Andy Robustelli
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Born on December 6, 1925 in Stamford, Connecticut.
Andy Robustelli was an American football defensive end in the National Football League for the Los Angeles Rams and the New York Giants. He played college football at Arnold College and was drafted in the nineteenth round of the 1951 NFL Draft. Robustelli was a seven-time First-team All-pro selection and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1971.
Robustelli died on May 31, 2011 (aged 85) in Stamford, Connecticut.
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Born on June 29, 1936 in Payette, Idaho.
Killebrew nicknamed “Killer” and “Hammerin’ Harmon”, was an American professional baseball first baseman, third baseman, and left fielder. During a 22-year baseball career in which he played for the Washington Senators, Minnesota Twins, and Kansas City Royals, he was second only to Babe Ruth in American League (AL) home runs and retired as the AL career leader in home runs by a right-handed batter (since broken by Alex Rodriguez).He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984.
Harmon Killebrew died on May 17, 2011 due to esophageal cancer. He was 74 years old.
Lou Gorman
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Born James Gerald “Lou” Gorman on February 18, 1929 in South Providence, Rhode Island.
Lou Gorman was an American baseball executive, and the former general manager of the Boston Red Sox and Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball. He spent more than three decades in baseball operations, as a general manager, farm system director or scouting director, and at the time of his death he was the Red Sox’ executive consultant for public affairs with an emphasis on community projects. He also was the coordinator of the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame, to which he was inducted in 2002. He was inducted in the Kinston Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985.
Gorman died on April 1, 2011 at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, at age 82 on the Opening Day of the Red Sox’ 2011 season.
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Born Francois Henri LaLanne, on September 26, 1914 in San Francisco, California.
Jack LaLanne died on January 23, 2011 in Morro Bay, California, U.S. at the age of 96. The cause of his death was respiratory failure due to pneumonia.
Jack LaLanne was the founder of the fitness movement. He was an American fitness, exercise, and nutritional expert and motivational speaker often called “the godfather of fitness” and the “first fitness superhero.”
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Robert William Andrew “Bob” Feller
Born on November 3, 1918 Van Meter, Iowa
Bob Feller, the longest tenured living Baseball Hall of Famer, died Wednesday night following about with leukemia on December 15, 2010, at the age of 92 Cleveland, Ohio.
Feller was signed by scout Cy Slapnicka for $1 and an autographed baseball. Upon being made General Manager of the Indians, Slapnicka transferred Feller’s contract from Fargo-Moorhead to New Orleans to the majors without the pitcher so much as visiting either farm club, in clear violation of baseball rules. After a three-month investigation, Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis made it clear that he did not believe what Slapnicka or Cleveland president Alva Bradley said, but awarded Feller to the Indians anyway, partly due to the testimony of Feller and his father, who wanted Bob to play for Cleveland.
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Born on April 10, 1938 Mount Vernon, Texas.
Meredith died at age 72 at CHRISTUS St. Vincent Regional Medical Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico on December 5, 2010 after suffering a brain hemorrhage.
Joseph Don “Dandy Don” Meredith was an American football quarterback, sports commentator and actor. He spent all nine seasons of his professional playing career (1960–1968) with the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He was named to the Pro Bowl in each of his last three years as a player. He subsequently became a color analyst for NFL telecasts from 1970 to 1984. As an original member of the Monday Night Football broadcast team on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), he famously played the role of Howard Cosell’s comic foil.
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Pat Burns Autographed/Hand Signed Puck
Born April 4, 1952
Pat Burns died on November 19, 2010, in Sherbrooke, Quebec, at the Maison Aube-Lumière, due to colon cancer which eventually spread to his lungs.
Pat Burns won the 2003 Stanley Cup coaching the Devils. In 1,019 NHL games from 1988 to 2004, Burns compiled a spectacular 501-350-175 record coaching the Canadiens, Maple Leafs, Bruins and Devils.
Pat Burns had barely been laid to rest when thieves smashed a window on his family’s SUV and stole prized belongings including cherished photographs, autographed sweaters signed by each of 30 NHL teams which were meant to be auctioned for charity. Thieves did not spare even the late coach’s credit cards. A grieving family is pleading for their return
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Died November 4, 2010. Born February 22, 1934.
2001 AG Bobble Dobbles Sparky Anderson Detroit Tigers Bobble Head Collectible
Sparky Anderson was a Major League Baseball manager. He managed the National League’s Cincinnati Reds to the 1975 and 1976 championships, then added a third title in 1984 with the Detroit Tigers of the American League. He was the first manager to win the World Series in both leagues. His 2,194 career wins are the sixth most for a manager in Major League history. He was named American League Manager of the Year in 1984 and 1987. Anderson was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2000.
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Died November 2, 2010.
Andy Irons was a professional surfer. Irons learned to surf on the dangerous and shallow reefs of the North Shore in Kauai, Hawaii. Over the course of his professional career, he won three world titles (2002, 2003, 2004), three Quiksilver Pro France titles (2003, 2004, 2005), two Rip Curl Pro Search titles (2006 and 2007) and 20 elite tour victories including the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing four times from 2002-2006. On September 3, 2010 he won the Billabong Pro in Tahiti. He and his family hosted the Annual Irons Brothers Pinetrees Classic, a contest for youngsters. The Governor of Hawaii declared February 13 forever “Andy Irons Day”. He is the only surfer to have won a title at every venue on the ASP calendar.
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