Roger Maris
1934 - 1985Roger Maris was Baseball's Single-Season Home Run King from 1961-1998. He hit 61 home runs during the 1961 season while he was a member of the New York Yankees. Maris also played for the...
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1906 - 1995Captain of the Olympic ski team in 1936, Casper Oimoen won over 400 medals and trophies during his skiing career. He was inducted into the U.S. Skiing Hall of Fame in 1963. Presented:...
View ArticleCliff "Fido" Purpur
1912 - 2001Cliff 'Fido' Purpur was the first North Dakota native to become a National Hockey League player. He achieved this at a time when there were only six NHL teams and an American player playing...
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1945Born to two fundamentalist evangelical preachers who had sworn an oath of poverty, Phil Jackson grew up in Williston, North Dakota, where he was a standout basketball player at Williston High...
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