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Bob Feller

Bob FellerBorn: Nov. 3, 1918Baseball RHP led AL in strikeouts 7 times and wins 6 times with Cleveland; threw 3 no-hitters and 12 one-hitters; 266-162 record.Donald FehrD - FTom Ferguson…

Franco Harris

Franco HarrisBorn: Mar. 7, 1950Football RB ran for over 1,000 yards in a season 8 times; rushed for 12,120 yards in 13 years; led Pittsburgh to 4 Super Bowl titles.Tom HarmonG - JLeon Hart…

Bob Seagren

Bob SeagrenBorn: Oct. 17, 1946Track & Field won gold medal in pole vault at 1968 Olympics; broke world outdoor record 5 times.Michael SchumacherR - TTom Seaver

Brewer's: Bowling

Tom Bowling. The type of a model sailor in Smollett's Roderick Random. (To rhyme with rolling.) The Tom Bowling referred to in Dibdin's famous sea-song was Captain Thomas Dibdin, brother…

Brewer's: Piper

The Pied Piper. (See Pied.) Who's to pay the piper? (See Pay.) Tom Piper. So the piper is called in the morris dance. There is apparently another Tom Piper, referred to by Drayton and…

F. Cecil Brenner 1998 Deaths

F. Cecil BrennerAge: 79 scientist and regulator who devised safety and performance ratings for tires, adopted in 1975 despite opposition by most manufacturers. Died: March 19, 1998.Tom…

Marshall Goldberg

Marshall GoldbergBorn: Oct. 24, 1917Football HB 2-time consensus All-America at Pittsburgh (1937-38); led Pitt to national championship in 1937; played with NFL champion Chicago Cardinals 10…

Martha Gellhorn 1998 Deaths

Martha GellhornAge: 89 writer whose career covered more than six decades. She was the first female war correpondent and wife of Ernest Hemmingway from 1940–45. Died: Feb. 15, 1998.Lawrence…

Darcy O'Brien 1998 Deaths

Darcy O'BrienAge: 59 best-selling author of true crime and fiction books. His most popluar titles include Murder in Little Egypt and Two of a Kind: The Hillside Stranglers. Died: March 2,…

Maria Chabot 2001 Deaths

Maria ChabotAge: 87 Native-American advocate, photographer, and rancher who started the Indian markets on Santa Fe, New Mexico's Plaza in the 1930s and was a close friend of Georgia O'Keefe.…