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Dan Topping
Dan Topping (Baseball, pro football. Born, Grennwich, CT, June 11, 1912; died, Miami, FL, May 18, 1974.) Grandson of a former president of Republic Steel on his father’s side and a tin millionaire on his mother’s, Daniel Reid Topping was an above-average amateur golfer, owner of two pro football teams, and an owner of the […]
Bob Sheppard
Bob Sheppard (Public address. Born, Richmond Hill, Queens, Oct. 20, 1910; died, Baldwin, NY, July 11, 2010.) Robert Leo Sheppard possessed one of the most memorable voices in the history of New York sports and a style of enunciation that has never been equalled. Although almost everyone associates him with New York Yankees baseball games, where […]
Bruiser Kinard
Bruiser Kinard (Pro football. Born, Pelahatchie, MS, Oct. 23, 1914; died, Jackson, MS, Sept. 7, 1985.) Best of a Mississippi football-playing family, Frank Kinard was an all-N.F.L. tackle four times in his seven seasons (1938-44) with Brooklyn. Kinard was a linebacker who helped form the core of the Dodgers defense in addition to playing tackle […]
Max Kase
Max Kase (Sports editor. Born, New York, NY, July 21, 1898; died, Yonkers, NY, Mar. 19, 1974.) Max Kase was known during his years as sports editor of the New York Journal-American for his newsy notes column entitled “Briefkase.” He had a distinct “nose for news.” Two years after the merger of the New York American […]
Vic Ghezzi
Vic Ghezzi (Golf. Born, Rumson, NJ, Oct. 19, 1911; died, Miami Beach, FL, May 30, 1976.) Although he subsequently played out of Kansas City, Mo., and Florida, Victor Ghezzi began his career as a tournament player and club pro in his native New Jersey. Ghezzi, though in military service, won the New Jersey Open in […]
Pete Cawthorn
Pete Cawthorn (Pro football. Born, Houston, TX, Mar. 28, 1898; died, Houston, TX, Dec. 31, 1962.) Head coach of the N.F.L. Brooklyn Football Dodgers, Peter Willis Cawthorn lasted less than a season and a half, but the team didn’t last much longer. Cawthorn was 2-8-0 in 1943 and the team changed its name to the […]
