List of Theta Chi members
Table:
Name

Original chapter

Notability

References

Jon Anik

Delta Omicron / Gettysburg College

Mixed martial arts commentator who currently works for the Ultimate Fighting Championship UFC

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John Bauer

Rho / Illinois

Former offensive lineman for the New York Giants

Marv Berschet

Rho / Illinois

Former lineman for the Washington Redskins

Dennis Brown

Alpha Rho / Washington

Professional football player, San Francisco 49ers, Super Bowl Champion: 1995

Brian Cardinal

Alpha Delta / Purdue

Former Purdue basketball player, currently in the NBA playing for the Dallas Mavericks

Ernie Conwell

Alpha Rho / Washington

Professional football player, New Orleans Saints, Super Bowl Champion: 2000

Manny Diaz

Gamma Rho / Florida State

Head Football Coach for the University of Miami

Turk Edwards

Alpha Omicron / Washington State

Former NFL player

Dick Fosbury

Sigma / Oregon State University

1968 Summer Olympics gold medalist in the high jump and creator of the Fosbury Flop

Ron Fraser

Gamma Rho / Florida State University

University of Miami Head Baseball Coach 1962–1992, two national championships

Robert "Lefty" Grove

Beta Eta / Washington College

Major League Baseball pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox (1925–1941), and inductee of the National Baseball Hall of Fame (honorary membership)

Tom Haller

Rho/Illinois

Former MLB catcher for the San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers and Detroit Tigers

Luke Hancock

Eta Chi / George Mason

Current NCAA forward for the Louisville Cardinals and formerly the George Mason Patriots, Most Outstanding Player of the 2013 Final Four

Tunch Ilkin

Delta Pi / Indiana State

Former NFL athlete and voice of the Pittsburgh Steelers

Ralph "Shug" Jordan

Chi/Auburn

Former Head Football Coach, Auburn University, 1957 NCAA National Champions

Scott "Raven" Levy

Alpha Xi / Delaware

Professional wrestler, actor, writer

Vern Mikkelsen

Beta Kappa / Hamline University

Former basketball player for the Minneapolis Lakers & in the Basketball Hall of Fame

Mike "The Miz" Mizanin

Gamma Kappa / Miami (OH)

Professional wrestler, actor, reality TV star

Mark Murphy

Iota/Colgate

Former All-Pro defensive back for the Washington Redskins, 1977–84, former Athletic Director for Northwestern University, President and CEO of the Green Bay Packers

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Jon Anik ( born July 3 , 1978 ) is an American mixed martial arts commentator who currently works for the Ultimate Fighting Championship ( UFC ) . He is also a former ESPN anchor and host of ESPN.com 's MMA Live .
The Ultimate Fighting Championship ( UFC ) is an American mixed martial arts ( MMA ) promotion company based in Las Vegas , Nevada , which is owned and operated by parent company William Morris Endeavor . It is the largest MMA promotion company in the world and features on its roster the highest-level fighters in the sport . The UFC produces events worldwide that showcase twelve weight divisions and abides by the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts . As of 2019 , the UFC has held over 500 events . Dana White has been UFC president since 2001 . Under White 's stewardship , the UFC has grown into a globally popular multi-billion-dollar enterprise . The first event was held in 1993 at the McNichols Sports Arena in Denver , Colorado . The purpose of the early Ultimate Fighting Championship competitions was to identify the most effective martial art in a contest with minimal rules and no weight classes between competitors of different fighting disciplines like boxing , kickboxing , Brazilian jiu-jitsu , sambo , wrestling , Muay Thai , karate , and judo . In subsequent events , fighters began adopting effective techniques from more than one discipline , which indirectly helped create a separate style of fighting known as present-day mixed martial arts . In 2016 , UFC 's parent company , Zuffa , was sold to a group led by William Morris Endeavor ( WME-IMG ) , including Silver Lake Partners , Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and MSD Capital for US $ 4.025 billion . With a TV deal and expansion in Australia , Asia , Europe , and new markets within the United States , the UFC has increased in popularity , and has achieved greater mainstream media coverage ; the promotion brought in a total revenue of US $ 609 million in 2015 , and its next domestic media rights agreement with ESPN was valued at $ 1.5 billion over a five-year term .
John Richard Bauer ( March 11 , 1932 - December 26 , 2010 ) was an American football guard and tackle who played for the National Football League 's ( NFL ) New York Giants . Born in Benton , Illinois , Bauer attended the University of Illinois , where he played for the school 's football team from 1951 to 1953 . In the first round of the 1954 NFL Draft , the Cleveland Browns chose him with the 12th overall pick . In August 1954 , Bauer was traded to the Green Bay Packers as part of a six-player transaction . A month later , the Giants acquired Bauer from the Packers in another trade . Bauer played in two games for the Giants during the 1954 NFL season as a backup . He went into the Army and returned to the Giants in 1957 , but left the team before the start of the season .
The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area . They compete in the National Football League ( NFL ) as a member club of the league 's National Football Conference ( NFC ) East division . The team plays its home games at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford , New Jersey , which it shares with the New York Jets . The Giants hold their summer training camp at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center at the Meadowlands Sports Complex . The Giants were one of five teams that joined the NFL in 1925 , and are the only one of that group still existing , as well as the league 's longest-established team in the Northeastern United States . The team ranks third among all NFL franchises with eight NFL championship titles : four in the pre-Super Bowl era ( 1927 , 1934 , 1938 , 1956 ) and four since the advent of the Super Bowl ( XXI ( 1986 ) , XXV ( 1990 ) , XLII ( 2007 ) , and XLVI ( 2011 ) ) , along with more championship appearances than any other team , with 19 overall appearances . Their championship tally is surpassed only by the Green Bay Packers ( 13 ) and the Chicago Bears ( 9 ) . Throughout their history , the Giants have featured 29 Hall of Fame players , including NFL Most Valuable Player ( MVP ) award winners Mel Hein , Frank Gifford , Y . A. Tittle , and Lawrence Taylor . To distinguish themselves from the professional baseball team of the same name , the football team was incorporated as the New York National League Football Company , Inc. in 1929 and changed to New York Football Giants , Inc. in 1937 . While the baseball team moved to San Francisco after the 1957 season , the football team continues to use New York Football Giants , Inc. as its legal corporate name , and is often referred to by fans and sportscasters as the New York Football Giants . The team has also acquired several nicknames , including Big Blue , the G-Men , and the Jints , an intentionally mangled contraction seen frequently in the New York Post and New York Daily News , originating from the baseball team when they were based in New York .
Marvin Walter Berschet ( December 28 , 1929 - July 12 , 2011 ) was an American football defensive end and guard in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins . He played college football at the University of Illinois and was drafted in the sixteenth round of the 1952 NFL Draft .
The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team based in the Washington metropolitan area . They compete in the National Football League ( NFL ) as a member of the National Football Conference ( NFC ) East division . The team plays its home games at FedExField in Landover , Maryland ; its headquarters and training facility are at Inova Sports Performance Center at Redskins Park in Ashburn , Virginia and the Redskins Complex in Richmond , Virginia , respectively . The Redskins have played more than one thousand games since their founding 88 years ago in 1932 , and are one of only five franchises in the NFL to record over six hundred regular season and postseason wins , reaching that mark in 2015 . The Redskins have won five NFL Championships ( the latter three in Super Bowls ) , and have captured fourteen divisional titles and six conference championships . The Redskins were the first NFL franchise with an official marching band , the Redskins Band , and the first with a fight song , Hail to the Redskins . The team began play in Boston as the Braves in 1932 , and became the Redskins the following year . In 1937 , the team relocated to Washington , D.C. , where they have been based since . The Redskins won the 1937 and 1942 NFL championship games , as well as Super Bowls XVII , XXII , and XXVI . They have been league runner-up six times , losing the 1936 , 1940 , 1943 , and 1945 title games , and Super Bowls VII and XVIII . With 24 postseason appearances , the Redskins have an overall postseason record of 23-18 . Their three Super Bowl wins are tied with the Oakland Raiders and Denver Broncos , behind the Pittsburgh Steelers and New England Patriots ( six each ) , San Francisco 49ers and Dallas Cowboys ( five each ) , and the Green Bay Packers and New York Giants ( four each ) .
Dennis Trammel Brown ( born November 6 , 1967 ) is a former defensive end who played 7 seasons for the San Francisco 49ers in the National Football League .
Brian Lee Cardinal ( born May 2 , 1977 ) is an American former professional basketball player . He played 456 games in the NBA between 2000 and 2012 , and won an NBA championship with the Dallas Mavericks in 2011 . Before his NBA career , he was one of the all-time great players in the history of Purdue University .
Purdue University is a public research university in West Lafayette , Indiana , and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system . The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and money to establish a college of science , technology , and agriculture in his name . The first classes were held on September 16 , 1874 , with six instructors and 39 students . The main campus in West Lafayette offers more than 200 majors for undergraduates , over 69 masters and doctoral programs , and professional degrees in pharmacy and veterinary medicine . In addition , Purdue has 18 intercollegiate sports teams and more than 900 student organizations . Purdue is a member of the Big Ten Conference and enrolls the second largest student body of any university in Indiana , as well as the fourth largest foreign student population of any university in the United States . Purdue University is a member of the Association of American Universities and is classified among R1 : Doctoral Universities - Very high research activity . Purdue has 25 American astronauts as alumni and as of April 2019 , the university has been associated with 13 Nobel Prizes .
The National Basketball Association ( NBA ) is a men 's professional basketball league in North America , composed of 30 teams ( 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada ) . It is one of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada , and is widely considered to be the premier men 's professional basketball league in the world . [ better source needed ] The league was founded in New York City on June 6 , 1946 , as the Basketball Association of America ( BAA ) . It changed its name to the National Basketball Association on August 3 , 1949 , after merging with the competing National Basketball League ( NBL ) . The NBA 's regular season runs from October to April , with each team playing 82 games . Its playoffs extend into June . NBA players are the world 's best paid athletes by average annual salary per player . The NBA is an active member of USA Basketball ( USAB ) , which is recognized by FIBA ( also known as the International Basketball Federation ) as the national governing body for basketball in the United States . The league 's several international as well as individual team offices are directed out of its head offices in Midtown Manhattan , while its NBA Entertainment and NBA TV studios are directed out of offices located in Secaucus , New Jersey .
The Dallas Mavericks ( often referred to as the Mavs ) are an American professional basketball team based in Dallas . They compete in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) as a member of the Western Conference Southwest Division . The team plays its home games at the American Airlines Center , which it shares with the National Hockey League 's Dallas Stars . Throughout the 1980s , the Mavericks were a perennial playoff team , led by All-Stars Rolando Blackman and Mark Aguirre . The team struggled during the 1990s , entering into a period of rebuilding . In 1998 , the franchise 's fortunes would change drastically with the acquisition of Dirk Nowitzki , who would become the cornerstone of the most successful period in franchise history , leading the team to its first NBA championship in 2011 . As of the 2017 season , the Mavericks have sold out 707 consecutive games since December 15 , 2002 , the longest currently running sellout streak in North American major league sports . Since their inaugural 1980-81 season , the Mavericks have won three division titles ( 1987 , 2007 , 2010 ) , two conference championships ( 2006 , 2011 ) , and one NBA championship ( 2011 ) .
Ernest Harold Conwell ( born August 17 , 1972 ) is a former American football tight end in the National Football League . He was drafted by the St. Louis Rams in the second round of the 1996 NFL Draft . He played college football at Washington . Conwell also played for the New Orleans Saints . He currently works for the NFL Players Association .
Manuel Alberto Diaz II ( born March 13 , 1974 ) is an American college football coach who is the head coach at the University of Miami .
Albert Glen Turk Edwards ( September 28 , 1907 - January 12 , 1973 ) was an American football tackle in the National Football League ( NFL ) . He played his entire career for the Washington Redskins , starting with their first six seasons in Boston , and later became the head coach . Edwards was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1969 .
Richard Douglas Fosbury ( born March 6 , 1947 ) is an American retired high jumper , who is considered one of the most influential athletes in the history of track and field . Besides winning a gold medal at the 1968 Olympics , he revolutionized the high jump event with a back-first technique , now known as the Fosbury Flop , adopted by almost all high jumpers today . His method was to sprint diagonally towards the bar , then curve and leap backwards over the bar , which gave him a much lower center of mass in flight than traditional techniques . He continues to be involved in athletics and serves on the executive board of the World Olympians Association . In 2014 Fosbury unsuccessfully challenged Steve Miller for a seat in the Idaho House of Representatives . Fosbury ran for Blaine County Commissioner against incumbent Larry Schoen in 2018 . He won the seat and took office in January 2019 .
Oregon State University ( OSU ) is a public flagship research university in Corvallis , Oregon . The university offers more than 200 undergraduate degree programs along with a variety of graduate and doctoral degrees . With a student enrollment approaching 32,000 , it is Oregon 's largest university . More than 230,000 students have graduated from OSU since its founding . The Carnegie Foundation designates Oregon State University as a Community Engagement university and classifies it as a doctoral university with a status of Highest research activity . OSU is one of 73 land-grant universities in the United States . The school is also a sea-grant , space-grant , and sun-grant institution , making it one of only four U.S. institutions to obtain all four designations . ( University of Hawaii at Manoa , Cornell University and Pennsylvania State University are the only others with similar designation . ) OSU received $ 441 million in research funding for the 2017 fiscal year .
The 1968 Summer Olympics ( Spanish : Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968 ) , officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad , was an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City , Mexico , from October 12 to the 27th . These were the first Olympic Games to be staged in Latin America and the first to be staged in a Spanish-speaking country . They were the first Games to use an all-weather ( smooth ) track for track and field events instead of the traditional cinder track . The 1968 Games were the third to be held in the last quarter of the year , after the 1956 Games in Melbourne and the 1964 Games in Tokyo . The Mexican Student Movement of 1968 happened concurrently and the Olympic Games were correlated to the government 's repression . The United States won the most gold and overall medals for the last time until 1984 .
The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it . In its modern most practiced format , a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat for landing . In the modern era , athletes run towards the bar and use the Fosbury Flop method of jumping , leaping head first with their back to the bar . Since ancient times , competitors have introduced increasingly effective techniques to arrive at the current form . The discipline is , alongside the pole vault , one of two vertical clearance events to feature on the Olympic athletics programme . It is contested at the World Championships in Athletics and IAAF World Indoor Championships , and is a common occurrence at track and field meetings . The high jump was among the first events deemed acceptable for women , having been held at the 1928 Olympic Games . Javier Sotomayor ( Cuba ) is the current men 's record holder with a jump of 2.45 m ( 8 ft 1⁄4 in ) set in 1993 - the longest standing record in the history of the men 's high jump . Stefka Kostadinova ( Bulgaria ) has held the women 's world record at 2.09 m ( 6 ft 10 1⁄4 in ) since 1987 , also the longest-held record in the event .
The Fosbury Flop is a style used in the athletics event of high jump . It was popularized and perfected by American athlete Dick Fosbury , whose gold medal in the 1968 Summer Olympics ( Mexico ) brought it to the world 's attention . Over the next few years , the flop became the dominant style of the event and remains so today . Before Fosbury , most elite jumpers used the straddle technique , Western Roll , Eastern cut-off or scissors jump to clear the bar . Given that landing surfaces had previously been sandpits or low piles of matting , high jumpers of earlier years had to land on their feet or at least land carefully to prevent injury . With the advent of deep foam matting high jumpers were able to be more adventurous in their landing styles and hence experiment with styles of jumping .
Ronald Fraser ( June 25 , 1933 - January 20 , 2013 ) was the college baseball coach at the University of Miami from 1963 to 1992 . Nicknamed the Wizard of College Baseball , he was one of the most successful coaches in NCAA baseball history , and was also responsible for bringing college baseball to a new level of public awareness . The Miami Hurricanes baseball team went from being on the brink of being contracted to being the toast of college baseball under Fraser 's tenure .
Florida State University ( Florida State or FSU ) is a public space-grant and sea-grant research university in Tallahassee , Florida . It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida . Founded in 1851 , it is located on the oldest continuous site of higher education in the state of Florida . The university is classified as a Research University with Very High Research by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching . The university comprises 16 separate colleges and more than 110 centers , facilities , labs and institutes that offer more than 360 programs of study , including professional school programs . The university has an annual budget of over $ 1.7 billion and an annual economic impact of over $ 10 billion . Florida State is home to Florida 's only national laboratory , the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory , and is the birthplace of the commercially viable anti-cancer drug Taxol . Florida State University also operates the John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art , the State Art Museum of Florida and one of the largest museum/university complexes in the nation . The university is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools ( SACS ) . For 2020 , U.S. News & World Report ranked Florida State as the 18th best public university in the United States in the national university category . FSU 's intercollegiate sports teams , commonly known by their Florida State Seminoles nickname , compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I and the Atlantic Coast Conference ( ACC ) . In their 113-year history , Florida State 's varsity sports teams have won 20 national athletic championships and Seminole athletes have won 78 individual NCAA national championships .
The University of Miami ( informally referred to as UM , UMiami , U of M or The U ) is a private research university in Coral Gables , Florida . As of 2019 [ update ] , the university enrolls 17,811 students in 12 separate colleges/schools , including the Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine in Miami 's Health District , a law school on the main campus , and the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science focused on the study of oceanography and atmospheric sciences on Virginia Key , with research facilities at the Richmond Facility in southern Miami-Dade County . The university offers 132 undergraduate , 148 master 's , and 67 doctoral degree programs , of which 63 are research/scholarship and four professional areas of study . Over the years , the university 's students have represented all 50 states and close to 150 foreign countries . With more than 16,000 full- and part-time faculty and staff , UM is a top 10 employer in Miami-Dade County . UM 's main campus in Coral Gables has 239 acres and over 5.7 million square feet of buildings . Research is a component of each academic division , with UM attracting $ 358.9 million in sponsored research grants in FY 2019 . UM offers a large library system with over 3.9 million volumes and exceptional holdings in Cuban heritage and music . UM also offers a wide range of student activities , including fraternities and sororities , a student newspaper and a radio station . UM 's intercollegiate athletic teams , collectively known as the Miami Hurricanes , compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . UM 's football team has won five national championships since 1983 and its baseball team has won four national championships since 1982 .
Robert Moses Lefty Grove ( March 6 , 1900 - May 22 , 1975 ) was an American professional baseball pitcher . After having success in the minor leagues during the early 1920s , Grove became a star in Major League Baseball with the American League 's Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox . One of the greatest pitchers in history , Grove led the American League in wins in four separate seasons , in strikeouts seven years in a row , and had the league 's lowest earned run average a record nine times . Over the course of the three years from 1929 to 1931 he twice won the pitcher 's Triple Crown , leading the league in wins , strikeouts , and ERA , while amassing a 79-15 record and leading the Athletics to three straight AL championships . Overall , Grove won 300 games in his 17-year MLB career . He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1947 .
The Baltimore Orioles are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore , Maryland . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the American League ( AL ) East division . As one of the American League 's eight charter teams in 1901 , this particular franchise spent its first year as a major league club in Milwaukee , Wisconsin , as the Milwaukee Brewers before moving to St. Louis , Missouri , to become the St. Louis Browns in 1902 . After 52 years in St. Louis , the franchise was purchased in November 1953 by a syndicate of Baltimore business and civic interests led by attorney and civic activist Clarence Miles and Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro , Jr . The team 's current owner is American trial lawyer Peter Angelos . The Orioles adopted their team name in honor of the official state bird of Maryland ; it had also been used by several previous major and minor league baseball clubs in Baltimore , including another AL charter member franchise also named the Baltimore Orioles , which moved north in 1903 to eventually become the New York Yankees . Nicknames for the team include the O 's and the Birds . The Orioles experienced their greatest success from 1966 to 1983 , when they made six World Series appearances , winning three of them ( 1966 , 1970 , 1983 ) . This era of the club featured several future Hall of Famers who would later be inducted representing the Orioles , such as third baseman Brooks Robinson , outfielder Frank Robinson , starting pitcher Jim Palmer , first baseman Eddie Murray , shortstop Cal Ripken Jr. , and manager Earl Weaver . The Orioles have won a total of nine division championships ( 1969-1971 , 1973-1974 , 1979 , 1983 , 1997 , 2014 ) , six pennants ( 1966 , 1969-1971 , 1979 , 1983 ) , and three wild card berths ( 1996 , 2012 , 2016 ) . Since moving to Baltimore in 1954 , the franchise has a win-loss record of 5306-5174 ( with a winning percentage of .506 ) as of the end of the 2019 season . After suffering a stretch of 14 straight losing seasons from 1998 to 2011 , the team qualified for the postseason three times under manager Buck Showalter and general manager Dan Duquette , including a division title and advancement to the American League Championship Series for the first time in 17 years in 2014 .
The Oakland Athletics , a current Major League Baseball franchise , originated in Philadelphia . This article details the history of the Philadelphia Athletics , from 1901 to 1954 , when they moved to Kansas City .
The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston , Massachusetts . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the American League ( AL ) East division . The team have won nine World Series championships , tied for the third-most of any MLB team , and they have played in 13 . Their most recent World Series appearance and win was in 2018 . In addition , they won the 1904 American League pennant , but were not able to defend their 1903 World Series championship when the New York Giants refused to participate in the 1904 World Series . Founded in 1901 as one of the American League 's eight charter franchises , the Red Sox ' home ballpark has been Fenway Park since 1912 . The Red Sox name was chosen by the team owner , John I. Taylor , circa 1908 , following the lead of previous teams that had been known as the Boston Red Stockings , including the forerunner of the Atlanta Braves . The Red Sox were a dominant team in the new league , defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first World Series in 1903 and winning four more championships by 1918 . However , they then went into one of the longest championship droughts in baseball history , dubbed the Curse of the Bambino after its alleged inception due to the Red Sox ' sale of Babe Ruth to the rival New York Yankees two years after their world championship in 1918 , an 86-year wait before the team 's sixth World Championship in 2004 . The team 's history during that period was punctuated with some of the most memorable moments in World Series history , including Enos Slaughter 's mad dash in 1946 , the Impossible Dream of 1967 , Carlton Fisk 's home run in 1975 , and Bill Buckner 's error in 1986 . Following their victory in the 2018 World Series , they became the first team to win four World Series trophies in the 21st century , with championships in 2004 , 2007 , 2013 and 2018 . The team 's history has also been marked by the team 's intense rivalry with the New York Yankees , arguably the fiercest and most historic in North American professional sports .
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is an American history museum and hall of fame , located in Cooperstown , New York , and operated by private interests . It serves as the central point for the study of the history of baseball in the United States and beyond , displays baseball-related artifacts and exhibits , honoring those who have excelled in playing , managing , and serving the sport . The Hall 's motto is Preserving History , Honoring Excellence , Connecting Generations . The word Cooperstown is often used as shorthand ( or a metonym ) for the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum , similar to Canton for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton , Ohio . The Hall of Fame was established in 1939 by Stephen Carlton Clark , an heir to the Singer Sewing Machine fortune . Clark sought to bring tourists to a city hurt by the Great Depression , which reduced the local tourist trade , and Prohibition , which devastated the local hops industry . Clark constructed the Hall of Fame 's building , and it was dedicated on June 12 , 1939 . ( His granddaughter , Jane Forbes Clark , is the current chairman of the Board of Directors . ) The erroneous claim that Civil War hero Abner Doubleday invented baseball in Cooperstown was instrumental in the early marketing of the Hall . An expanded library and research facility opened in 1994 . Dale Petroskey became the organization 's president in 1999 . In 2002 , the Hall launched Baseball As America , a traveling exhibit that toured ten American museums over six years .
Thomas Frank Haller ( June 23 , 1937 - November 26 , 2004 ) , was an American professional baseball catcher , coach , and executive , who played in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) for the San Francisco Giants , Los Angeles Dodgers , and Detroit Tigers , from 1961 through 1972 . In the late 1960s , Haller was considered one of the top catchers in the National League ( NL ) .
Major League Baseball ( MLB ) is a professional baseball organization . It is the oldest of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada . A total of 30 teams play in Major League Baseball : 15 teams in the National League ( NL ) and 15 in the American League ( AL ) . The NL and AL were formed as separate legal entities in 1876 and 1901 , respectively . Beginning in 1903 , the two leagues cooperated but remained legally separate entities . In 2000 the leagues merged into a single organization led by the Commissioner of Baseball . MLB also oversees Minor League Baseball , which comprises 256 teams affiliated with the major league clubs . MLB and the World Baseball Softball Confederation jointly manage the international World Baseball Classic tournament . Baseball 's first openly all-professional team was the Cincinnati Red Stockings founded in 1869 . Before that , some teams had secretly paid some players . The first few decades of professional baseball were characterized by rivalries between leagues and by players who often jumped from one team or league to another . The period before 1920 is known as the dead-ball era , during which players would rarely hit home runs .
The San Francisco Giants are an American professional baseball team based in San Francisco , California . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the National League ( NL ) West division . Founded in 1883 as the New York Gothams , and renamed three years later the New York Giants , the team eventually moved to San Francisco in 1958 . As one of the longest-established and most successful professional baseball teams , the franchise has won the most games of any team in the history of American baseball . The team was the first major league team based in New York City , most memorably playing at the legendary Polo Grounds . They have won 23 NL pennants and have played in 20 World Series competitions - both NL records . The Giants ' eight World Series championships rank second in the National League and fifth overall ( the New York Yankees are first with 27 , then the St. Louis Cardinals ( the National League record-holders ) with 11 , and the Oakland Athletics and the Boston Red Sox both with 9 ) . The Giants have played in the World Series 20 times - 14 times in New York , six in San Francisco - but boycotted the event in 1904 . Playing as the New York Giants , they won 14 pennants and five World Series championships behind managers such as John McGraw and Bill Terry and players such as Christy Mathewson , Carl Hubbell , Mel Ott , Bobby Thomson , and Willie Mays . The Giants ' franchise has the most Hall of Fame players in all of professional baseball . The Giants ' rivalry with the Los Angeles Dodgers is one of the longest-standing and biggest rivalries in American sports . The teams began their rivalry as the New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers , respectively , before both franchises moved west for the 1958 season .
The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles , California . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the National League ( NL ) West division . Established in 1883 in Brooklyn , New York , the team moved to Los Angeles before the 1958 season . They played for four seasons at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum before moving to their current home of Dodger Stadium in 1962 . The Dodgers have won six World Series championships and twenty three National League pennants . Eleven NL MVP award winners have played for the Dodgers , winning a total of thirteen MVP Awards ; eight Cy Young Award winners have also pitched for the Dodgers , winning a total of twelve Cy Young Awards . The team has eighteen Rookie of the Year Award winners , more than twice as many as the second place New York Yankees 8 . The Dodgers have had four consecutive Rookies of the Year from 1979 to 1982 and five in a row from 1992 to 1996 .
The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit , Michigan . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member of the American League ( AL ) Central division . One of the AL 's eight charter franchises , the club was founded in Detroit as a member of the minor league Western League in 1894 and is the only Western League team still in its original city . They are also the oldest continuous one name , one city franchise in the AL . Since their establishment as a major league franchise in 1901 , the Tigers have won four World Series championships ( 1935 , 1945 , 1968 , and 1984 ) , 11 AL pennants ( 1907 , 1908 , 1909 , 1934 , 1935 , 1940 , 1945 , 1968 , 1984 , 2006 , 2012 ) , and four AL Central division championships ( 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , and 2014 ) . They also won division titles in 1972 , 1984 , and 1987 as a member of the AL East . The team currently plays its home games at Comerica Park in Downtown Detroit . The Tigers constructed Bennett Park at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Trumbull Avenue in Corktown ( just west of Downtown Detroit ) and began playing there in 1896 . In 1912 , the team moved into Navin Field , which was built on the same location . It was expanded in 1938 and renamed Briggs Stadium . It was renamed Tiger Stadium in 1961 and the Tigers played there until moving to Comerica Park in 2000 . From 1901 to 2019 , the Tigers ' overall win-loss record is 9,346-9,191 ( a winning percentage of .504 ) .
Patrick Lucas Luke Hancock ( born January 30 , 1990 ) is an American former professional basketball player and current financial adviser . He played in six games for Panionios of the Greek Basket League before tearing a muscle in his calf , ending his career . He played college basketball for the University of Louisville after transferring from George Mason University . While at Louisville , he won the 2013 NCAA championship ( a title which was later stripped from the university ) and was named the Final Four Most Outstanding Player , becoming the first substitute to ever win the award ( later vacated ) . On September 30 , 2019 the NCAA reinstated Luke Hancocks MOP status ( without an * ) in his individual capacity . This decision did not , however , change the status of the vacated 2013 Louisville Cardinals Division I Championship .
Tunch Ilkin ( born Tunç Ali İlkin , September 23 , 1957 in Istanbul ) is a Turkish American sports broadcaster and a former American football player . He currently serves as a television and radio analyst for the Pittsburgh Steelers . He is distinguished as being the first Turk to play in the National Football League .
The National Football League ( NFL ) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams , divided equally between the National Football Conference ( NFC ) and the American Football Conference ( AFC ) . The NFL is one of the four major professional sports leagues in North America and the highest professional level of American football in the world . The NFL 's 17-week regular season runs from early September to late December , with each team playing 16 games and having one bye week . Following the conclusion of the regular season , six teams from each conference ( four division winners and two wild card teams ) advance to the playoffs , a single-elimination tournament culminating in the Super Bowl , which is usually held on the first Sunday in February and is played between the champions of the NFC and AFC . The NFL was formed in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association ( APFA ) before renaming itself the National Football League for the 1922 season . After initially determining champions through end-of-season standings , a playoff system was implemented in 1933 that culminated with the NFL Championship Game until 1966 . Following an agreement to merge the NFL with the American Football League ( AFL ) , the Super Bowl was first held in 1967 to determine a champion between the best teams from the two leagues and has remained as the final game of each NFL season since the merger was completed in 1970 . Today , the NFL has the highest average attendance ( 67,591 ) of any professional sports league in the world and is the most popular sports league in the United States . The Super Bowl is also among the biggest club sporting events in the world , with the individual games accounting for many of the most watched television programs in American history and all occupying the Nielsen 's Top 5 tally of the all-time most watched U.S. television broadcasts by 2015 . The Green Bay Packers hold the most combined NFL championships with 13 , winning nine titles before the Super Bowl era and four Super Bowls afterwards . Since the creation of the Super Bowl , the Pittsburgh Steelers and New England Patriots both have the most championship titles at six .
The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania . They compete in the National Football League ( NFL ) as a member club of the American Football Conference ( AFC ) North division . Founded in 1933 , the Steelers are the seventh-oldest franchise in the NFL , and they are the oldest franchise in the AFC . In contrast with their status as perennial also-rans in the pre-merger NFL , where they were the oldest team never to have won a league championship , the Steelers of the post-merger ( modern ) era are among the most successful NFL franchises . The team is tied with the New England Patriots for the most Super Bowl titles at six , and they have both played in ( 16 times ) and hosted ( 11 times ) more conference championship games than any other team in the NFL . The Steelers have also won eight AFC championships , tied with the Denver Broncos , but behind the Patriots ' record 11 AFC championships . The team is tied with the Broncos and Dallas Cowboys for the second-most Super Bowl appearances with eight . They lost their most recent championship appearance , Super Bowl XLV , on February 6 , 2011 . The Steelers , whose history may be traced to a regional pro team that was established in the early 1920s , joined the NFL as the Pittsburgh Pirates on July 8 , 1933 . The team was owned by Art Rooney and took its original name from the baseball team of the same name , as was common practice for NFL teams at the time . To distinguish them from the baseball team , local media took to calling the football team the Rooneymen , an unofficial nickname that persisted for decades after the team had adopted its current nickname . The ownership of the Steelers has remained within the Rooney family since the organization 's founding .
James Ralph Shug Jordan ( /ˈʃʊɡ ˈdʒɜːrdən/ SHUUG JURD-ən ; September 25 , 1910 - July 17 , 1980 ) was an American football , basketball , and baseball player and coach of football and basketball . He served as the head football coach at Auburn University from 1951 to 1975 , where he compiled a record of 176-83-6 . He has the most wins of any coach in Auburn Tigers football history . Jordan 's 1957 Auburn squad went undefeated with a record of 10-0 and was named the national champion by the Associated Press . Jordan was also the head men 's basketball coach at Auburn ( 1933-1942 , 1945-1946 ) and at the University of Georgia ( 1946-1950 ) , tallying a career college basketball record of 136-103 . During his time coaching basketball , he also served as an assistant football coach at the two schools . Auburn 's Jordan-Hare Stadium was renamed in Jordan 's honor in 1973 . Jordan was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1982 .
Auburn University ( AU or Auburn ) is a public research and land-grant university in Auburn , Alabama . With more than 23,000 undergraduate students and a total enrollment of more than 30,000 with 1,260 faculty members , Auburn is the second largest university in Alabama . It is one of the state 's two public flagship universities . The university is classified as an R1 : Doctoral Research - Very High Research Activity by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education . Auburn was chartered on February 1 , 1856 , as East Alabama Male College , a private liberal arts school affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church , South . In 1872 , under the Morrill Act , it became the state 's first land-grant university and was renamed as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama . In 1892 , it became the first four-year coeducational school in Alabama , and in 1899 was renamed Alabama Polytechnic Institute ( API ) to reflect its changing mission . In 1960 , its name was changed to Auburn University to acknowledge the varied academic programs and larger curriculum of a major university .
Scott Levy ( born September 8 , 1964 ) is an American semi-retired professional wrestler , actor , and podcaster better known by his ring name , Raven . He is known for his appearances with professional wrestling promotions including Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW ) , World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) , World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment ( WWF/E ) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) . Widely recognized as one of the best talkers in wrestling , Raven is known for his psychological heel tactics and grunge-inspired gimmick . His feud with The Sandman in the mid-1990s has been described as one of the most emotional rivalries in professional wrestling 's history . Championships held by Raven include the ECW World Heavyweight Championship , ECW World Tag Team Championship , NWA World Heavyweight Championship , WCW Light Heavyweight Championship , WCW United States Heavyweight Championship , WCW World Tag Team Championship and WWF/E Hardcore Championship . He is one of the most decorated wrestlers in history , with 36 title reigns under the WWE , WCW and ECW banners , including a record 27 reigns as WWF/E Hardcore Champion .
Arild Verner Agerskov Mikkelsen ( October 21 , 1928 - November 21 , 2013 ) was an American professional basketball player . He was one of the National Basketball Association 's first power forwards in the 1950s and was known for his tenacious defense .
The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles . The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) , as a member of the league 's Western Conference in the Pacific Division . The Lakers play their home games at Staples Center , an arena shared with the NBA 's Los Angeles Clippers , the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women 's National Basketball Association , and the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League . The Lakers are one of the most successful teams in the history of the NBA , and have won 16 NBA championships , the second-most behind the Boston Celtics . The franchise began with the 1947 purchase of a disbanded team , the Detroit Gems of the National Basketball League ( NBL ) . The new team began playing in Minneapolis , calling themselves the Minneapolis Lakers . Initially a member of the NBL , the Lakers won the 1948 NBL championship before joining the rival Basketball Association of America , where they would win five of the next six championships , led by star George Mikan . After struggling financially in the late 1950s following Mikan 's retirement , they relocated to Los Angeles before the 1960-61 season . Led by Hall of Famers Elgin Baylor and Jerry West , Los Angeles made the NBA Finals six times in the 1960s , but lost each series to the Celtics , beginning their long and storied rivalry . In 1968 , the Lakers acquired four-time NBA Most Valuable Player ( MVP ) Wilt Chamberlain , and won their sixth NBA title - and first in Los Angeles - in 1972 , led by new head coach Bill Sharman . After the retirement of West and Chamberlain , the team acquired Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , who also won multiple MVP awards , but was unable to make the Finals in the late 1970s . The 1980s Lakers were nicknamed Showtime due to their fast break-offense led by Magic Johnson .
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is an American history museum and hall of fame , located at 1000 Hall of Fame Avenue in Springfield , Massachusetts . It serves as basketball 's most complete library , in addition to promoting and preserving the history of basketball . Dedicated to Canadian-American physician and inventor of the sport James Naismith , it was opened and inducted its first class in 1959 . As of the induction of the Class of 2018 , the Hall has formally inducted 389 individuals .
Michael Gregory Mizanin ( born October 8 , 1980 ) is an American professional wrestler , actor and media personality . He is currently signed to WWE , where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name The Miz . Mizanin first gained fame as a reality television participant . He was a cast member on MTV 's The Real World : Back to New York in 2001 and subsequently appeared in its spinoff series , Real World/Road Rules Challenge from 2002 to 2005 , where he reached the finals in The Gauntlet and The Inferno while winning Battle of the Seasons and The Inferno II . Furthermore , he reached the final in Battle of the Network Reality Stars and won a 3-part Reality Stars-themed episode of Fear Factor in 2006 . After becoming the runner-up in the fourth season of Tough Enough and subsequently launching his WWE career , Mizanin appeared on Diva Search , Total Divas and Tough Enough . He and his wife Maryse also starred in their own reality show titled Miz & Mrs. that premiered in 2018 . He has also come to star in several films produced by WWE Studios , portraying Jake Carter in The Marine 3 : Homefront , The Marine 4 : Moving Target and The Marine 5 : Battleground as well as starring in Christmas Bounty and Santa 's Little Helper . After being trained at Deep South Wrestling and Ohio Valley Wrestling , he was promoted to the main roster in 2006 . Within WWE , The Miz has won eighteen total championships : the WWE Championship once , the Intercontinental Championship eight times , the United States Championship twice , and seven tag team championships ( two World Tag Team , four WWE ( now Raw ) Tag Team , and one SmackDown Tag Team ) , making him the 25th Triple Crown Champion and 14th Grand Slam Champion in company history . The Miz also won the 2010 Raw Money in the Bank ladder match , and was ranked number one on Pro Wrestling Illustrated ( PWI ) 's annual PWI 500 list for 2011 . He is one of the 10 most prolific pay-per-view performers in WWE history .
Mark Hodge Murphy ( born July 13 , 1955 ) is the current president and chief executive officer for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League ( NFL ) . Prior to that , he was the athletic director at Northwestern University and Colgate University . He also played in the NFL as a safety for the NFL 's Washington Redskins for eight seasons from 1977 to 1984 .
Northwestern University ( NU ) is a private research university based in Evanston , Illinois , with other campuses in Chicago and Doha , Qatar , and academic programs and facilities in Miami , Florida ; Washington , D.C. ; and San Francisco , California . Along with its selective undergraduate programs , Northwestern is known for its Kellogg School of Management , Pritzker School of Law , Feinberg School of Medicine , Bienen School of Music , Medill School of Journalism , Media , Integrated Marketing Communications , School of Communication , and McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science . Northwestern is a large research university with a comprehensive doctoral program , attracting nearly $ 800 million in sponsored research each year . As of January 2020 , Northwestern has the twelfth-largest university endowment in the United States , valued at $ 11.1 billion . The university 's former and present faculty and alumni include 19 Nobel Prize laureates , 38 Pulitzer Prize winners , six MacArthur Genius Fellows , 16 Rhodes Scholars , 65 members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and two Supreme Court Justices . Northwestern 's School of Communication is a leading producer of Academy Award , Emmy Award and Tony Award-winning actors , actresses , playwrights , writers and directors . Northwestern was founded in 1851 by John Evans , for whom the city of Evanston is named , and eight other lawyers , businessmen and Methodist leaders . Its founding purpose was to serve the Old Northwest Territory , an area that includes the states of Ohio , Indiana , Illinois , Michigan , Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota . Instruction began in 1855 and women were admitted in 1869 . Today , the main campus is a 240-acre ( 97 ha ) parcel in Evanston , along the shores of Lake Michigan 12 miles north of downtown Chicago . The university 's law , medical , and professional schools , along with its nationally ranked affiliated Northwestern Memorial Hospital , are located on a 25-acre ( 10 ha ) campus in Chicago 's Streeterville neighborhood . In 2008 , the university opened a campus in Education City , Doha , Qatar with programs in journalism and communication .
The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay , Wisconsin . They compete in the National Football League ( NFL ) as a member club of the National Football Conference ( NFC ) North division . It is the third-oldest franchise in the NFL , dating back to 1919 , and is the only non-profit , community-owned major league professional sports team based in the United States . [ a ] Home games have been played at Lambeau Field since 1957 . The Packers are the last of the small town teams which were common in the NFL during the league 's early days of the 1920s and 1930s . Founded in 1919 by Earl Curly Lambeau and George Whitney Calhoun , the franchise traces its lineage to other semi-professional teams in Green Bay dating back to 1896 . Between 1919 and 1920 , the Packers competed against other semi-pro clubs from around Wisconsin and the Midwest , before joining the American Professional Football Association ( APFA ) , the forerunner of today 's NFL , in 1921 . Although Green Bay is by far the smallest major league professional sports market in North America , Forbes ranked the Packers as the world 's 27th most valuable sports franchise in 2019 , with a value of $ 2.63 billion . The Packers have won 13 league championships , the most in NFL history , with nine pre-Super Bowl NFL titles and four Super Bowl victories . The Packers won the first two Super Bowls in 1967 and 1968 and were the only NFL team to defeat the American Football League ( AFL ) prior to the AFL-NFL merger . The Vince Lombardi Trophy is named after the Packers ' coach Vince Lombardi , who guided them to their first two Super Bowls . Their two subsequent Super Bowl wins came in 1996 and 2010 .
John Arthur Norlander ( March 5 , 1921 - March 6 , 2002 ) was an American professional basketball player born in Virginia , Minnesota . A 6 ' 3 forward from Hamline University , where he joined Theta Chi fraternity , Norlander played five seasons ( 1946-1951 ) in the Basketball Association of America and National Basketball Association as a member of the Washington Capitols . He averaged 8.3 points per game in his career . He died one day after his 81st birthday in 2002 .