#25 Keith Primeau – Flyers/C (2000-06) Keith Primeau was a power center who spent 6 seasons with the Flyers. Primeau scored 12 goals in 58 playoff games with the Flyers but none bigger than the goal he scored on May 5^th, 2000. Preems scored 12:01 into the 5th overtime period (152:01) beating Penguins goaltender Ron Tugnutt with a wicked wrister to end the 3^rd longest NHL playoff game and the longest since the 1930s. Primeau was the 12^th Flyer to wear the “C” and was a 2004 NHL All Star.  Primeau won the Yanick Dupre Award in 2001, and the Toyota Cup in 2003. Primeau’s stellar career was ended prematurely in 2006 due to post-concussion syndrome.

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Tommy McDonald – Eagles/WR (1957-63) Tommy McDonald was a Flanker for the Eagles in the pre-Super Bowl era. He was a member of the 1960 NFL Championship team.  McDonald played seven seasons for the Birds, and though he’s ranked 32^nd for the Eagles all-time in games played by a receiver, he’s 2^nd all-time in receiving TDs with 66.  On October 4^th, 1959 vs. New York Giants, Tommy scored four touchdowns (tied for team record).  On December 10^th, 1961 vs. New York Giants, McDonald had 237 receiving yards (Eagles team record).  His 5,499 receiving yards ranks 6^th best in team history. During his time with the Eagles, McDonald went to five Pro Bowls, was 1^st Team All Pro twice, 2^nd Team All Pro twice, led NFL in receiving yards in 1961, and twice led the league in receiving TDs.  He was voted to the 75^th Anniversary Team, entered the Eagles Hall of Fame in 1988, and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1998.

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Harold Carmichael – Eagles/WR (1971-83) Harold Carmichael, at 6’8” was the tallest Wide Receiver in NFL history. Carmichael was a four-time Pro Bowler (1973, 1978-80), and in 1973 led the NFL in receptions (67), receiving yards (1,116), receiving yards per game (79.7), and was 4^th in receiving TDs (9).  Carmichael holds the Eagles team career record for pass receptions (589), receiving yards (8.978), TDs (79), consecutive games played (162).   In 1980 Carmichael made a catch in his 127^th consecutive game, an NFL Record at the time. Carmichael has played the third-most games in team history. Carmichael was voted to the NFL 1970’s All-Decade Team. He was inducted into the Eagles Hall of Fame in 1987

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Chris Short – Phillies/P (1959-72) Chris Short was a dominant pitcher for the Phillies in the mid-to-late 1960s. The two-time NL All Star had 83 wins over a five-year period including 20 wins in 1966. Short is 4^th all-time on the Phillies leaders list in wins (135), shutouts (24), innings pitched (2,253), and strikeouts (1,585).   Short was part of the 1964 Phillies team that blew a 6 1/2 game lead with 12 games to go.  Though Short and Hall of Famer Jim Bunning started 8 of the last 12 games, the two stars couldn’t overcome poor hitting and awful fielding.  Short, a native of Milford, DE, entered the Phillies Wall of Fame in 1992.

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Bob Clarke – Flyers/C (player 1969-84) (GM 1984-90, 1994-06), (executive 2007-present) Robert Earle Clarke was one of the greatest team captains in the history of the game. Clarkie played his entire 15-year career in the orange and black and captained the team to two Stanley Cup Championships. Clarke served as captain from 1973-79 and 1982-84. Clarke has served as team captain, assistant coach, General Manager, and Senior Vice President. He has been to four Stanley Cup finals as a player, three finals as a GM, and one finals as Sr.VP. 

As a player, Clarkie was fierce and courageous.  On March 19^th, 1981, Clarke was hit in the face with a shot off the stick of linemate Reg Leach. Clarkie got stitched up and returned to score his 19^th goal of the season. It was his 1,000^th NHL point.

Clarkie was a three-time Hart Trophy winner, an eight-time NHL All Star, a Frank J Selke Trophy winner (1983), and a Bill Masterton Trophy winner (1972). He had three 100+ point seasons, and is the Flyers all-time leader in games played (1,144), assists (852), points (1,210), and shorthanded goals (32).  The Bobby Clarke Trophy is awarded annually to the Flyers team MVP.  In junior hockey, the WHL gives the Bobby Clarke Trophy to the league’s leading scorer.

In 1998, the Hockey News ranked Clarke 24^th on their Top NHL Players of All-Time list. Clarke’s #16 has been retired by the team and he is a member of the Flyers Hall of Fame. Clarke was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1987.

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Wilt Chamberlain/C – (Philadelphia Warriors – 1959-65), Sixers (1965-68).   Wilt the Stilt Chamberlain was one of the most dominating basketball players of all time. His list of NBA records is as long as his 7’1” frame. The four-time NBA MVP (1-Warriors, 3-Sixers) was the 1960 NBA All-Star game MVP (Warriors) and Rookie of the Year. Chamberlain was an NBA All-Star five times with the Warriors, and four times with the Sixers. He was the NBA scoring champ seven times (1960-68), four-time Rebounding Champ as a Warrior, and three times as a Sixer,  and led the NBA in assists in 1968 (Sixers). Chamberlain holds the team record for points in a game with the Warriors (100 vs. New York Knicks 3/2/62) and the Sixers (68 vs Chicago Bulls 12/16/67). In his rookie season 1961-62, Chamberlain missed only seven minutes of playing time the entire season! His 48.5 minutes per game average is an NBA record that is unlikely to ever be broken. Chamberlain owns the highest single season scoring average (50.4 points per game) and had a team record 43 rebounds in one game (3/6/65). He has the only double-triple-double in NBA history scoring 22 points, with 25 rebounds and 21 assists vs. Detroit Pistons on 2/2/68.   

Just how dominant was Chamberlain? No other NBA player has ever averaged 30 points per game and 20 rebounds per game over an entire NBA season. The Big Dipper not only managed that feat seven times, but averaged those numbers for his entire CAREER!  The Warriors, Sixers, and Lakers all retired Wilt’s #13.  He was selected for the NBA 35^th and 50^th Anniversary teams, and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978.  Chamberlain still holds over 70 NBA records… THAT’S how dominant he was!

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Mike Schmidt – Phillies/3B (1972-1989) Michael Jack Schmidt was the greatest third baseman of all time. He played his entire stellar career with the Phillies and is the team’s all-time leader in well over a dozen statistical categories.   No other player in MLB history who played their entire career with one team hit as many home runs as Schmidt (548).  He was named to the MLB All-Century Team and the MLB All-Time Team. 

Schmidt was a 12-time All Star, 10-time Gold Glover, 6-time Silver Slugger, 3-time league MVP, 8-time HR leader, 4-time RBI leader and was the World Series MVP in 1980.

Schmidt once hit the public address speaker in Houston’s Astrodome.  The speaker was 329 feet from Home plate and 117 feet above the playing surface. What could have been a 500+ foot Homer, only earned Schmidt a single.

After the 1980 World Series, Schmidt along with Larry Bowa, Garry Maddox, Dick Ruthven, and Del Unser faced off against the Kansas City Royals’ Dennis Leonard, Dan Quisenberry, Paul Splittorff, John Wathan, and Willie Wilson on the TV show Family Feud. 

And who could ever forget the day Schmitty took the field in a long black wig and sunglasses!  The Phillies retired Schmidt’s #20 and added him to their wall of fame in 1990. He entered Cooperstown in 1995.

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Maurice Cheeks – Sixers/G (1978-89 as a player, 1994-01 as assistant coach, 2005-08 as Head Coach) Maurice Cheeks was a standout defensive player for the Sixers and was a key performer in their 1983 NBA Championship. Mo was a four-time NBA All Star, and was named to the NBA All Defensive 1^st team four times, and 2^nd team once.  Cheeks is one of only three former Sixers players to have also been an assistant coach and head coach for the team (Matt Goukas, Fred Carter) Cheeks is 5^th in the NBA all-time in steals, and 13th all-time in assists.  The Sixers retired Mo’s #10 in 1995.

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Fletcher Cox – Eagles/DE-DT (2012-present) Fletcher Cox is a dominating defensive lineman that was selected 12^th overall by the Eagles in the 2012 NFL Draft. Cox was selected for the 2015, 2016, 2017 Pro Bowl team.  He is a three-time 2^nd Team All Pro (2014, 2015, 2017) and was PFWA All Rookie Team in 2012. On September 7^th, 2014, Cox recovered a fumble and ran 17 yards for a TD vs. Jacksonville Jaguars.  On September 10^th, 2017 Cox recovered a Kirk Cousins fumble and returned it 20 yards for a TD vs Washington Redskins. Both of Coxs’ fumble recovery TDs were in season openers, and were the last score of the game. Cox was a member of the Eagles’ Super Bowl LII championship team.

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Robin Roberts – Phillies/P (1948-61) Robin Roberts was one of the greatest right-handed pitchers in Phillies history. Roberts was a seven-time All Star, four-time MLB Wins leader, and two-time MLB Strikeout leader.  At the end of the Whiz Kids 1950 season the 23-year old Roberts started three games in the last 5 days including 4 IP Wednesday September 27^th , 8 IP Thursday Sept 28^th, and a 10-inning complete game win on Sunday October 1^st, the last day of the season, to put the Phillies in the World Series vs. New York Yankees.  It was Roberts’ 20th win of the season, making him the Phillies 1st 20-game winner since Grover Cleveland Alexander in 1917.  Roberts was a 20-game winner for the following five consecutive seasons.   Roberts had his #36 retired by the Phillies in 1962, was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1976, entered the Phillies Wall of Fame in 1978, was named to the Phillies All Centennial Team in 1983, and was honored with a statue outside Citizens Bank Park in 2004.  

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