Connie Francis (Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero)
Singer Connie Francis released the 1958 hit "Who’s Sorry Now?" and
also appeared in many movies, including Looking for Love (1964). She
was one of the highest charting female solo singers in the 1950s and
1960s. She almost accepted a scholarship to New York University, but
pursued music full-time instead.
William (Bill) Knox
William Knox of Philadelphia rolled the first perfect 300 game in tournament
competition history in the USBC Open Championships in Toledo, Ohio. He
had a reputation for match game and league bowling in the East. Knox once
rolled a 300 game with a screen at the foul line so he couldn’t see the pins
for the purpose of illustrating the effectiveness of spot bowling.
Mario Gabriele Andretti
Anddretti is a retired Italian American world champion race car driver, one of
the most successful in the history of the sport. He is one of only two drivers to
win in Formula One, IndyCar, NASCAR and World Sportscar Championship
(the other being Dan Gurney). Andretti won the 1978 Formula One World
Championship, four IndyCar titles (three under USAC–sanctioning, one under
one under CART), and IROC VI. To date, he remains the only driver ever to
win the Indianapolis 500 (1969), Daytona 500 (1967) and the Formula One
World Championship, and, along with Juan Pablo Montoya, the only driver
to have won a race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Formula One, and
and Indianapolis 500. He has a total of 109 career wins on major circuits.
Arnold Daniel Palmer is a championship PGA golfer who won four Masters
tournaments. He is regarded as one of the greatest players in the history
of men’s professional golf. Nicknamed “The King”, Palmer won the PGA
Tour Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998, and in 1974 was inducted into
the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. (April 29, 1951 – February 18, 2001)
Earnhardt died in a last-lap crash at Daytona International Speedway
while driving in the 2001 Daytona 500. He has been inducted into
numerous halls of fame, including the inaugural class of the NASCAR
Hall of Fame.
