Adrian Constantine Anson,nicknamed "Cap" and "Pop",was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) first baseman. Including his time in the National Association (NA),he played a record 27 consecutive seasons. Anson was regarded as one of the greatest players of his era and one of the first superstars of the game. He spent most of his career with the Chicago Cubs franchise,serving as the club's manager,first baseman and,later in his tenure,minority owner. He led the team to six National League pennants in the 1880s. Anson was one of baseball's first great hitters,and probably the first to tally over 3,000 career hits. In addition to being a star player,he innovated managerial tactics such as signals between players and the rotation of pitchers.
John Albert Elway Jr. is a former American professional football quarterback,executive and consultant for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL).
Wilbur Charles "Weeb" Ewbank was an American professional football coach. He led the Baltimore Colts to consecutive NFL championships in 1958 and 1959 and the New York Jets to victory in Super Bowl III in January 1969. He is the only coach to win a championship in both the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL).
Robert Clayton Shantz is an American former professional baseball player. He played as a left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1949 through 1964,and won the 1952 American League Most Valuable Player Award as a member of the Philadelphia Athletics. A three-time All-Star,Shantz won eight consecutive Gold Glove Awards and won a World Series championship with the 1958 New York Yankees. He is the last living Philadelphia Athletics player.
James Edward "Pete" Runnels was an American professional baseball player,coach and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as an infielder for the Washington Senators (1951–57),Boston Red Sox (1958–62) and Houston Colt .45s (1963–64). Runnels was a five-time All-Star player during his tenure with the Red Sox and,is notable for being a two-time American League batting champion. He was inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2004.
James Umbricht was an American professional baseball player. A right-handed relief pitcher,he played Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1959 and 1963 for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Houston Colt .45s.
Harry Francis Craft was an American Major League Baseball player and manager. Born in Ellisville,Mississippi,he was a center fielder for the Cincinnati Reds from 1937 to 1942. Craft attended Mississippi College,threw and batted right-handed,stood 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighed 185 pounds (84 kg).
John Francis Paciorek is an American former baseball player. He attended high school in Michigan,and was signed by the Houston Colt .45s while playing for the school's baseball team. After a season in the minor leagues,he was promoted to the Colt .45's active roster,and played in one game at the end of the 1963 Houston Colt .45s season. In that game,he had three hits and two walks. However,injuries cut his career short;he missed most of 1964 and 1965 due to surgery,and retired after playing parts of four more seasons in the minors. He returned to school,graduated from the University of Houston,and became a physical education teacher after retiring.
James Abner Hart was an American professional baseball manager in the late 19th century. In the major leagues of the era,he managed the Louisville Colonels and the Boston Beaneaters for parts of three seasons. During the 1890s,he managed baseball teams in the United Kingdom.
The 1961 MLB Expansion Draft was held by Major League Baseball on October 10,1961,to fill the rosters of the New York Mets and the Houston Colt .45s,the new franchises which would enter the league in the 1962 season. The pool of players out of which they could select was limited to the existing National League ballclubs.
Bobby Gene Tiefenauer was an American professional baseball player and coach. A knuckleball relief pitcher,he pitched for six Major League teams during a ten-year MLB career that stretched between 1952 and 1968:the St. Louis Cardinals,Cleveland Indians,Houston Colt .45s (1962),Milwaukee Braves (1963–65),New York Yankees (1965) and Chicago Cubs (1968). Tiefenauer was born in Desloge,Missouri;he threw and batted right-handed and was listed as 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and 190 pounds (86 kg).
Michael Robert Prior is a former American football safety who played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers,Indianapolis Colts and Green Bay Packers in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Illinois State.
William Forrest "Wild Bill" Hutchinson was an American professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of nine seasons with the Kansas City Cowboys,Chicago White Stockings/Colts and St. Louis Browns. He was the National League wins leader for three straight seasons (1890–1892) and strikeout champion in 1892 with Chicago. For his career,he compiled a 182–163 record in 376 appearances,with a 3.59 earned run average and 1,235 strikeouts. He is the most recent player in baseball history to pitch 500 or 600 innings in a single season,a feat which he last accomplished in 1892.
Albert Daniel (Bert) Rechichar was an American football defensive back and kicker who played with the National Football League (NFL)'s Cleveland Browns,Baltimore Colts,and Pittsburgh Steelers from 1952 to 1960. He also played for the American Football League (AFL)'s New York Titans in 1961. While playing for the Colts in 1953,Rechichar kicked a 56-yard field goal,setting an NFL record that stood for 17 years as the longest. He was twice selected for the NFL Pro Bowl.
Edward F. Stein was a Major League Baseball player who pitched for the Chicago Colts and Brooklyn Grooms/Bridegrooms of the National League from 1890 to 1898.
The 1962 Houston Colt .45s were an expansion team in American Major League Baseball's National League,and 1962 was the first season in franchise history. Harry Craft was Houston's first manager. The .45s finished eighth among the National League's ten teams with a record of 64–96,36½games behind the league champion San Francisco Giants.
Kenneth Thomson "Mike" Knode was an American football and baseball player.
The Portland Colts were a minor league baseball team based in Portland,Oregon for five seasons in the Class B Northwestern League. The Colts served as an unofficial farm team for the Portland Beavers and the Cleveland Indians. The Colts and Beavers shared Vaughn Street Park. The franchise was established in 1909 by William Wallace McCredie,who was the owner of the Beavers and a sitting Congressman. The team was disbanded after their first season,with McCredie selling several players to the Beavers. McCredie originally said he did not want to run two teams,but changed his mind in 1911 when he placed a bid for a Northwestern League franchise. The league penalized McCredie with a US$1,000 re-entry fee and adopted new rules when it came to selling players from your team.
The Baltimore Colts were a professional American football team that played in Baltimore from its founding in 1953 to 1984. The team now plays in Indianapolis,as the Indianapolis Colts. The team was named for Baltimore's history of horse breeding and racing. It was the second incarnation of the Baltimore Colts,the first having played for three years in the All-America Football Conference and one in the National Football League (NFL). This Baltimore Colts team played its home games at Memorial Stadium.
The 1962 Major League Baseball expansion was the formation of two new Major League Baseball (MLB) teams for the 1962 season. The Houston Colt .45s and the New York Mets were added to the National League (NL),becoming the 19th and 20th teams in MLB's two leagues. The Colt .45s were the first major league team in Houston while the Mets filled the void left when the New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers of the NL moved to California after the 1957 season.
