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Originally Posted by Snapolit1
Columbia University, hardly a big name these days in collegiate athletics, is the only college in America that has three alumni in the baseball hall of fame.
Lou
Eddie Collins
John Montgomery Ward
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University of Michigan has George Sisler, Charlie Gehringer and Barrly Larkin.
USC produced Randy Johnson, and both Don Sutton and Tom Seaver also went there for a year.
Still pretty amazing that Columbia produced 3 HOFers.
Speaking of Lou Gehrig--not everyone knows what a well-rounded athlete he was. He had football scholarship to Columbia and was their pitching Ace. His greatest mound performance came on April 18, 1923, the same day that Yankee Stadium opened, in a game against Williams College. Gehrig struck out 17 batters, setting a school record that stands to this day.