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Frank Cashen 8 Feb 2012 | 02:59 pm
Frank Cashen (Baseball. Born, Baltimore, Md., Sept. 13, 1925.) There is little doubt that J. Frank Cashen was the principal architect of the Mets championship team of 1986. Having previously serve...
Marty Lader 8 Feb 2012 | 02:52 pm
Marty Lader (Sportswriter. Born, Brooklyn, Jan. 29, 1936.) During his 33-year career at U.P.I. (1960-93), Martin Lader became a leading wire service authority on tennis, regularly covering the U.S....
Ott Heller 8 Feb 2012 | 02:47 pm
Ott Heller (Hockey. Born, Kitchener, Ont., June 2, 1910; died, Kitchener, Ont., June 16, 1980.) Ehrhardt Henry Heller was a defenseman who played 647 regular-season games for the Rangers (1931-46) a...
Bobby Richardson 10 Oct 2011 | 08:30 am
Bobby Richardson (Baseball. Born, Sumter, SC, Aug. 19, 1935.) Robert C. Richardson was the Yankees second baseman who spanned the Casey Stengel-Ralph Houk eras, succeeding Billy Martin at the positio...
Sandy Saddler 4 Oct 2011 | 10:10 am
Sandy Saddler (Boxing. Born, Boston, MA, June 23, 1926; died, Bronx, NY, Sept. 18, 2001.) Born Joseph Saddler in Boston, where he also began his pro ring career, Sandy Saddler was a boxing dynamo wh...
Ross Youngs 3 Oct 2011 | 10:04 am
Ross Youngs (Baseball. Born, Shiner, TX, Apr. 10, 1897; died, San Antonio, TX, Oct. 22, 1927.) Of all the players he managed during his lengthy reign (1902-32) at the helm of the New York Giants, Jo...
George Young 3 Oct 2011 | 10:03 am
George Young (Bowling. Born, Omega, GA, Oct. 3, 1909; died, Detroit, MI, Aug. 30, 1959.) George Young was born and raised in Georgia, but did not try his hand at bowling until he was 24 and had sett...
Dick Young 3 Oct 2011 | 10:01 am
Dick Young (Sportswriter. Born, New York, NY, Oct. 17, 1917; died, New York, NY, Aug. 31, 1987.) From the day he started to cover baseball in 1943 until just before his death 44 years later, Richard...
Buddy Young 3 Oct 2011 | 10:00 am
Buddy Young (Pro football. Born, Chicago, IL, Jan. 5, 1926; died, Terrell, TX, Sept. 4, 1983.) A small, elusive package of halfback, Claude (Buddy) Young was a thrilling part of New York pro footbal...
Manuel Ycaza 3 Oct 2011 | 09:59 am
Manuel Ycaza (Horse racing. Born, Panama City, Panama, Feb. 1, 1938.) Coming to New York at age 16 in 1954, C. Manuel Ycaza was destined to become one of the best thoroughbred riders of his generati...
