Harry William Winkler II (1945-), a two-time U. S. Olympian team handball player and Palm Beach County Sports Hall of Fame inductee, showed athletic promise at an early age. As…
Stephen Hall Shepherd (1950-2021) was born in New York City and moved to Palm Springs with his family at the age of eight. He graduated from Lake Worth High School…
Arthur J. Rooney, Sr. (1901-1988) was born in Coultersville, Pennsylvania, and graduated in 1920 from Indiana (PA) Normal, which later became Indiana State University of Pennsylvania. He played semi-pro football,…
Richard Alan Rhoden (1953-) was born in Boynton Beach, where he developed osteomyelitis, a childhood bone disease, in one leg. Although wearing a brace kept him out of organized sports…
Louis Robert Perini, Sr. (1903-1972) was born in Massachusetts, the eighth of ten children of Italian immigrants. His father, Bonfiglio Perini (1865-1924), was a stonemason who won large construction contracts…
John Thurman Oxley (1909-1996) was born in Bromide, Oklahoma. He attended college at night at the University of Tulsa and after years in the petroleum industry, started Texas Natural Gasoline…
Jack William "Golden Bear" Nicklaus (1940-) was born and raised in Upper Arlington, Ohio, and played in the U.S. Open before he graduated from high school. Nicklaus declined many scholarship…
Connie Mack (1862-1956) was born Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy in Massachusetts. He became a professional baseball player, manager, and team owner who long-held several Major League Baseball records.
Mack started in the…
Devin Hester (1982-) was born in Riviera Beach, where playing football helped him overcome personal tragedies in his youth. At Suncoast High School, he excelled as a cornerback, wide receiver,…
Derek Ricardo Harper (1961-) from Elberton, Georgia, graduated in 1980 from North Shore High School, West Palm Beach, where he led the basketball team as point guard to the 1980…
Walter Stanley Gubelmann (1908-1988) was born in Buffalo, New York, the only son of William S. and Juliette E. Metz Gubelmann. William invented vital parts for adding machines and cash…
Anthony "A.C." Carter (1960-) was born in Riviera Beach, where he played football at Suncoast High School, running 87 yards for a touchdown in his first game.
After four years at…