Legendary Sports Figures - Volume 1

Their Lives and Gravesites

Joe Farrell, Joe Farley, and Lawrence Knorr have combed New York and Pennsylvania for the gravesites and biographies of some of our most interesting and accomplished sports figures. Included in this volume are:

• Alan Ameche “The Horse”
• William “Willie” Law Anderson “Golf’s Forgotten Legend”
• Paul Arizin “Pitchin’ Paul”
• Don Richard “Ritchie” Ashburn “His Whiteness”
• De Bonneville “Bert” Bell “Modern Football’s Founding Father”
• Billy Conn “The Pittsburgh Kid”
• James “Jim” Crowley and Harry Stuhldreher “Half the Horsemen”
• Joe William Frazier “Smokin’ Joe”
• Josh Gibson “The Black Babe Ruth”
• Zane Grey “Rider of the Purple Sage”
• Gil Hodges “A Hall of Fame Life”
• Harry Norbert Kalas “That Ball’s Outta Here”
• Connie Mack “The Tall Tactician”
• Chuck Noll “The Emperor”
• Arnold Palmer “The King”
• Joe Paterno “JoePa”
• Herb Pennock “The Squire of Kennett Square”
• Eddie Plank and Christy Mathewson “Hall of Fame Hurlers”
• Bob Prince and Myron Cope “The Voices of Pittsburgh”
• Ruffian “Queen of the Fillies”
• George Herman “Babe” Ruth “The Sultan of Swat”
• Maurice Stokes “The Unknown NBA Superstar”
• Carl Edwin Stotz “Little League’s Founding Father”
• “Jock” Sutherland “Jock”
• Harry Wright “The Father of Professional Baseball”