Sports & Recreation
Joe Martina
In 1924 New Orleans pitcher Oyster Joe Martina led the Washington Senators baseball team against the New York Giants to win the World Series.
In 1924 New Orleans pitcher Oyster Joe Martina led the Washington Senators baseball team against the New York Giants to win the World Series.
Louisianan John Dane III is a competitive sailor who has won championships at the helm of numerous sailing vessels.
John Franks dominated the sport of horse racing for over twenty years and became one of the leading stable owners and breeders in the country.
New Orleans native Johnny Wright was one of the first African American baseball players to sign with the Brooklyn Dodgers, but he never reached the major leagues.
Karl Malone teamed with guard John Stockton while with the National Basketball Association's Utah Jazz to form perhaps the greatest guard-forward combo in league history.
In 1989, jockey Kent Desormeaux's 598 first place finishes set the record for most wins in a single season.
Larry Gilbert played major-league baseball, including in the 1914 World Series, before managing the New Orleans Pelicans.
Before his retirement in 2002, basketball coach Leon Barmore led the Lady Techsters from Louisiana Tech University to nine Final Four appearances.
New Orleans's Linda Tuero was a collegiate and professional tennis champion in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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.
Louisiana professional boxer Marty Burke was Jack Dempsey' sparring partner.
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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