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    The statue of Honus Wagner was dedicated by the Pittsburgh Pirates to honor their Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop Honus Wagner. Created by sculptor Frank...
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    Virginia Mae (1922–1985). Honus' brother Albert "Butts" Wagner was considered the ballplayer of the family. Albert suggested Honus in 1895 when his Inter-State...
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    PNC Park (section Statues)
    Statues of Pirates' Hall of Famers Honus Wagner, Roberto Clemente, Willie Stargell and Bill Mazeroski are positioned at various points outside of PNC...
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    and the site was cleared for use by the University of Pittsburgh. In 1955, a statue of Honus Wagner was dedicated in Schenley Plaza adjacent to Forbes...
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    The 2001 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 120th season of the franchise; the 115th in the National League. This was their first season at PNC Park. The...
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    Vittor and the statue resurfaced five decades later in recaps of controversial Miss America mishaps. Baseball player Honus Wagner, one of the first five...
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    at the start of the 20th century, playing in the inaugural World Series in 1903 and winning their first title in 1909 behind Honus Wagner. The Pirates...
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    itself Duke University in honor of Washington Duke, in accordance with the terms of the indenture. Today, a statue of Washington Duke sits on Duke University's...
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    – Docents demonstrate the process of "burn branding" bats. Statue collection – The museum has lifelike statues of Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, Ken Griffey...
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    Massachusetts. Bust of George Washington Carver (1910). Statuette: Honus Wagner (1910), Roman Bronze Works. Bas-relief portrait of Mary Baker Eddy (1913)...
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    field in one more regular season game, on October 3, Clemente tied Honus Wagner's record for games played as a Pittsburgh Pirate, with 2,433 games played...
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    James Buchanan Duke (category Chairmen of British American Tobacco)
    the invention of modern cigarette manufacture and marketing techniques, and his involvement with Duke University. He was the founder of the American Tobacco...
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    Elmer Flick (category National Baseball Hall of Fame inductees)
    batting title came down to the end of the season. The title winner, Honus Wagner, later said, "I've had a lot of thrills, but don't think I was ever...
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    Flying Dutchman (category Richard Wagner)
    Dutchman", because of his fear of flying. American baseball player Johannes Peter "Honus" Wagner was nicknamed the Flying Dutchman because of his speed and...
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    Ty Cobb (category National Baseball Hall of Fame inductees)
    Baseball Hall of Fame election results were announced, Cobb had been named on 222 of 226 ballots, outdistancing Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson...
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    inducted into the Hall. The first five men elected were Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson, chosen in 1936; roughly 20 more...
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    Babe Ruth (redirect from Sultan of Swat)
    negatively. Of the five members in the inaugural class of Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936 (Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson, Walter Johnson and Ruth), only...
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  • 30 for 30 is the title for a series of documentary films airing on ESPN. Unless otherwise noted, the following films are all 60 minutes in length (including...
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    Walter Johnson (category National Baseball Hall of Fame inductees)
    was one of the first five players elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936. Johnson, Ty Cobb, Christy Mathewson, Babe Ruth and Honus Wagner were known...
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  • to their authenticity, unless otherwise noted. The date of the coffee grinder and the type of film used for the home movie is derived from History.com...
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  • Wadsworth, Ohio militia general. Master of the Erie Lodge (later Western Star Lodge No. 21) in Ohio, 1813. Honus Wagner, Major League Baseball shortstop Jonathan...
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    Wayne Gretzky (category Companions of the Order of Canada)
    McNall partnered in an investment to buy a rare T206 cigarette card of Honus Wagner for US$451,000, later selling the card. It most recently sold for US$2...
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    Tony Pérez (category National Baseball Hall of Fame inductees)
    record held by Honus Wagner. The new record stood until Julio Franco broke it at age 46 in 2004. Pérez was named National League Player of the Week during...
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    Honus Wagner: The Life of Baseball's Flying Dutchman. McFarland & Company. ISBN 0-7864-1811-7. "Bob Diskin, Special to ESPN.com, A pitcher worthy of a...
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  • Nessen (2011) Industrial designer John von Neumann (2005) Mathematician Honus Wagner (2000) Baseball player Madam C.J. Walker (1998) Philanthropist DeWitt...
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    Mickey Mantle (category American people of English descent)
    was $7.25 million, made by a 1909 T206 Honus Wagner card designed by the American Tobacco Company. At the time of the 2022 sale, the Mickey Mantle card...
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  • around. Willie Davis of The Dodgers tied a World Series record stealing 3 bases in one Game, game 5; the record was set by Honus Wagner in 1909. The Dodgers...
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    outside of Wrigley Field. A statue of him leading the crowd in "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" is near the bleacher entrance (originally at the corner of Addison...
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    2000. It was home to the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). Built to...
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    George Sisler (category American people of German descent)
    and Cardinals home games broadcast on KWK. Replacing Honus Wagner in 1938 as the commissioner of the National Baseball Congress, Sisler held the role...
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