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• Ameche, Alan Dante 'The Horse'    b. June 1, 1933  d. August 8, 1988
  Professional Football Player. A hard-running fullback, he won the 1954 Heisman Trophy as a senior at the University of Wisconsin. Not selected by his home-state Green Bay Packers, he became the first round pick of the Baltimore Colts. On his first NFL play against the Chicago Bears on September 25, 1955, he galloped for a 79-yard touchdown. He became the 1955 NFL Rookie-of-the-Year. Alan Ameche is best remembered for scoring the touchdown that gave the Colts the victory over the New York Giants...[Read More] (Bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)
  Cause of death: Complications of heart surgery
  Calvary Cemetery, West Conshohocken, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
   
• Bagnell, Francis James 'Reds'    b. September 24, 1929  d. July 10, 1995
  Football Player. He was an All-American tailback for the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1951. He won the Maxwell Trophy, was the runner up for Heisman Trophy, and was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame.
  Calvary Cemetery, West Conshohocken, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
   
• Bell, De Benneville 'Bert'    b. February 25, 1895  d. October 11, 1959
  Football Hall of Fame Executive. Born DeBenneville Bell in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he began his pro football life as the founder-owner of the Philadelphia Eagles in 1933 and was head coach from 1936 to 1940. In 1940, he sold the Eagles franchise and became co-owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers and stayed in post for six years. Bell also created the National Football League draft in 1936 and founded the Maxwell Football Club in 1937, which to this day presents awards to the top college and...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Calvary Cemetery, West Conshohocken, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
   
• Crawford, Henry Charles 'Shag'   b. August 30, 1916  d. July 11, 2007
  Major League Baseball Umpire. A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was originally a minor league catcher who briefly played in the farm system of the hometown Phillies. After his playing career ended, he began umpiring games in and around the Philadelphia area to stay close to the game. Eventually joining the staff of the National League, he would work over 3,000 games between 1956 and 1975. A founding member of the umpires' union, he worked three World Series, two NL Championship Series...[Read More] (Bio by: Frank Russo)
  Calvary Cemetery, West Conshohocken, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
   
• Javie, Stanley A.    b. 1919  d. December 30, 2002
  National Football League Official. Born in Philadelphia, Pennslyvainia, for over thirty years (1951-80), he was a back judge referee in the National Football League. Highly respected, he was accorded an NFL official for four Super Bowls in Super Bowl II 1968, Super Bowl VIII 1974, Super Bowl X 1976 and Super Bowl XIV 1980. In retirement, he was a teacher and coached three defferent sports at St. John's High School in the Philadelphia area and was inducted into the National-Polish American...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Calvary Cemetery, West Conshohocken, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
   
• Miller, Edmund John 'Bing'   b. August 30, 1894  d. May 7, 1966
  Major League Baseball Player. He began his career as an outfielder for the Washington Senators in 1921. The next season he played for the Philadelphia Athletics after an off season trade until 1926. He was traded to the St. Louis Browns and two years later traded back to Philadelphia where he remained until 1934. While with the A's, he was a member of three World Series teams in a row. In the 1929 Series, he played in all five games of the win getting 7 hits and driving in four runs. The...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert)
  Calvary Cemetery, West Conshohocken, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
   
• Piasecki, Frank   b. October 24, 1919  d. February 11, 2008
  Aviation Pioneer. One of the three principal developers, along with Igor Sikorsky and Arthur Young, of rotary aviation. He is best remembered for his invention of the world's first twin rotor helicopter. The child of Polish immigrants, he was raised in Philadelphia and built model planes from early childhood. In his teens he worked for a company making the 'autogyro', a fixed wing craft with a rotor on top, then studied engineering at the University of Pennsylvania before transferring to New...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
  Calvary Cemetery, West Conshohocken, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
   

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