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Old 11-07-2013, 11:30 PM
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Connie Mack Drive and Connie Mack Field in East Brookfield, MA, his birthplace. Right on Rte 9 in the center of town

Jack Barry Square, Shrewsbury, MA and Jack Barry Field, Worcester, MA - member of Connie Mack's $100,000 infield. Long time College of the Holy Cross baseball coach in Worcester.

Since this should not be just about baseball I am including ones from my favorite sports, the Olympics.

James Brendan Connolly - the winner of the first gold medal in the modern Olymics, 1896 in Athens. Statue of him landing the hop, step and jump now called the triple jump in Joe Moakley Park on Columbus Ave., South Boston near the football stadium.

Arthur Longsjo - the only American athlete to compete in the Winter (Speedskating) and Summer (Cycling) Olympics in the same year, 1956. Died in a car crash in 1958. Monument to him on Main St, Fitchburg, MA.

Johnny Kelley - 2 time winner of the Boston Marathon and two time Olympian. Statue of him as a young man and older man near Walnut St. and Commonwealth Ave., Newton, MA.

Jesse Owens - Jesse Owens Memorial Park in Moulton, Alabama. There is a replica of his birthplace and a 14 1/2 foot tall statue of him. Just down the road is Helen Keller's house.

Tommie Smith and John Carlos - statue of their 'Silent Gesture', the 1968 Olympic protest is at San Jose State University in California.

Paul Anderson - 1956 Olympic weighlifting gold medalist and generally acknowledged as the World's Strongest Man of all time - monument to him outside the Georgia World Congress Center near the Georgia Dome and across from CNN. There is also the Paul Anderson Memorial Park in Toccoa, GA.

Statue of Jack Kelly, Sr. father of Princess Grace (Kelly), Olympic gold medalist and one of the greatest American rowers of all time, located on the Schuykill River in Philadelphia.

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