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Sam Crawford - #14 in OWH Top 100 Nebraska Athletes

By Omaha World Herald, 10/26/18, 9:45PM CDT

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The Omaha World Herald has rated the top 100 all-time greatest athletes in Nebraska 

In 1898, he was traveling with other 16- to 18-year-old boys in a horse-drawn lumber wagon, pulling into towns to challenge local teams to a baseball game. But a year later, "Wahoo Sam" was in Cincinnati, making his major league debut with the Reds.

Sam Crawford #14 in World Herald Top 100 Athletes