Tom Lockhart
Tom Lockhart (Hockey. Born, New York, NY, Mar. 21, 1892; died, New York, NY, June 18, 1979.) For nearly three decades, Thomas F. Lockhart was the driving force behind amateur hockey in the entire...
View ArticleStan Lomax
Stan Lomax (Broadcaster. Born, Pittsburgh, PA, May 20, 1899; died, Ossining, NY, June 26, 1987.) While Mel Allen, Red Barber and Russ Hodges were the sports voices of New York summers for decades,...
View ArticleVince Lombardi
Vince Lombardi (College and pro football. Born, Brooklyn, NY, June 11, 1913; died, Washington, DC, Sept. 3, 1970.) While he became legendary coaching at Green Bay, Vincent Thomas Lombardi had a long...
View ArticleDale Long
Dale Long (Baseball. Born, Springfield, MO, Feb. 6, 1926; died, Palm Coast, FL, Jan. 27, 1991.) Richard Dale Long, who set a big league record (later tied by Don Mattingly and Ken Griffey, Jr.) by...
View ArticleEddie Lopat
Eddie Lopat (Baseball. Born, New York, NY, June 21, 1918; died, Darien, CT, June 15, 1992.) At the heart of the pitching staff for the Yankees team that won five straight World Series (1949-53) was...
View ArticleFelipe Lopez
Felipe Lopez (College basketball. Born, Santo Domingo, D.R., Dec. 19, 1974.) Coming out of Rice H.S., Luis Felipe Lopez created great excitement in New York’s growing Dominican community by electing to...
View ArticleJohn Lorch
John Lorch (College basketball. Born, Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY, Oct. 9, 1903; died, Chicago, IL, Dec. 4, 1995.) A forward who blossomed as a star with Columbia’s 1925-26 E.I.B.L. champions (9-1), John...
View ArticleKevin Loughery
Kevin Loughery (Pro basketball. Born, Brooklyn, NY, March 28, 1940.) Playing two years at St. John’s (1960-62) as a transfer from Boston College, Kevin Loughery had an 11-year career (principally with...
View ArticleJoe Louis
Joe Louis (Boxing. Born, Lafayette, AL, May 13, 1914; died, Las Vegas, NV, Apr. 12, 1981.) Famed around the world as the “Brown Bomber,” Joseph Louis Barrow was one of the most active of heavyweight...
View ArticleDon Lourie
Don Lourie (College football. Born, Decatur, AL, Aug. 22, 1899; died, Longwood, FL, Jan. 15, 1990.) Quarterbacking the Princeton varsity for two seasons (1919-20), Donald Bradford Lourie was First Team...
View ArticleWilliam Lowell
William Lowell (Golf. Born, Hoboken, NJ, Oct. 1, 1862; died, East Orange, NJ, June 23, 1954.) Switching from tennis to golf at age 60, Dr. William Lowell, a dentist in Maplewood, N.J., shortly made a...
View ArticleRon Luciano
Ron Luciano (Baseball. Born, Endicott, NY, June 28, 1937; died, Endicott, NY, Jan. 18, 1995.) Easily the most flamboyant umpire of his time, Ronald Michael Luciano was also an outstanding football...
View ArticleSid Luckman
Sid Luckman (College football. Born, Brooklyn, NY, Nov. 21, 1916; died, Chicago, IL, July 5, 1998.) Sid Luckman was a most unusual football star. He was a great high school player at Brooklyn’s Erasmus...
View ArticleD. Wayne Lukas
D. Wayne Lukas (Horse racing. Born, Antigo, WI, Sept. 2, 1935.) After an 11-year career as a basketball coach (nine in Wisconsin high schools and two as an assistant at the U. of Wisconsin), D. Wayne...
View ArticleRay Lumpp
Ray Lumpp (Basketball. Born, Brooklyn, NY, July 11, 1924.) For more than six decades, Ray Lumpp has been a major name in New York sports. Lumpp returned from military service in World War II to play on...
View ArticleCarl Lundquist
Carl Lundquist (Sportswriter. Born, Kansas City, KS, Oct. 24, 1913; died, Port Orange, FL, Aug. 26, 2000.) During the days when three wire services competed to supply news to American newspapers, Carl...
View ArticleMike Lupica
Mike Lupica (Sportswriter. Born, Oneida, NY, May 11, 1952.) From his start on a Boston alternative weekly, Michael Lupica became one of the best-known New York columnists of his era. Lupica, starting...
View ArticleSparky Lyle
Sparky Lyle (Baseball. Born, DeBois, Penna., July 22, 1944.) Albert Walter Lyle was a modestly successful reliever in Boston (1967-71) who became a Cy Young Award winner for the Yankees as the American...
View ArticleDick Lynch
Dick Lynch (Pro football. Born, Oceanside, NY, Apr. 29, 1936; died, New York, NY, Sept, 24, 2008.) Drafted in the sixth round by Washington in 1958 out of Notre Dame, Richard Dennis Lynch was acquired...
View ArticleJoe Lynch
Joe Lynch (Boxing. Born, New York, NY, Nov. 30, 1898; died, Brooklyn, NY, Sept. 1, 1965.) Twice world bantamweight champion (1920-21, 1922-24), Joseph B. Lynch fought much of his early career in New...
View ArticleRay Lynch
Ray Lynch (College football. Born, South Hadley Falls, MA, Jan. 29, 1894; died, Queens Village, NY, Apr. 11, 1965.) When St. John’s began its first varsity football program in 1923, Raymond Francis...
View ArticleMarty Lyons
Marty Lyons (Pro football. Born, Takoma Park, Md., Jan. 15, 1957.) A first-round draft pick of the Jets (14th overall) in 1979, Marty Lyons was a defensive tackle and end for 11 seasons (1979-89)....
View ArticleLou Kusserow
Lou Kusserow (Football. Born, Braddock, PA, Sept. 6, 1927; died, LaQuinta, CA, June 30, 2001.) A star running back with Lou Little’s strong post-war teams, Louis Joseph Kusserow is the Columbia leader...
View ArticleBob Kurland
Bob Kurland (Sportswriting. Born, Brooklyn, NY, Apr. 19, 1932.) A versatile and award-winning reporter, Arnold R. Kurland started as a correspondent for the Brooklyn Eagle and became a ground-breaking...
View ArticleIke Kuhns
Ike Kuhns (Sportswriter. Born, Narbeth, PA, Sept. 26, 1935.) A radio-television major as an undergraduate at Syracuse, Ivan C. Kuhns became the leading soccer writer for The Star-Ledger of Newark,...
View ArticleBowie Kuhn
Bowie Kuhn (Baseball. Born, Takoma Park, MD, Oct. 28, 1926; died, Jacksonville, FL, Mar. 15, 2007.) In the wake of Gen. William D. (Spike) Eckert’s forced resignation Dec. 6, 1968, baseball sought a...
View ArticlePop Kugler
Pop Kugler (Bicycle racing. Born, Somerville, NJ, June 4, 1900; died, Winter Garden, FL, Oct. 24, 1991.) Frederick William Kugler, Jr., was successfully able to tap into New Jersey’s long history of...
View ArticleTony Kubek
Tony Kubek (Baseball. Born, Milwaukee, WI, Oct. 12, 1936.) Shortstop on one of the most successful Yankees teams ever, Anthony Christopher Kubek was also among the most successful broadcasters in...
View ArticleCookie Krongard
Cookie Krongard (Lacrosse. Born, Baltimore, MD, Dec. 12, 1940.) Howard J. Krongard, an all-America goalie, led his Princeton Tigers to three successive Ivy League lacrosse championships (1959-61). As a...
View ArticlePaul Krichell
Paul Krichell (Baseball. Born, New York, NY, Dec. 19, 1882; died, New York, NY, June 4, 1957.) Perhaps the most noted scout of his time, Paul Bernard Krichell joined the Yankees in 1920. During his...
View ArticleBarney Kremenko
Barney Kremenko (Spotrswriter. Born, Brooklyn, NY, May 8, 1909; died, Mineola, NY, Jan. 20, 1990.) Easily one of the most popular sportswriters of his time, Bernard Irwin Kremenko worked for the...
View ArticleEd Kranepool
Ed Kranepool (Baseball. Born, The Bronx, NY, Nov. 8, 1944.) Longest-serving of the Mets, Edward Emil Kranepool played 18 seasons with the club and eclipsed many of the batting records previously held...
View ArticleJack Kramer
Jack Kramer (Tennis. Born, Monticello, CA, Aug. 1, 1921; died, Bel Air, CA, Sept. 12, 2009.) Rated as the brightest star in men’s tennis in the years immediately following World War II, John Albert...
View ArticleFrank L. Kramer
Frank L. Kramer (Bicycle racing. Born, Evansville, Ind., Nov. 20, 1880; died, East Orange, N.J., Oct. 8, 1958.) During the first decade of the 20th century, Frank Louis Kramer was the world’s...
View ArticleBarry Kramer
Barry Kramer (College basketball. Born, Schenectady, NY, Nov. 10, 1942.) Barry Kramer was second in the nation in scoring (29.3 points per game) and the first N.Y.U. player ever selected as a...
View ArticleErnie Koy, Sr.
Ernie Koy, Sr. (Baseball. Born, Sealy, TX, Sept. 17, 1912; died, Bellville, TX, Jan. 1, 2007.) An outfielder in the Yankees’ farm system starting in 1933, Ernest Anyz Koy was waived to Brooklyn Apr....
View ArticleErnie Koy, Jr.
Ernie Koy, Jr. (Pro football. Born, Bellville, TX, Oct. 22, 1942.) A 225-pound running back from the U. of Texas, Ernest Melvin Koy was a No. 1 draft choice by the Giants in 1965. Koy was a member of...
View ArticleSandy Koufax
Sandy Koufax (Baseball. Born, Brooklyn, NY, Dec. 30, 1935.) A product of Lafayette High School, Sanford Koufax preferred basketball to baseball and really wanted to be an architect. Koufax earned an...
View ArticleRich Kotite
Rich Kotite (Pro football. Born, Brooklyn, NY, Oct. 13, 1942.) Though largely remembered for two disastrous seasons as head coach of the Jets, Richard Edward Kotite was a record-setting receiver at...
View ArticleDoug Kotar
Doug Kotar (Pro football. Born, Canonsburg, PA, June 11, 1951; died, Pittsburgh, PA, Dec. 16, 1983.) Acquired from the Pittsburgh Steelers in July 1974, Douglas Allan Kotar became a very productive...
View ArticleDave Koslo
Dave Koslo (Baseball. Born, Menasha, WI, Mar. 31, 1920; died, Menasha, WI, Dec. 1, 1975.) Born George Bernard Koslowski, Dave Koslo was a lefthander whose 10 years with the Giants were interrupted by...
View ArticleWalter Koppisch
Walter Koppisch (College football. Born, Pennington, NY, June 6, 1901; died, New York, NY, Nov. 5, 1953.) Ranked among the major names in New York sports in the 1920s, Walter Frederick Koppisch is the...
View ArticleLeonard Koppett
Leonard Koppett (Sportswriter. Born, Moscow, U.S.S.R., Sept. 15, 1923; died, San Francisco, CA, June 22, 2003.) The first sportswriter to subject the games themselves to analytical scrutiny and...
View ArticleJerry Koosman
Jerry Koosman (Baseball. Born, Appleton, Minn., Dec. 23, 1943.) The primary lefthanded starter on two Mets pennant winners, Jerry Martin Koosman was both a 20-game winner and 20-game loser (in...
View ArticleEd Konetchy
Ed Konetchy (Baseball. Born, LaCrosse, WI, Sept. 3, 1885; died, Fort Worth, TX, May 27, 1947.) The first baseman for Brooklyn’s 1920 N.L.champions, Edward Joseph Konetchy had a long career before he...
View ArticleHoward Komives
Howard Komives (Pro basketball. Born, Toledo, OH, May 9, 1941; died, Toledo, OH, Mar. 22, 2009.) A lefty-shooting guard who, at Bowling Green in 1963-64, led the nation’s collegians in scoring as a...
View ArticleHannes Kolehmainen
Hannes Kolehmainen (Track. Born, Kuipio, Finland, Dec. 9, 1899; died, Helsinki, Finland, Jan. 11, 1966.) Having won three gold medals in the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, Hannes Kolehmainen became one of...
View ArticleJack Kofoed
Jack Kofoed (Sportswriter. Born, Philadelphia, PA, Dec. 17, 1894; died, Miami, FL, Dec. 27, 1979.) Starting in his native Philadelphia with the Public Ledger at age 17, John Kofoed came to New York in...
View ArticleMark Koenig
Mark Koenig (Baseball. Born, San Francisco, CA, July 19, 1902; died, Willows, CA, Apr. 22, 1993.) Noted as the shortstop for the 1927 “Murderers Row” Yankees, Mark Anthony Koenig played in three World...
View ArticleLen Koenecke
Len Koenecke (Baseball. Born, Baraboo, WI, Jan. 18, 1904; died, Toronto, Ont., Sept. 17, 1935.) A prolific hitter as a minor league outfielder, Leonard George Koenecke lost the war with booze and a...
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