Curtis Charles Flood (January 18 1938 - January 20 1997) was a Major League Baseball player who spent most of his career as a center fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals. A defensive standout, he led the National League in putouts four times and in fielding percentage twice, winning Gold Glove Awards in his last seven full seasons from 1963-1969. He also batted over .300 six times, and led the NL in hits (211) in 1964.

Anthony Henry (born November 3 1976 in Fort Myers, Florida) is an American football cornerback with the Dallas Cowboys. He played for Estero High School in Estero, Florida, college football at the University of South Florida and was selected in the fourth round of the 2001 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns. He played with the Browns from 2001 through 2004. Considered a key signing in the opening hours of free agency in 2005, …

Michael Brent Cuddyer is a Major League Baseball player. He is currently the starting right fielder for the Minnesota Twins. He bats and throws right-handed and wears number 5. Cuddyer is a 1997 graduate of Great Bridge High School in Chesapeake, Virginia, where he was a standout athlete in baseball, basketball, and football. Cuddyer was named Virginia's Player of the Year and Gatorade National baseball Player of the Year in 1997.

Deon D'Marquis Grant (born March 14, 1979) is a cornerback/safety for the Seattle Seahawks. Grant attended Josey High School in Augusta, Georgia and then attended the University of Tennessee from 1997-1999. Grant was selected as an All-American in 1999 after he tied for the NCAA lead with nine interceptions for 167 return yards. Grant finished the 1999 campaign with 69 tackles and eight pass breakups.

Yorvit Adolfo Torrealba [pron., /joɾ.ˈvit ˌto.re.ˈal.ba/] (born July 19, 1978 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a catcher in Major League Baseball who currently plays for the Colorado Rockies. Previously, Torrealba played for the San Francisco Giants and the Seattle Mariners. He bats and throws right handed. Torrealba debuted with the San Francisco Giants in 2001. He showed some potential, but when Benito Santiago left via free agency in 2003, …

Gregory Scott "Woody" Williams (born August 19, 1966 in Houston, Texas) is a Major League right-handed pitcher who currently plays for the Houston Astros. He made his major league debut for the Toronto Blue Jays on May 14, 1993. Williams, a Cy-Fair high school graduate and University of Houston alumni, began his career pitching in relief until he was moved to a full time starter in 1997.

Lyle Stefan Overbay (born January 28, 1977 in Centralia, Washington) is a Major League Baseball first baseman who currently plays for the Toronto Blue Jays. Overbay was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 18th round of the 1999 amateur draft and was acquired by the Brewers in the trade on December 1, 2003 that sent Richie Sexson and Shane Nance to Arizona for Overbay, Craig Counsell, Junior Spivey, Chris Capuano, Chad Moeller, and Jorge de la Rosa.

Oscar Palmer Robertson (born November 24, 1938 in Charlotte, Tennessee), nicknamed "The Big O", is a former American NBA player with the Cincinnati Royals and the Milwaukee Bucks. The 6-foot-5, 220-pound Robertson played the guard position, and was a twelve-time All-Star, eleven-time member of the All-NBA Team, and one-time winner of the MVP award in fourteen professional seasons.

John Hollis Patterson (born January 30, 1978 in Orange, TX) is a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball, currently with the Washington Nationals. A USA Today prep All-American in his senior year at West Orange-Stark (TX) High School, Patterson was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the first round (5th overall pick) of the 1996 Major League Baseball Draft. After Montreal lost the draft rights to Patterson on a technicality, …

Ryan Fowler (born May 20, 1982 in Redington Shores, Florida) is an American football linebacker for the Tennessee Titans of the NFL. He was signed as an undrafted free agent out of Duke University. Fowler is known around the NFL has a great special team player. In 2006 he lost the battle for a starting Linebacker spot on the Dallas Cowboys to Linebacker and fellow teamate Bradie James.

Johnathan Richard Buck (born July 7, 1980 in Kemmerer, Wyoming) is an American baseball player for the Kansas City Royals. He went to high school in Taylorsville, UT. He is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A catcher, Buck was acquired on June 24, 2004 from the Houston Astros as part of a trade for five-tool player Carlos Beltran, whom the Royals felt likely to lose to free agency at the end of the season.

Brian Hill (born) is an arrogant, stubborn American basketball coach formerly in the NBA. On May 23, 2007, after multiple media sources reported that Hill would not return to coach the Orlando Magic for the 2007-08 NBA season, but would instead be offered another position within the organisation, the Magic released a statement that he would not return as coach of the Magic, although it was reported he was actually fired by general manager Otis Smith.

Ashton Youboty (born July 7, 1984 in Monrovia, Liberia) is a current American football cornerback for the Buffalo Bills. He was selected in the third round of the 2006 NFL Draft. Many draft experts had Youboty projected as a late first to early second round draft pick. Youboty played college football with the Ohio State University Buckeyes. Chris Berman has already nicknamed this player Ashton "Shake Your Boty". The Buffalo Bills have high hopes for Youboty, …

John Alexander Messersmith (born August 6, 1945 in Toms River, New Jersey) is a former Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher from 1968 until 1979. He was the 12th overall pick of the 1966 amateur draft by the California Angels. Messersmith went on to play for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves and the New York Yankees.

David Arthur McNally (October 31, 1942-December 1, 2002) was a Major League Baseball left-handed starting pitcher from 1962 until 1975. He was signed by the Baltimore Orioles and played with them every year but his last one with the Montreal Expos. McNally is most famous as the only pitcher to have hit a grand slam home run and thereby win his own game in a world series (1970). His bat is in the National Baseball Hall of Fame Museum in Cooperstown, NY.

Ernest Lee Spivey, Jr. (born January 28, 1975 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is a second baseman in independent baseball who plays for the Bridgeport Bluefish. He bats and throws right-handed. Spivey attended Cowley County College, Kansas. He was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 36th round of the 1996 amateur draft and played in the majors for the Diamondbacks from 2001 to 2003. Spivey was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers with Craig Counsell, Lyle Overbay, …

Billy Yates (born April 15, 1980 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American Football offensive lineman for the New England Patriots of the National Football League. Yates was signed as an undrafted free agent after the 2003 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins. He spent most of the 2004 NFL season on the Patriots' practice squad before being activated for Super Bowl XXXIX. Yates has spent time on and off the Patriots' roster since, making his first career start on October 30, …

Jeron Kennis Royster (born October 18, 1952 in Sacramento, California) was a third baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, San Diego Padres, Chicago White Sox, and the New York Yankees, as well as a former manager of the Milwaukee Brewers. He was signed by the Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1970 at age 17, and three years later, he made the big leagues with Los Angeles. He never had more than 13 games with the Dodgers, …

Bud Smith (born Robert Allan Smith on October 23, 1979 in Torrance, California) is a former American baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals, active at the Major League level in 2001 and 2002. His Major League career was short but notable, as he became the 18th rookie since 1900 to throw a no-hitter. Smith's Cardinals defeated the San Diego Padres 4-0 on September 3, 2001, the rookie hurler giving up four walks but no hits, …

Todd Roland Worrell (born September 28, 1959 in Arcadia, California) is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers from 1985 to 1997. A hard-throwing reliever, Worrell emerged in late August 1985 as the Cardinals' closer, after the loss of Bruce Sutter to free agency. Worrell saved five games down the stretch and compiled an earned run average of 2.91, …

Michael Lee Cubbage (born July 21, 1950) in Charlottesville, VA was an American baseball player who played Major League Baseball from 1974 until the close of the 1981 season. He is the son of Lindy and Marge Cubbage. On June 7, 1968, he was drafted by the Washington Senators in the 6th round of the 1968 amateur draft, but did not sign. In 1971 he was drafted again out of the University of Virginiain the 2nd round of the 1971 amateur draft by the Washington Senators.

Arnold Ray "Bake" McBride, also nicknamed "Shake n' Bake", is a former Major League Baseball outfielder, known primarily as a member of the highly-successful Philadelphia Phillies' teams of the late 1970s and early 1980s. He made his Major league debut for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1974, finishing the season with 173 base hits, 30 stolen bases, and a .309 batting average, and was named the National League's Rookie of the Year.

M. Donald Grant (1904-1998) was the chairman of the New York Mets baseball club from its beginnings in the early-1960s to 1978. Michael Donald Grant was born in Montreal in 1904, the son of Hockey Hall of Fame member Mike Grant. The younger Grant tried his hand at amateur hockey in Canada before coming to the United States in the mid-1920s. Grant's interest in baseball stemmed from a long-standing friendship with Joan Whitney Payson, …

Russell Eugene Nixon (born February 19 1935 in Cleves, Ohio) is a former catcher, coach and manager in American Major League Baseball. A veteran of a half-century in professional baseball, Nixon has managed at virtually every level of the sport, from the lowest minor league to MLB assignments with the Cincinnati Reds and Atlanta Braves. At age 70, he spent the 2005 season as manager of the Greeneville Astros, rookie-level Appalachian League affiliate of the Houston Astros, …

Daniel Lewis Gardella (February 26 1920 - March 6 2005) was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball who played with the New York Giants (1944-45) and St. Louis Cardinals (1950). Born in New York City, he batted and threw left-handed. Known more for his on-field antics than his playing ability, Gardella would often walk on his hands, and perform other acrobatic stunts. He was also one of the first players to train with weights.

William James Fanning (born September 14, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois) is ambassador to amateur baseball/Canada for the Toronto Blue Jays and a former catcher, manager and front office executive in Major League Baseball. The first general manager of the Montreal Expos of the National League (appointed in 1968), he served the Expos in a number of capacities for almost 25 years, …

Gerald Anthony Young (born October 22, 1964, in Tela, Honduras) was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He was noted for his long strides and blazing speed, and although considered somewhat of a "hot dog" because of what appeared to be a lackadaisical style (including uneccessary basket catches), he was an excellent defensive centerfielder.

Plácido Enrique Polanco (born October 10, 1975) is a Dominican Major League Baseball player who has played for the St Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies and Detroit Tigers. He usually plays second base and occasionally shortstop and third base. Placido Polanco is recorded as having the largest forehead contusions in the history of the game. Drafted on June 2, 1994 by the Cardinals in the 19th round of the 1994 Major League Baseball amateur draft, …

Lawrence "Larry" Fleisher (September 26 1930, Bronx, New York, US — May 4 1989) was an American attorney and sports agent. Fleisher, a 1953 graduate of Harvard Law School, at the request of professional basketball player Tom Heinsohn, helped found the National Basketball Association Players’ Association, of which he would serve as president from 1962 to 1968, during which time pensions, minimum salaries, and disability pay were secured for the membership.

Richard Šmehlík is a former National Hockey League defenseman. He was drafted in the fifth round, 97th overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft. Šmehlík joined the Sabres for the 1992-93 season, and played there for nine seasons. He left via free agency for the Atlanta Thrashers before the 2002-03 season. At the trade deadline of the 2002-03 season, Šmehlík was traded to the New Jersey Devils in exchange for a draft pick.

Byron Storer is an American football fullback.

RaTavious Anton Biddle (born February 27, 1983 in Decatur, Alabama) is an American football wide receiver for the Carolina Panthers of the NFL. He was signed as an undrafted free agent out of the University of Mississippi. While preparing for the draft, Biddle trained at one of Houston's premier gyms, most known for producing successful professional athletes. Follow taye biddle on panthers fan site

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