William 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...
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