one of the best baseball players ever if the memory of Petes playing days die you may as well forget all of baseball
Who is on your county’s Sports Mt Rushmore?
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Slim Sallee - Higginsport - won 174 games over 14 MLB seasons
Brian Grant - Georgetown - Xavier - played 12 seasons in the NBA
Greg Steward - lived in Brown County but went to school in Williamsburg in Clermont County -1988 and 92 Olympics - canoeing
Slim Sallee - Higginsport - won 174 games over 14 MLB seasons
Brian Grant - Georgetown - Xavier - played 12 seasons in the NBA
Greg Steward - lived in Brown County but went to school in Williamsburg in Clermont County -1988 and 92 Olympics - canoeing
Frank Howard in place of O'Neil : 4x All Star , NL ROY, 2x AL HR leader , AL RBI leader (1970) 382 Home runs over 1,000 RBI's
Blaine Wilson / Gymnast : America's Only 5x US National Champ, Silver Medal Olympic's, Silver Medal World Championships , 1997 Big Ten Athlete of the Year ( Charles Woodson won the Heisman that year) , Nissen award winner, Ohio State and the National Gymnastic HOF, 6x National Champ , 10x All American, 3x Big Ten Gymnast of the Year, 11x Big Ten champ.
He's got to go on this list somewhere for Franklin County he did things like Jack did in his Sport that no one else did or has done. Personally i'd take off O'Neal, Redd and Cassady .
Jimmy Cleamons has more NBA Championship Rings also than anybody from Ohio not names Hondo Havlicek as a player and a coach which moves Redd even farther down my list.
Bill Willis : Football Cols. East The Jackie Robinson of Professional Football . So many on and off the field accomplishments to list. In every FB HOF you can imagine on the 1940's All NFL Decade Team. look up you'll see his number hanging in Ohio Stadium
Franklin County :
Jack
Blaine Wilson
Bill Willis
Chic Harley / Archie
4 of these individuals did things nobody else has ever done and Chic Harley should have his name on Ohio Stadium . Tough crowd but i'd take these 4/5 over just about any County in the State. And all legit born in Columbus.
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O'Neil vs Howard stats above
O'Neil is a 5x all-star and 5x world series champ plus 1994 AL batting champ. Only 281 HRs but over 1200 RBI.
I would agree Blaine Wilson is a good addition.
Actually Simone Biles was born in Cbus too.
Great catch with Biles ! Franklin County has the 2 most Decorated Gymnast in the Country one on each side of the ledger. Who woulda thunk it?
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He was born in Akron but his family moved to Canton when he was in grade school. He attended Lehman High School.
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2 Olympic gold medals!
Cy Young, Hunter and the rest of the list is kind of irrelevant
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Darrell Pace would have to be considered. Two time Olympic champ and two time World champ in archery. The World Archery Federation named him their athlete of the century.