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This former WVU football star was the first person to be named the Super Bowl's Most Valuable Player as part of the losing team.
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Which minor league team relocated in 1952 to give Charleston its first AAA team?
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In 1919, where was the first West Virginia girls' high school basketball tournament held?
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This West Virginia State College player was one of the first two Black players to break the "color line" in the NBA.
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This Shinnston High graduate was one of the most successful coaches in University of Southern California history and least successful NFL coaches.
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This Kanawha County native set football and track records at Marshall University in the 1990s before going on to a hall of fame career in the NFL.
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In what year did Fairmont native Mary Lou Retton become the first American woman ever to win a gold medal in gymnastics?
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Which Princeton native drafted Michael Jordan to play for the Chicago Bulls?
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Which one of these members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame did NOT play minor league ball in West Virginia?
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This former South Charleston High School basketball star was the first former WNBA player to co-own a team in that league.
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