Hall of Fame Inductees, by Year . Search by Name

Grover Cleveland Alexander - St. Paul

Richie Ashburn - Tilden

Bob Boozer - Omaha Tech

Wayne Binfield - Scottsbluff

Lloyd Cardwell - Seward

Bob Cerv - Weston

Bob Gibson - Omaha Tech

Jim Hartung - Omaha South

Bill Holliday - Wilsonville

Fred Hare - Omaha Tech

Ed Haenfler - Grant

Ed Johnson - Lincoln Northeast

Nile Kinnick - Omaha Benson

Nancy Kindig Malone - Hastings St. Cecilia

Gregg McBride - Lincoln

Kent McCloughan - Broken Bow

Neal Mosser - Omaha Tech

Tom Osborne - Hastings

Maurice H. Palrang - Boys Town

Bobby Reynolds - Grand Island

Johnny Rodgers - Omaha Tech

Gale Sayers - Omaha Central

Julie Vollertsen Melli - Palmyra

Ed Weir - Superior

W.L. "Dutch" Zorn - Gothenburg

Athlete.  Wahoo High School Class of 1898. As a high school star, Crawford led Wahoo to two state football championships in 1896 and 1897 and was also noted for foot racing wherever he played. Crawford showed a prodigiousness for baseball at an early age and he left his home at 17 to play in the minor leagues, taking his hometown with him as a nickname, “Wahoo Sam” Crawford.

Crawford was considered by baseball experts to be the the premier power-hitter of his day and still holds baseball’s career record for triples with 312. In fact, he led the American League in triples 5 times. Sam played in the outfield with Hall of Fame legend Ty Cobb.  He played with the Detroit Tigers for 15 of his 19 big league years during which Detroit won the pennant 3 years in a row. Sam became the first player in the modern era to win home run titles in both the NL and the AL. Named to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1957.  Died in 1968 in California.

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