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Louis "Rags" Scheuermann
Louis "Rags" Scheuermann was a winning baseball coach at Loyola University and Delgado Community College, as well as in municipal sports programs for the city of New Orleans.
S. Derby Gisclair
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Marty Burke
Louisiana professional boxer Marty Burke was Jack Dempsey' sparring partner.
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Mel Parnell
New Orleans born Mel Parnell had an All-Star career as a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox and was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
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Pete Herman
Pete Herman, world champion bantamweight boxer, owned and operated a popular French Quarter bar until his death in 1973.
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Ralph Dupas
Ralph Dupas emerged from humble beginnings in New Orleans to become a world champion boxer
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Risen Star
Sired by Secretariat and owned by Ronnie Lamarque and Louis Roussel III, Risen Star was one of the most successful racehorses ever to come out of Louisiana.
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Robby Albarado
Louisiana jockey Robby Albarado is one of the most successful riders in US horse racing history.
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Roland Hymel
Roland Hymel was an archery champion at Loyola University who also won a contest to name the New Orleans Saints football franchise.
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Rolland Romero
Rolland Romero was the youngest member of the 1932 US Olympic team and the world-record holder in his event at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany.
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Ron Guidry
Louisiana native Ron Guidry's performance with the New York Yankees in the 1978 season stands decades later as one of the greatest pitching achievements in modern baseball history.
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Rusty Staub
Major League Baseball player Rusty Staub was raised in New Orleans and attended Jesuit High School before being becoming one of the New York Mets; most popular players and a six-time All-Star.
Shreveport Sluggers
The history of professional baseball in Shreveport
