Regarded by many as one of the best athletes to ever participate in two professional sports, Bo Jackson was born in 1962 in Bessemer, AL. He attended Auburn University to pursue his love of football. While at Auburn, Jackson excelled on the gridiron, on the baseball diamond and in track and field. For the Tigers… Read more »
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Team: Kansas City Royals
Ewing Kauffman
The strength and integrity of Ewing Kauffman’s ownership was the cornerstone of success for the Kansas City Royals during the club’s first quarter century. Since purchasing the Royals as an expansion franchise in 1968, Kauffman’s primary and continuous motivation was to provide winning Major League Baseball. Under Kauffman, the Royals developed into one of baseball’s… Read more »
Dr. Vincent Key
There’s an old saying in sports that you best be ready when you’re number is called. And perhaps there is no better example in the sports medicine world than Dr. Vincent Key. From the 1990s and into the early 2000s, he simply paid attention as he tended to pro athletes when in residency in Los… Read more »
Dennis Leonard
Dennis Leonard was born in Brooklyn, New York and was a standout baseball player at Oceanside High School. He attended Iona College before being selected in the 1972 summer draft by the Kansas City Royals. Leonard enjoyed a twelve year Major League career with the Kansas City Royals. During his first full season with the… Read more »
Mark Littell
His dad played catch with him only once, but only because his dad had been shot in the right arm and took on shrapnel from an explosive device during the Korean War. Years later, he was cut in tryouts for a travel ball team in his Missouri Bootheel hometown of Gideon. And yet Mark Littell… Read more »
Mike Macfarlane
Mike Macfarlane is a native of Stockton, California. He went on to star at Santa Clara University and was selected in the fourth round of the 1985 draft by the Kansas City Royals, making his major league debut on July 23, 1987. He spent 11 of his 13 years as a catcher for the Royals, setting… Read more »
Tom Mast
He must have had a puzzled look on his face. A year after arriving as Springfield’s newest TV Sports Director, he got sent to Louisiana to cover what was anticipated to be Evangel University football’s first victory. Yet upon arriving to the field, well, we’ll let Tom Mast tell the rest of the story. “What… Read more »
Denny Matthews
Over the years, Royals fans have followed the hitting of George Brett, graceful fielding of Frank White and the masterful pitching of Bret Saberhagen. But one aspect of Royals baseball has remained a constant – the voice of Denny Matthews. His broadcasting career started in college, where he worked as an announcer during the basketball… Read more »
John Mayberry, Sr.
John Mayberry was a first-round pick in the 1967 amateur draft and came to the majors as an 18-year-old youngster with the 1968 Houston Astros. A classic southpaw slugging first baseman, Mayberry had his best years with the Kansas City Royals. In six seasons with Kansas City, from 1972-1977, “Big John” averaged 24 home runs… Read more »
Joe McGuff
McGuff was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and attended Marquette University. He briefly served in the United States Army before being discharged due to asthma. After first working for the Tulsa World, he joined the staff of The Kansas City Star in 1948. He became sports editor in 1966 and was named editor of the Star… Read more »
Hal McRae
Kansas City Royals Hall of Famer Hal McRae was born in 1945 and raised in Avon Park, FL. He was a standout baseball player at Florida A&M University and was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in 1966. An outfielder, McRae’s playing career spanned 23 years, including 19 major league seasons with the Reds and Royals.… Read more »
Dr. Paul Meyer
Dr. Paul Meyer was an orthopedic surgeon and team physician for the Kansas City Athletics and the Kansas City Royals. He also was a clinical Associate Professor of Orthopedics at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine. He authored, or co-authored, several publications about various subjects in orthopedics, including one entitled “Baseball Shoulders.” Meyer was… Read more »
Jeff Montgomery
The Kansas City Royals’ all-time saves leader, Montgomery enjoyed an impressive 12 year career with the club. His 304 saves ranked him ninth in Major League Baseball history upon his retirement in 1999. The Royals Hall of Famer leads the club in all-time appearances with 686 and his career hits allowed per nine innings (8.05)… Read more »
Dayton Moore
The story goes that he was all set to decline the offer to become the next general manager of the Kansas City Royals, say thank you and go about his career. In fact, friends across professional baseball had urged him to say no. In the spring of 2006, Dayton Moore sat across from David Glass,… Read more »
Mike Moustakas
The first time he played in the Show-Me State, he arrived with bat in tow as a prospect hitter for a Kansas City Royals farm club. This was 2010, and Mike Moustakas was 21 years old, college age but having been drafted in the first round out of a California high school and eager to… Read more »
Fred Patek
Fred Patek, one of the Kansas City Royals most popular players and a shortstop who was a cornerstone of the early success of the franchise. A member of the Kansas City Royals from 1971 to 1979, Patek enjoyed a 14 year big league career that started with Pittsburgh (1968-;70) and concluded with California (1980-’81). During… Read more »