Jessie Armstead
Jessie Armstead (Pro football. Born, Dallas, TX, Oct. 26, 1970.) One of the outstanding linebackers in the N.F.L., Jessie Armstead was an eighth-round draft choice (No. 207 overall) for the Giants in...
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Ralph Baker (Pro football. Born, Lewistown, PA, Aug. 25, 1942.) One of the earliest of the Penn State linebackers to become a successful pro, Ralph Robert Baker was a sixth-round pick of the A.F.L....
View ArticleDon (Babe) Chandler
Don (Babe) Chandler (Pro football. Born, Council Bluffs, IA, Sept. 9, 1934; died, Tulsa, OK, Aug. 11, 2011.) A fifth-round draft choice of the Football Giants in 1956, Donald G. Chandler was an...
View ArticleKerry Collins
Kerry Collins (Pro football. Born, Lebanon, PA, Dec. 30, 1972.) Kerry Michael Collins first became a nationally-known name as the starting quarterback for Penn State’s 12-0 team, which he led to...
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Sam DeLuca (Pro football. Born, Brooklyn, NY, May 2, 1936; died, Pelham, NY, Sept. 13, 2011.) After a career as an offensive guard with the Chargers (starting in Los Angeles in 1960), Samuel Frank...
View ArticleWeeb Ewbank
Weeb Ewbank (Pro football. Born, Richmond, IN, May 6, 1907; died, Oxford, OH, Nov. 17, 1998.) Wilbur C. Ewbank is the holder of one distinction in sports that can never even be equaled. He is the...
View ArticleErnie Palladino
Ernie Palladino (Sportswriter. Born, White Plains, NY, Apr. 13, 1955.) While an undergraduate at Fordham, Ernest Andrew Palladino began his career with the old Daily Argus of Mount Vernon, N.Y., in...
View ArticleRay Handley
Ray Handley (Pro football. Born, Artesia, NM, Oct. 8, 1944.) When Bill Parcells left after the 1990 season (and its climactic conclusion with Super Bowl XXV), Robert Ray Handley was given the...
View ArticleCurley Johnson
Curley Johnson (Pro football. Born, Anna, TX, July 2, 1935.) Traded to the Titans by the Dallas Texans during the 1961 training camp, John Curley Johnson became the Jets’ top punter through 1968....
View ArticleJohnny Sample
Johnny Sample (Pro football. Born, Philadelphia, PA, June 15, 1937; died, Philadelphia, PA, Apr. 25, 2005.) A flashy defensive back who played the last three years of his career (1966-68) with the...
View ArticleBob Tisch
Bob Tisch (Executive. Born, Brooklyn, NY, Apr. 29, 1926; died, New York, NY, Nov. 15, 2005.) Long a leader of New York’s cultural, educational, and charitable community, Preston Robert Tisch joined...
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