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Shoeless Joe Jackson
American baseball player (1887–1951)
"Shoeless Joe" redirects here. For the novel, see Shoeless Joe (novel).
Baseball player
| Shoeless Joe Jackson | |
|---|---|
Jackson with the Cleveland Naps in 1913 | |
| Outfielder | |
| Born:(1887-07-16)July 16, 1887 Pickens County, South Carolina, U.S. | |
| Died: December 5, 1951(1951-12-05) (aged 64) Greenville, South Carolina, U.S. | |
| August 25, 1908, for the Philadelphia Athletics | |
| September 27, 1920, for the Chicago White Sox | |
| Batting average | .356 |
| Home runs | 54 |
| Runs batted in | 792 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
Joseph Jefferson Jackson (July 16, 1887 – December 5, 1951), nicknamed "Shoeless Joe", was an American outfielder who played Major League Baseball (MLB) in the early 20th century. Although his .356 career batting average is the fourth highest in the history of Major League Baseball (MLB),[1] he is often remembered for his associ
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First edition of The Congressional Medal of Honor: The Names, The Deeds; signed by 30 recipients of the Medal of Honor and with 10 additional signed postcards
[RUDOLPH, Donald; Robert E. Simanek; John F. Baker; Ray Davis; Francis S. Currey; Charles A. MacGillivary; et al].
The Congressional Medal of Honor: The Names, The Deeds.
Forest Ranch, California: skarp & Dunnigan Publications, 1984.
First edition of the complete record of recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor, from the Civil War through Vietnam. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, signed by 30 recipients of the Medal of Honor on the half-title page and opposite the half-title including Joe Foss, Donald Rudolph, Robert E. Simanek, John F. Baker, Jr., Ray Davis, Francis S. Currey, Charles A. MacGillivary, James R. Hendrix, William Charette, Rodolfo P. Hernández, namn C. Rodriguez, Harvey C. Barnum, Jr., and Roger Donlon. Accompanied by 10 additional postcards signed by honorees including Lee Mize, Wi
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S-E-C! S-E-C! S-E-C!
When I first heard the chant, I was sitting in the Rose Bowl with a Mangino-sized scowl on my face. My Texas Longhorns had gotten their legs (and arms) broken by Alabama. Crimson Tide fans — thousands of them in white button-downs and khaki pants — were hugging each other and laying their cheers on us: “We’re gonna beat the hell out of you!” That’s when I heard the chant. “S-E-C! S-E-C! S-E-C!”
These guys cheer for the whole conference? Yup, they do. As the Tide and their pals won five straight national championships, something happened to modern SEC fandom. The SEC fan roots for his school, of course. But he also roots for his conference, and, in an interesting, New South kind of way, his whole region. The thing historians used to call southern exceptionalism — and its first cousin on its mother’s side, southern solidarity — has been channeled into a football kamp song. Chanting “S-E-C