Forrest ("Phog") Allen (basketball) One of the great college-basketball coaches, coaching for forty-eight years; his Kansas Team won the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championship in 1952
Ernie Banks (baseball) Hall of Fame second baseman who played entire NL career with the Chicago Cubs; NL MVP in 1958 and 1959.
Chuck Bednarik (football) Two-time Ail-American college player at University of Pennsylvania and seven-time All-Pro in National Football League (NFL); led Philadelphia Eagles to NFL title in 1959.
Roy Campanella (baseball) First great black catcher; NL MVP three times (1951, 1953, 1955); played on five NL pennant winners and 1955 World Series Champion Brooklyn Dodgers.
Althea Gibson (tennis) The first black tennis player of world stature; broke the color-line in virtually every tournament she entered; enjoyed a two-year peak in 1957 and 1958 when she won both Wimbeldon and U.S. National.