Sports Personalities
Players, Coaches, Executives, and Media

Players

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Baseball

1991-2008

SP

1983-2000

SP

1882-1897

2B · Mgr

1903-1930

GM · President

1924-1937

LF · CF

Football

Dermontti Dawson

1991-1991

C · G

1962-1996

DB · Coach

Zeke Bratkowski

1954-1971

QB

Richard Seymour

2001-2012

DE · DT

1967-1980

QB

Basketball

1948-1959

Coach · GM

1995-2021

Coach · GM · President

1981-1994

C

1975-1999

Coach · GM

Butch van Breda Kolff

1947-1977

G · F · Coach · GM

Hockey

1937-1952

R

1967-2000

D · Coach · GM

1990-1997

R

1952-1982

Owner

1957-2004

L · Coach · GM · President

Modern Era (2000-2024)

1973-2001

GM

2021-2021

GM

2012-2021

QB

1985-2003

G · F · GM

1993-2010

RP

Classic Era (1960-1999)

1949-1968

R · Coach · GM

1979-1994

L

1980-2017

F · Coach · GM

Haywood Sullivan

1955-1984

C · GM · Mgr

1962-1994

2B · SS · GM

Vintage Era (1920-1959)

1912-1935

Founder · Mgr · Owner

1937-1948

C

Night Train Lane

1952-1965

DB · E

1934-1945

SP · RP

Maurice Richard

1943-1973

R · Coach

Old-Timey Era (1850-1919)

Daniel L. Adams

1857-1857

Author · Founder

1898-1910

SP · RP

Charlie Bennett

1878-1893

C

1892-1892

GM

1916-1916

R

Hall-of-Famers

1972-1984

RB

1878-1893

C · RF · Mgr

1926-1940

Coach

1964-1973

RB

Hakeem Olajuwon

1985-2002

C

Executives

1973-1984

1887-1910

Owner · President

1961-2003

Owner

1973-1995

GM

Charles C. Spink

1890-1913

Editor · Owner · Publisher

Media

1982-1989

Editor · Publisher

Edwin B. "Eddie" Dooley

1927-1948

Announcer · Editor · Writer

1968-2021

Publisher

Edgar G. Brands

1917-1954

Editor

1942-1954

Editor

Companies

2000-2014

Editor · Publisher

1995-2012

Owner · Publisher

Victor Sporting Goods

1896-1914

Publisher

Sher-Wood Hockey

1949-2024

Editor · Publisher

Hillerich & Bradsby & Co.

1927-1978

Editor · Publisher