Pete Gray, one of the two men ever to play major league baseball having lost his right arm in a childhood accident. His life is depicted in the 1986 television production A Winner Never Quits. There is a historical marker in the Hanover section of Nanticoke at Front and Center St. denoting the place of his birth.[6]
Charley Trippi, University of Georgia football player, 1943 Rose Bowl MVP, College Football Hall of Fame inductee, Chicago Cardinals quarterback and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee. The football stadium at Pittston Area High School in Yatesville is named in his honor.
Bob Tucker, NFL tight end with the New York Giants
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The following is a list of notable people from Luzerne County Pennsylvania Edie Adams Singer actress amp comedian wife of Ernie Kovacs Nick Adams actor Mister Roberts Rebel Without a Cause best known to audiences as Johnny Yuma of the TV series The Rebel Lou Barletta congressman representing the 11th District of Pennsylvania Hazel Barnes philosopher Douglas Carter Beane playwright 1 Al Bedner NFL player Steve Bilko 20 years old when he broke into professional baseball on September 22 1949 with the St Louis Cardinals 2 David Bohm quantum physicist Charles Calvin Bowman mayor of Pittston and U S Representative from Pennsylvania William Bowman fencer Member of the 1912 U S Olympic Team Hubie Brown basketball coach and television analyst James Joseph Brown mining innovator Russell Bufalino 1903 1994 organized crime leader in Pennsylvania New York and the American Cosa Nostra He was portrayed by actor Joe Pesci in Martin Scorsese s 2019 film The Irishman Benjamin Burnley lead singer and guitarist for rock band Breaking Benjamin Lou Butera professional pool player Russ Canzler Major League Baseball player in the New York Yankees minor league organization Lillian Cahn co founder of Coach Inc and Coach handbag designer 3 George Catlin artist Jimmy Cefalo Penn State football player Miami Dolphins wide receiver radio voice of the Miami Dolphins Britton Chance bio physicist and Olympic sailor Mark Ciavarella disgraced judge in kids for cash scandal Abe Cohen Professional football player Mark Cohen street photographer Flick Colby choreographer Adam Comorosky MLB outfielder Colleen Corby 1960s fashion model 4 Amasa Dana former U S Congressman Stanley Woodward Davenport U S Congressman Democrat 1899 1901 William D Elia mobster Harry Dorish MLB Pitcher Mary Lucy Dosh 1839 1861 member of the Sisters of Nazareth and volunteer nurse in the American Civil War Charles B Dougherty Army National Guard major general who commanded the 28th Infantry Division Mark Duda NFL player Lackawanna College football head coach Francis A Mother Dunn football player for the Canton Bulldogs Stanley Dudrick Surgeon who developed TPN Carl Duser baseball player Todd A Eachus former state representative of the 116th District and House majority leader of Pennsylvania David Evans Hollywood filmmaker most known for the movie The Sandlot Jesse Fell early experimenter with anthracite coal John S Fine 35th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1951 to 1955 5 Pat Finn game show host whose shows include Lifetime s The Family Channel s and PAX s Shop til You Drop Ham Fisher cartoonist best known for the Joe Palooka comic strip Steamer Flanagan professional baseball player J Harold Flannery U S Representative from Pennsylvania Harry Livingston French Architect Tess Gardella actress Pete Gray one of the two men ever to play major league baseball having lost his right arm in a childhood accident His life is depicted in the 1986 television production A Winner Never Quits There is a historical marker in the Hanover section of Nanticoke at Front and Center St denoting the place of his birth 6 James L Hallock Wisconsin state legislator Harry Hamilton Former NFL Player William Harmatz jockey winner of 1959 Preakness Stakes Bucky Harris Former Major League Baseball Player Dan Harris screenwriter Hollywood director and screenwriter George Washington Helme businessman and founder of Helmetta New Jersey Joe Hergert former professional football player Jim Hettes UFC Fighter Raye Hollitt bodybuilder American Gladiators and actress Skin Deep Joe Holup Former NBA basketball player Henry M Hoyt early governor of Pennsylvania Mike Hudock professional football player Qadry Ismail former NFL wide receiver on the Baltimore Ravens Raghib Ismail former NFL player and Heisman Trophy runner up Stephanie Jallen Paralympic skier Arthur Horace James Superior Court Judge and Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania Florence Foster Jenkins unconventional operatic soprano subject of film starring Meryl Streep Hughie Jennings Major League Baseball player and manager 7 Ben Johnson American sprinter Track athlete and one of the first African American colonels in the U S Army Russell Johnson Actor best known as The Professor Gilligan s Island Candy Jones fashion model writer radio personality 8 Dorothy Andrews Elston Kabis Treasurer of the United States Paul E Kanjorski former U S Representative for Pennsylvania s 11th congressional district which includes Nanticoke James Karen actor Joe Katchik Professional football player Michael J Kirwan represented Youngstown Ohio in Congress 1938 1970 Franz Kline abstract expressionist painter Thomas R Kline lawyer Shawn Klush Elvis tribute artist Sarah Knauss lived to age 119 Kelsey Kolojejchick Field hockey player for the US Olympic Team Mike Konnick former MLB player Mary Jo Kopechne passenger killed in car driven by Ted Kennedy at Chappaquiddick Harley Jane Kozak actress and author Norm Larker Beaver Meadows National League All Star player for the LA Dodgers Matthew Lesko infomercial personality Sherrie Levine photographer and appropriation artist Jan Lewan Polish American songwriter and polka band leader portrayed by actor Jack Black in the American comedy film The Polka King Edward B Lewis winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine Santo Loquasto Tony Award winning Broadway production designer Marion Lorne actress best known as Aunt Clara in the comedy series Bewitched John D MacArthur businessman and philanthropist Joe Maddon current manager of Major League Baseball s Los Angeles Angels and former manager of the Tampa Bay Rays and Chicago Cubs Garrick Mallery ethnologist Herman Mankiewicz screenwriter of Citizen Kane Joseph L Mankiewicz Academy Award winning director and producer Greg Manusky Former NFL Player Al Markim actor Tom Corbett Space Cadet 9 Tom Matchick MLB player for the Detroit Tigers Boston Red Sox Kansas City Royals Milwaukee Brewers Baltimore Orioles Francis T McAndrew Psychologist Professor Author Jay McCarroll Fashion Designer Mary McDonnell actress twice nominated for Academy Award William G McGowan former MCI Communications chairman responsible for breaking up the Bell Telephone monopoly Tom McHale novelist born 1941 Edward Peter McManaman Roman Catholic bishop Tommy McMillan Major League Baseball outfielder and shortstop John Mellus Former NFL player Edward Meneeley painter Dan Meuser U S Congressman Lou Michaels Former NFL Player Walt Michaels former head coach of the NFL s New York Jets Carl Ferris Miller Banker and Arborist Joseph Montione radio personality best known as Banana Joe Albert Mudrian author and magazine editor Leo C Mundy Pennsylvania state senator and physician Jozef Murgas radio pioneer Ray Musto U S Representative from Pennsylvania Judith Nathan wife of former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani Claudette Nevins actress Amedeo Obici founder of Planters Peanuts Thomas J O Hara Provincial of the U S Province of Priests and Brothers of the Congregation of the Holy Cross former president of King s College Pennsylvania Austin O Malley author Jerry Orbach Tony award winning actor Phil Ostrowski NFL player Jack Palance Hazle Township Oscar winning actor Joe Palooka John Paluck football player for Washington Redskins and Pro Bowl selection Jay Parini professor and author Simon F Pauxtis Professional baseball player and college football coach Bob Patton former NFL PLayer Mr Peanut Maryanne Petrilla served on the Luzerne County Board of Commissioners second female Commissioner Chairperson in the county s history Anthony Petrosky Poet Joe Pisarcik Former NFL Quarterback William Daniel Phillips co recipient of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics Suzie Plakson Actress Dave Popson Former NBA basketball player John Quackenbush Genome Scientist Krysten Ritter actress Packy Rogers infielder with the Brooklyn Dodgers Mendy Rudolph NBA referee from 1953 to 1975 Anne Sargent Actress Sam Savitt equestrian artist author Michael Schoeffling actor played Jake Ryan in film Sixteen Candles M Gerald Schwartzbach California criminal defense attorney 10 Paige Selenski field hockey player for the US Olympic Team Fred Shupnik Former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Chuck Sieminski Former NFL Player Greg Skrepenak former NFL player served on the Luzerne County Board of Commissioners convicted felon Jonathan Slavin character actor Ron Solt former NFL player Andrew Soltis Chess Grandmaster Randy Stair Eaton Township Weis Market Shooter Jacob Sullum journalist and author featured in Academy Award nominated documentary Super Size Me 11 Bob Sura basketball player Houston Rockets John Thomas Sweeney murderer of Dominique Dunne was born and raised in Hazleton Albert Tannenbaum member of Murder Inc born in Nanticoke Louis Teicher pianist member of the duo Ferrante amp Teicher Dan Terry Trumpet player and big band leader Thomas Tigue Pennsylvania state legislator Alexis Toth St Alexis of Wilkes Barre saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church Mike Tresh MLB catcher Charley Trippi University of Georgia football player 1943 Rose Bowl MVP College Football Hall of Fame inductee Chicago Cardinals quarterback and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee The football stadium at Pittston Area High School in Yatesville is named in his honor Bob Tucker NFL tight end with the New York Giants Stephen Urban served on the Luzerne County Board of Commissioners and the Luzerne County Council G Harold Wagner Pennsylvania State Treasurer and Pennsylvania State Auditor General Frank Comerford Walker Lawyer and Politician Ed Walsh Hall of Fame pitcher major league baseball s all time ERA leader Michael Whalen actor Faustin E Wirkus U S Marine allegedly crowned as King of La Gonave a Haitian island west of Hispaniola Ira W Wood represented New Jersey s 4th congressional district from 1904 to 1913 12 Hendrick Bradley Wright Lawyer and politician Frank Zane bodybuilder three time Mr Olympia won Mr America Mr Universe Mr World donated gym at Wilkes UniversityLocation of Luzerne County in PennsylvaniaLou Barletta a former member of the U S House of Representatives from Pennsylvania s 11th district 2011 2019 Krysten Ritter American actress and former modelReferences Edit Douglas Carter Beane Interview Oasis Journals February 20 2007 Archived from the original on January 12 2012 Retrieved December 6 2011 Steve Bilko Stats Baseball Almanac Retrieved December 21 2012 Vitello Paul 2013 03 07 Lillian Cahn Creator of the Coach Handbag Dies at 89 New York Times Retrieved April 2 2013 Kahn S Modeling Money and Madness Teen December 1963 Pennsylvania Governor John Sydney Fine National Governors Association Retrieved December 21 2012 Pete Gray Stats Baseball Almanac Retrieved December 21 2012 Reichler Joseph L ed 1979 1969 The Baseball Encyclopedia 4th ed New York Macmillan Publishing ISBN 0 02 578970 8 Flint Peter B Candy Jones Dies Ex Model Teacher And Writer Was 64 The New York Times January 19 1990 Retrieved December 20 2007 Barnes Mike 2015 11 27 Al Markim Actor on the 1950s TV Serial Tom Corbett Space Cadet Dies at 88 The Hollywood Reporter Retrieved 2015 12 22 Andrew Blankstein March 28 2005 Attorney Makes Mark by Taking Cases That Others Avoid Los Angeles Times Sullum Jacob 2011 01 04 First Wine Now Beer in Some Pennsylvania Supermarkets Coming Soon Cats and Dogs Living Together Reason Ira Wells Wood Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved September 6 2007 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of people from Luzerne County Pennsylvania amp oldid 1075862277, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
