Pinney is a former NFL offensive tackle and guard who played seven seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was selected by the Steelers in the second round of the 1976 NFL Draft and was the Steelers’ starting right tackle in Super Bowl XIII.
Pinney played in the USFL, won the 1983 USFL Championship as a starting tackle for the Michigan Panthers and played for the Oakland Invaders in 1985. Ray returned to the Steelers after the USFL went defunct in 1985, where he remained until he finished his playing days in 1987.
Herbert Gustave “Dick” Plasman was a former professional American football player who played running back for eight seasons for the Chicago Bears and Chicago Cardinals. He is notably the last player in the NFL to play a game without a football helmet. He did so in the 1940 NFL Championship game.
Jesse Powell played five years for the Miami Dolphins and on three Super Bowl teams. He won two Super Bowls and was a vital member of the 1972 undefeated Dolphins.
Rafferty played collegiate football at Penn State University under legendary coach Joe Paterno. Upon graduation he became a Dallas Cowboy.
Rafferty played in two Super Bowls including a victory in Super Bowl XII. He played in 203 games total, started 188 of those and held a longtime record for 167 consecutive starts. Rafferty was inducted into the Greater Syracuse Hall of Fame.
Harold R. “Tubby” Raymond is a former American football and baseball player and coach. He played both sports in his colligate years at the University of Michigan.
After playing two seasons in minor league baseball, Raymond was the head baseball coach at the University of Maine from 1952 to 1953 and at Delaware from 1956 to 1964, tallying a career college baseball mark of 164-72-3. From 1966 to 2001, he served as the head football coach at the University of Delaware. After 36 seasons at Delaware, he compiled a record of 300-119-3, three national titles (1971, 1972, 1979), 14 Lambert Cup trophies, 23 post-season bids and four consecutive victories in the Boardwalk Bowl.
He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2003.
Dick Rehbein was an American football coach for twenty-three seasons in the National Football League, filling a variety of roles as an offensive position coach. Starting in 1979, Rehbein served as the Packers’ special teams coach before moving to the USFL’s Los Angeles Express and then the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings in 1984. In Minnesota, Rehbein served in multiple offensive coaching capacities and in 1992, joined the New York Giants’ coaching staff as a tight ends coach.
After also coaching the Giants’ wide receivers and offensive line, Rehbein left the Giants to be the quarterbacks coach of the New England Patriots in 2000. Though Rehbein’s time with the Patriots was short due to his death in 2001, he played a large role in the franchise by championing the draft selection of then-little-known Tom Brady. Chosen in the 6th round of the 2000 NFL Draft with the 199th pick, Brady would then go on to win multiple MVPs and Super Bowls.
Steve Renko, Jr. is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Montreal Expos (1969–1976), Chicago Cubs (1976–1977), Chicago White Sox (1977), Oakland Athletics (1978), Boston Red Sox (1979–1980), California Angels (1981–1982) and Kansas City Royals (1983).
Carl Nettles Reynolds was an Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the Chicago White Sox (1927-31), Washington Senators (1932, 1936), St. Louis Browns (1933), Boston Red Sox (1934-35) and Chicago Cubs (1937-39).
Reynolds was a consistent hitter who reached the .300 mark six times. He played all three outfield positions, but was suited to right field, especially since he had a good throwing arm. Reynolds enjoyed his best season in 1930, with career highs in batting average (.359), home runs (22), RBI (104), runs (103), hits (202), triples (18) and games played (138). On May 2, he belted three home runs in consecutive at-bats. In his 13-year career, Reynolds was a .302 hitter with 80 home runs and 699 RBI in 1,222 games.
A 6’9″ center from Oregon State University, Rocha earned All-Pacific Coast Conference honors in 1945, 1946 and 1947. He was also selected as a 1947 All-American.
Rocha played in the BAA and NBA in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He represented the Baltimore Bullets in the 1951 NBA All-Star Game, the first NBA All-Star Game. Rocha had 6,362 career points in the NBA and won an NBA title with the Syracuse Nationals in 1955. The first person from Hawaii to play in the NBA, Rocha still shares, with former teammate Paul Seymour, the NBA record for most minutes in a playoff game with 67.
After his playing days, he became a coach, including head coach of the Detroit Pistons from 1958 to 1960. Rocha also coached the Hawaii Chiefs of the American Basketball League. Rocha then became head coach for the University of Hawaii men’s basketball team. At UH, he assembled what is known today as the “Fabulous Five” during the 1970 to 1972 seasons. In 1970, the team advanced to postseason play for the first time in school history. Red also co-founded the Rainbow Classic – an eight-team collegiate men’s basketball tournament, with UH hosting the tournament.
He was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1980, and into the Oregon State University Sports Hall of Fame in 1990.
Ruel was an American professional baseball player, coach, manager and general manager. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball for 19 seasons with the St. Louis Browns, New York Yankees, Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers and the Chicago White Sox.
Ruel was one of the top defensive catchers of his era, and is best remembered for scoring the winning run for the Washington Senators in Game 7 of the 1924 World Series. He was also the battery-mate of Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher, Walter Johnson.