney's Yeakel Plymouth-sponsored dragster to beat the 32-car UDRA field at Fontana Raceway and then took Top Fuel honors at Lions Dragstrip and Pomona Raceway.
Lions Dragstrip would be the location of two more match races between Snake and Mongoose in ’65, McEwen’s Yeakel dragster beating Prudhomme two rounds to one in the first, then losing in two straight sets in the second.
Snake and Mongoose raced each other only once in 1966, at the Winternationals, and Prudhomme won, 7.59sec ET to 7.69. Largely due to McEwen confining his activities to drag-racing heartland, Southern California and some other western venues, the pair would not again cross swords until the 70s.
In the mean time, however, McEwen won the ’66 Hot Rod Magazine Championships at Riverside Raceway and the ’68 Stardust National Open in Las Vegas. He also recorded what was then the lowest elapsed time ever over a quarter-mile, 6.64sec at the Orange County PDA Meet in ’68.
McEwen’s understanding of good promotion was also becoming more evident by the late ’60s. Initially, this was for the benefit of the Plymouth brand – the bright red ’65 Hemi ’Cuda came with SoCal Plymouth Dealers Association sponsorship, and McEwen displayed the car up and down the west coast. Two years later, he had the drag racing world whipped into a frenzy about the ‘Super Mustang’ from Ford, even though it would race only once at national level, at the ’67 NHRA Winternationals.
In the summer of ’69, McEwen and Prudhomme joined forces on a business venture, a national touring team sponsored by Mattel Toys, called Wildlife Racing.
Entire article: https://www.motorsport.com/nhra/news/nhra-legend-tom-the-mongoose-mcewen-dies-aged-81-1045718/
One of the most iconic figures in NHRA history, Tom McEwen, died yesterday aged 81.
McEwen won just five NHRA races yet helped elevate the sport’s status when he came up with the idea of building a rivalry with Don ‘The Snake’ Prudhomme by acquiring the moniker of ‘The Mongoose’. By 1970, the idea had earned the pair sponsorship from Mattel Hot Wheels and they’d become household names to anyone interested in motorsport.
McEwen first began racing in 1953, driving ‘stock’ Oldsmobiles at Santa Ana Dragstrip in Irvine, Calif., and Lions Dragstrip in Long Beach, but he rapidly moved up to dragsters.
One of these was Gene Adams' Albertson Oldsmobile which led to him racing Adams’ ‘Shark car’, a dragster featuring a sexy metallic blue body. In side-profile its tail did indeed resemble that of a shark, and with dragsters of the time running front engines, the ‘tail’ formed the semi-enclosed cockpit for McEwen.
But as well as driving such a striking car, McEwen also said the experience gained with Adams improving his technique. Speaking to NHRA, when in 2001 the series compiled its list of the 50 greatest drivers, McEwen said: "Driving for [Adams] was like going to college for me. I had to learn to drive all over again; to get the feeling of driving without smoking the tires."
In ’63, he scored victory against Art Malone at the Bakersfield March Meet in California. In ’64, McEwen took on Prudhomme, using the Donovan Engineering Special and won in two straight sets.
Later that year, McEwen used Lou Baney's Yeakel Plymouth-sponsored dragster to beat the 32-car UDRA field at Fontana Raceway and then took Top Fuel honors at Lions Dragstrip and Pomona Raceway.
Lions Dragstrip would be the location of two more match races between Snake and Mongoose in ’65, McEwen’s Yeakel dragster beating Prudhomme two rounds to one in the first, then losing in two straight sets in the second.
Snake and Mongoose raced each other only once in 1966, at the Winternationals, and Prudhomme won, 7.59sec ET to 7.69. Largely due to McEwen confining his activities to drag-racing heartland, Southern California and some other western venues, the pair would not again cross swords until the 70s.
In the mean time, however, McEwen won the ’66 Hot Rod Magazine Championships at Riverside Raceway and the ’68 Stardust National Open in Las Vegas. He also recorded what was then the lowest elapsed time ever over a quarter-mile, 6.64sec at the Orange County PDA Meet in ’68.
McEwen’s understanding of good promotion was also becoming more evident by the late ’60s. Initially, this was for the benefit of the Plymouth brand – the bright red ’65 Hemi ’Cuda came with SoCal Plymouth Dealers Association sponsorship, and McEwen displayed the car up and down the west coast. Two years later, he had the drag racing world whipped into a frenzy about the ‘Super Mustang’ from Ford, even though it would race only once at national level, at the ’67 NHRA Winternationals.
In the summer of ’69, McEwen and Prudhomme joined forces on a business venture, a national touring team sponsored by Mattel Toys, called Wildlife Racing.
Entire article: https://www.motorsport.com/nhra/news/nhra-legend-tom-the-mongoose-mcewen-dies-aged-81-1045718/
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WWE Hall of Famer, legendary heel Nikolai Volkoff dies at age 70
Volkoff was a notorious Soviet antagonist for Vince McMahon
Nikolai Volkoff, real name Josip Nikolai Peruzovic, passed away Sunday morning at age 70, WWE has confirmed.
Born in Croatia, Volkoff first worked for the New York territory -- then known as the World Wide Wrestling Federation -- under the direction of Vince McMahon Sr. beginning in 1968 under the moniker of Bepo Mongol. He departed the promotion in 1971 and returned in 1974 to feud with some of the territory's biggest stars such as Bruno Sammartino and Bob Backlund.
Volkoff made his way back to the then-WWF in 1984, and this stint would see him gain the most notoriety he experienced in his career. Teaming with The Iron Sheik under the management of the legendary "Classy" Freddie Blassie, the duo captured the tag team championship from the U.S. Express tandem of Mike Rotundo and Barry Windham at the first WrestleMania event inside Madison Square Garden in 1985. In the late 1980s heading into the 1990s, Volkoff formed a team with Boris Zukhov, dubbed The Bolsheviks, a pair of Soviet antagonists.
What made Volkoff stand out the most as a heel during this time period, and what many fans will remember about his stellar work, was the amount of heat he would draw prior to his matches where he would command respect while he recited the Soviet national anthem.
Following the conclusion of the Cold War, Volkoff would eventually take on the rare responsibility of a babyface in the early '90s, proclaiming that he was now a Lithuanian resident. The last notable storyline Volkoff was involved in as a full-time WWE superstar in 1994 saw him forced to join Ted DiBiase's Million Dollar Corporation. The storyline saw Volkoff having fallen on hard times, thus being forced to take on the role of DiBiase's servant as he was constantly humiliated.
After leaving WWE for good in 1995, Volkoff made sporadic appearances for McMahon throughout the years, including taking part as an entrant into the infamous gimmick battle royal that took place at WrestleMania X-Seven in Houston.
Volkoff was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 2005.
Entire article: https://www.cbssports.com/wwe/news/wwe-hall-of-famer-legendary-heel-nikolai-volkoff-dies-at-age-70/
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He wasn't even Russian....
Volkoff was a notorious Soviet antagonist for Vince McMahon
Nikolai Volkoff, real name Josip Nikolai Peruzovic, passed away Sunday morning at age 70, WWE has confirmed.
Born in Croatia, Volkoff first worked for the New York territory -- then known as the World Wide Wrestling Federation -- under the direction of Vince McMahon Sr. beginning in 1968 under the moniker of Bepo Mongol. He departed the promotion in 1971 and returned in 1974 to feud with some of the territory's biggest stars such as Bruno Sammartino and Bob Backlund.
Volkoff made his way back to the then-WWF in 1984, and this stint would see him gain the most notoriety he experienced in his career. Teaming with The Iron Sheik under the management of the legendary "Classy" Freddie Blassie, the duo captured the tag team championship from the U.S. Express tandem of Mike Rotundo and Barry Windham at the first WrestleMania event inside Madison Square Garden in 1985. In the late 1980s heading into the 1990s, Volkoff formed a team with Boris Zukhov, dubbed The Bolsheviks, a pair of Soviet antagonists.
What made Volkoff stand out the most as a heel during this time period, and what many fans will remember about his stellar work, was the amount of heat he would draw prior to his matches where he would command respect while he recited the Soviet national anthem.
Following the conclusion of the Cold War, Volkoff would eventually take on the rare responsibility of a babyface in the early '90s, proclaiming that he was now a Lithuanian resident. The last notable storyline Volkoff was involved in as a full-time WWE superstar in 1994 saw him forced to join Ted DiBiase's Million Dollar Corporation. The storyline saw Volkoff having fallen on hard times, thus being forced to take on the role of DiBiase's servant as he was constantly humiliated.
After leaving WWE for good in 1995, Volkoff made sporadic appearances for McMahon throughout the years, including taking part as an entrant into the infamous gimmick battle royal that took place at WrestleMania X-Seven in Houston.
Volkoff was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 2005.
Entire article: https://www.cbssports.com/wwe/news/wwe-hall-of-famer-legendary-heel-nikolai-volkoff-dies-at-age-70/
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He wasn't even Russian....
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Bob Petrino Sr. dies at 81 in Montana
Longtime Carroll College football coach Bob Petrino Sr., the father of Louisville football coach Bobby Petrino and Idaho coach Paul Petrino, has died at his home in Montana. He was 81.
The Carroll athletic department said Petrino died Thursday in Helena. A cause of death was not immediately released.
Petrino was the head coach at Carroll from 1971 until 1998, a 28-year run that saw the Saints post a 163-90-2 record. Carroll had 20 winning seasons, won 15 Frontier Conference championships and qualified for the NAIA playoffs six times. Bobby and Paul both played quarterback at Carroll, running their father's option offense.
Petrino is a member of the NAIA and Carroll College halls of fame.
Entire article: http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/24203415/bob-petrino-sr-dies-81-montana
Longtime Carroll College football coach Bob Petrino Sr., the father of Louisville football coach Bobby Petrino and Idaho coach Paul Petrino, has died at his home in Montana. He was 81.
The Carroll athletic department said Petrino died Thursday in Helena. A cause of death was not immediately released.
Petrino was the head coach at Carroll from 1971 until 1998, a 28-year run that saw the Saints post a 163-90-2 record. Carroll had 20 winning seasons, won 15 Frontier Conference championships and qualified for the NAIA playoffs six times. Bobby and Paul both played quarterback at Carroll, running their father's option offense.
Petrino is a member of the NAIA and Carroll College halls of fame.
Entire article: http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/24203415/bob-petrino-sr-dies-81-montana
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Former All-Star hurler O'Dell dies at 85
Former left-handed pitcher Billy O'Dell, a two-time All-Star, died Wednesday in Newberry, S.C. He was 85.
Clemson announced O'Dell's death on Thursday. He was a pitcher at the university before beginning his 13-year stint in the majors.
No cause of death was announced.
O'Dell went 105-100 with a 3.29 ERA from 1954-67. He missed the 1955 season for military service.
O'Dell was traded to the Milwaukee Braves after the 1964 season and spent 1 1/2 seasons with the club, the second campaign being the franchise's first in Atlanta. He was dealt midway through the 1966 season to Pittsburgh and finished his career with the Pirates in 1967.
Entire article: https://sports.yahoo.com/former-star-hurler-odell-dies-85-195651114--mlb.html?src=rss
Former left-handed pitcher Billy O'Dell, a two-time All-Star, died Wednesday in Newberry, S.C. He was 85.
Clemson announced O'Dell's death on Thursday. He was a pitcher at the university before beginning his 13-year stint in the majors.
No cause of death was announced.
O'Dell went 105-100 with a 3.29 ERA from 1954-67. He missed the 1955 season for military service.
O'Dell was traded to the Milwaukee Braves after the 1964 season and spent 1 1/2 seasons with the club, the second campaign being the franchise's first in Atlanta. He was dealt midway through the 1966 season to Pittsburgh and finished his career with the Pirates in 1967.
Entire article: https://sports.yahoo.com/former-star-hurler-odell-dies-85-195651114--mlb.html?src=rss
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