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[Orval Overall, Chicago NL (baseball)] (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 7 older comments, and then…
• Douglas Thayer / 謝道明 said:

  greatest name ever. and pretty good photo too. -- Seen on your photo stream. (?)

• Loren Andersen said:

  As a Cal football player, the "Dread of Stanford" blocked a punt for a safety to give the Bears a 2-0 win in the 1901 Big Game. He later threw a Game 5 shutout to seal the Cubs' last championship in 1908. Hats off to the first Golden Bear in the majors! www.baseball-reference.com/o/overaor01.shtml

• Steve Thornton said:

  I'm going to go with Van Lingle Mungo for greatest name, or maybe Ugly Dickshot (yes, really), but Orval Overall is pretty high up the list.

• Richard Norton said:

  Orval Overall (February 2, 1881 - July 14, 1947) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball during the early 1900s. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orval_Overall

• furcafe said:

  Go Bears!