Ring Lardner
Ring Lardner (Sportswriting. Born, Niles, MI, Mar. 6, 1885; died, East Hampton, NY, Sept. 25, 1933.) It was sportswriting that made Ringgold W. Lardner famous but it was his other work that made him...
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Gene Larkin (College baseball. Born, Flushing, NY, Oct. 24, 1962.) A senior season seldom equalled in Eastern college baseball catapulted Eugene Thomas Larkin into a seven-year major league career and...
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Tippy Larkin (Boxing. Born, Garfield, NJ, Nov. 11, 1917; died, Passaic, NJ, Dec. 10, 1991.) Born Anthony Pilleteri, Tippy Larkin was an active and popular welterweight who fought 153 pro bouts in 17...
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Art Larsen (Tennis. Born, Hayward, CA, Apr. 17. 1925; died, San Leandro, CA, Dec. 7, 2012.) A rangy lefthander, Arthur David Larsen won the U.S. national singles in 1950, his only trip to the...
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Don Larsen (Baseball. Born, Michigan City, IN, Aug. 7, 1929.) Many players in baseball history are widely remembered for a single achievement only; Don James Larsen is probably the most famous for...
View ArticleGreg Larson
Greg Larson (Pro football. Born, Minneapolis, MN, Nov. 15, 1939.) Captain of Minnesota’s 1961 Rose Bowl team, Gregory Kenneth Larson eventually succeeded Ray Wietecha as the Giants center after being...
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Lyn Lary (Baseball. Born, Armona, CA, Jan. 28, 1906; died, Downey, CA, Jan. 9, 1973.) Primarily a shortstop, Lynford Hobart Lary played a bit over five seasons for the Yankees (1929-34). Lary and...
View ArticleWimpy Lassiter
Wimpy Lassiter (Billiards. Born, Elizabeth City, NC, Nov. 5, 1918; died, Elizabeth City, NC, Oct. 25, 1988.) His full name was Luther Clement Lassiter but he was known universally on the billiards...
View ArticleCookie Lavagetto
Cookie Lavagetto (Baseball. Born, Oakland, CA, Dec. 1, 1912; died, Orinda, CA, Aug. 10, 1990.) Carving his name into the list of Brooklyn baseball legends with one swing, Harry Arthur Lavagetto broke...
View ArticleTony Lavelli
Tony Lavelli (College basketball. Born, Somerville, MA, July 11, 1926; died, Laconia, NH, Jan. 8, 1998.) In the immediate aftermath of World War II, Anthony Lavelli, Jr., became a national figure as a...
View ArticleRod Laver
Rod Laver (Tennis. Born, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, Aug. 9, 1938.) Rodney George Laver, ironically, was born in the year that America’s Don Budge became the first player ever to win the tennis...
View ArticleBobby Layne
Bobby Layne (Pro football. Born, Santa Ana, TX, Dec. 19, 1926; died, Lubbock, TX, Dec. 1, 1986.) With a pro football war raging between the N.F.L. and the upstart A.A.F.C., the Chicago Bears decided to...
View ArticleEddie Layton
Eddie Layton (Organist. Born, Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 19, 1925; died, Forest Hills, NY, Dec. 26, 2004.) In one of the strange twists of fate, Eddie Layton began his college studies as a potential...
View ArticleTony Lazzeri
Tony Lazzeri (Baseball. Born, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 6, 1903; died, San Francisco, CA, August 6, 1946.) Although remembered most vividly for a strikeout in the 1926 World Series, Tony (Poosh ‘Em Up)...
View ArticlePat Leahy
Pat Leahy (Pro football. Born, St. Louis, MO, Mar. 19, 1951.) Few, if any, athletes have come to New York with so little fanfare and had such long, productive careers as Patrick Leahy. An injury in...
View ArticleMark Leary
Mark Leary (Sports editor. Born, Rome, NY, Sept. 19, 1954; died, Dabury, CT, Nov. 20, 2006.) Starting his career with several Florida newspapers, Joseph Mark Leary served as sports editor of several...
View ArticleFred Lebow
Fred Lebow (Running. Born, Transylvania, Rumania, June 3, 1932; died, New York, NY, Oct. 9, 1994.) Few individuals can claim to be virtually the single-handed inspiration for national interest by...
View ArticleTuffy Leemans
Tuffy Leemans (Pro football. Born, Superior, WI, Nov. 12, 1912; died, Hillsboro Beach, FL, Jan. 19, 1979.) Signed partly on the recommendation of young Wellington Mara, Alphonse Emil Leemans proved to...
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Mike Lee (Sports editor. Born, Yonkers, NY, Jan. 30, 1910; died, Jamaica, NY, Nov. 22, 1986.) Considered a thoroughbred racing authority, Michael Lee was sports editor of the Long Island Daily Press in...
View ArticleBrian Leetch
Brian Leetch (Hockey. Born, Corpus Christi, TX, Mar. 3, 1968.) Inhabiting the rarified atmosphere as one of the premier defensemen in N.H.L. history, Brian Leetch was named the 23rd captain of the...
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