Don Liddle
Don Liddle (Baseball. Born, Mount Carmel, IL, May 25, 1925; died, Mount Carmel, IL, June 5, 2000.) A lefthander who won just 28 games in a four-year career, Donald Eugene Liddle became a part of World...
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Fred Lieb (Sportswriter. Born, Philadelphia, PA, Mar. 6, 1888; died, Houston, TX, June 3, 1980.) From railroad clerk to national president of the B.B.W.A.A., Frederick George Lieb was among the...
View ArticleJohnny Lindell
Johnny Lindell (Baseball. Born, Greeley, CO, Aug. 30, 1916; died, Newport Beach, CA, Aug. 27, 1985.) In parts of 10 seasons (1941-50) with the Yankees, John Harlan Lindell played over 130 games only...
View ArticleFreddie Lindstrom
Freddie Lindstrom (Baseball. Born, Chicago, IL, Nov. 21, 1905; died, Chicago, IL, Oct. 4, 1981.) In the 1924 World Series, Frederick Charles Lindstrom became part of baseball lore for three reasons....
View ArticleAugie Lio
Augie Lio (Sports editor. Born, East Boston, MA, Apr. 30, 1918; died, Clifton, NJ, Sept. 3, 1989.) A Georgetown star who played in two pro football leagues, Agostino Salvatore Lio was a New Jersey...
View ArticleRobert Lipsyte
Robert Lipsyte (Sportswriter. Born, New York, NY, Jan. 16, 1938.) Coming virtually off the Columbia campus to the sports department of The New York Times, Robert Michael Lipsyte rapidly established a...
View ArticleFrank Litsky
Frank Litsky (Sportswriter. Born, Waterbury, CT, August 15, 1926.) After graduation from the U. of Connecticut in 1946, Franklyn Lloyd Litsky joined the United Press bureau in nearby Hartford as a...
View ArticleLou Little
Lou Little (College football. Born, Leominster, MA, Dec. 6, 1893; died, Delray Beach, FL, May 28, 1979.) Louis Lawrence Little stamped his name indelibly on some of the brightest moments in the history...
View ArticleBob Lloyd
Bob Lloyd (College basketball. Born, Upper Darby, PA, Oct. 5, 1945.) A relentless offensive guard, Robert Lloyd was Rutgers’ first great scorer and helped put the school on the road to big-time...
View ArticleSpider Lockhart
Spider Lockhart (Pro football. Born, Dallas, TX, Apr. 6, 1943; died, Hackensack, NJ, July 8, 1986.) Starting as a rookie at left corner, Carl Ford Lockhart became a free safety for most of his 11...
View ArticleTom 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...
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