If Jackie Robinson is #1, Branch Rickey should be #2.
My hero ? Ted Williams...pilot in WWII & Korea.
Dan Marino
Very good choice. Didn't Dimaggio volunteer as well?
And what an eye! Ted could call a pitch a ball before it left the pitcher's mound.
Ted Williams, a real hero on and off the field. But then Magic Johnson did "attain" the virus that causes AIDS. Apparently that's heroic too these days.
"My hero ? Ted Williams...pilot in WWII & Korea."
VERY good call!