He was, and had a cool signature too. I wonder if he will be posthumously considered for the Hall of Fame?
The Gone But Not Forgotten Thread
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While not a household name, Tom Hornbein passed away on 5.6.23 at age 92. He was on the team of Americans who first climbed Mt. Everest in 1963, and while Jim Whitaker was the first American ever to summit Everest, he and another climber took a different route. Tom made it by climbing the very treacherous West Ridge with the Whitaker expedition in 1963. As you can see from the map:
The West Ridge is very steep, and is a straight shot to the summit. Typically climbers take a more winding route that is less steep, but Hornbein climbed the Ridge with his team and made it up and back!
The West Ridge is very steep, and is a straight shot to the summit. Typically climbers take a more winding route that is less steep, but Hornbein climbed the Ridge with his team and made it up and back!
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A great coach. Rest in peace.
Rest in peace.
Hall of Fame running back and movie star Jim Brown, dead at 87!
Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Brown, the unstoppable running back who retired at the peak of his brilliant career to become an actor as well as a prominent civil rights advocate during the 1960s, has died
Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Brown, the unstoppable running back who retired at the peak of his brilliant career to become an actor as well as a prominent civil rights advocate during the 1960s, has died
I didn't remember Jim as a football player, though I know he was an all time great:
I DO remember Jim as an actor, and loved him as the tough coach Montezuma Monroe in Any Given Sunday!!
While not a household name, a name very well known among sports writers circles.... Rick Hummel passed away at the age of 77 here in Saint Louis on May 20th.
He was known as "The Commish" among baseball writers, and had just recently retired from the Saint Louis Post-Dispatch.
He was known as "The Commish" among baseball writers, and had just recently retired from the Saint Louis Post-Dispatch.
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Really loved him in that movie!
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