Tag Archives: Penn State
Mickey Shuler
(Pro football. Born, Harrisburg, PA, Aug. 21, 1956.) Earning varsity letters in football, basketball, and track at East Pennsboro H.S. in Enola, PA, Mickey Charles Shuler, Sr., was recruited by legendary college basketball coaches Dean Smith and Bobby Knight. However, after receiving First Team All-State honors following a senior season in which, as a tight […]
Monte Ward
Monte Ward (Baseball. Bellefonte, PA, Mar. 3, 1860; died, Augusta, GA, Mar. 4, 1925.) Few, if any, players cast as long a shadow for as many years as John Montgomery Ward. Then again, Ward was a most unusual character for the 19th century anywhere in America, let alone baseball. A graduate of Penn State and, […]
Hinkey Haines
Hinkey Haines (Pro football. Born, Red Lion, PA, Dec. 23, 1898; died, Sharon Hill, PA, Jan. 9, 1979.) The only man to have played for both a World Series and an N.F.L. champion, Henry Luther Haines was a Penn State back who quarterbacked the Football Giants to the 1927 N.F.L. championship, the franchise’s first. Haines […]
