Sports Personalities
Players, Coaches, Executives, and Media

Players

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Baseball

1991-2008

SP

1969-1971

GM

1971-1983

LF · RF · DH

1871-1877

LF · CF

1916-1923

1B

Football

1946-1969

QB · GM

1989-1999

DB

1949-1953

DG · G

1952-1964

DB

1996-2011

DB

Basketball

1947-1947

G

Shaquille O'Neal

1993-2011

C

Antonio McDyess

1996-2011

F · C

2005-2018

C · F

1985-2003

GM

Hockey

1953-1975

R · Coach

1966-1979

G

Frank Griffiths

1975-1988

Owner

1978-1992

President

S. Trafford Hicks

1912-1923

Author

Modern Era (2000-2024)

2002-2021

GM

1990-2008

G · F · GM

Martha Firestone Ford

2014-2019

Owner

Keyshawn Johnson

1996-2006

WR

1969-2001

C · F · Coach · GM

Classic Era (1960-1999)

1949-1985

C · GM

1989-2005

OF · DH

1988-2013

Coach

1995-2011

QB

1949-1970

F · C · Coach · GM

Vintage Era (1920-1959)

1902-1929

2B · Mgr

1916-1926

TB · E · FB · Coach · President

1936-1954

T · Coach

1932-1942

D

1926-1926

Old-Timey Era (1850-1919)

1908-1922

P · LF · RF

1913-1930

C

1885-1906

RF

Christy Mathewson

1900-1925

SP · RP · Mgr · President

1882-1886

GM · Mgr · Owner · President

Hall-of-Famers

1931-1947

C

1988-2007

C · 2B

Charlie Conacher

1930-1950

R · Coach

1946-1969

QB · GM

1975-1986

F · G

Executives

1945-1950

George Steinbrenner

1962-2008

Owner · President

George M. Weiss

1946-1948

GM

1972-1981

GM

J. G. Taylor Spink

1911-1962

Editor · Owner · Publisher

Media

1907-1907

Author

1975-1975

Author

Charles Claude Spink

1962-1981

Editor · Owner · Publisher

1971-1980

Ernest J. "Ernie" Lanigan

1888-1959

Curator · Editor · Employee · Historian · Writer

Companies

Petersen Publishing Co.

1956-1964

Publisher

Macmillan Publishers

1905-1905

Publisher

1940-1941

Publisher

Splendid Publications

1968-1968

Publisher

Norman L. Munro & Co.

1877-1878

Publisher