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Which 1940 National League Most Valuable Player played minor league ball for the Beckley Black Knights?
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Where did hall of famers Eddie Murray and Cal Ripken Jr. play minor league baseball?
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Huntington's Bill Campbell was known as one of the nation's greatest amateur athletes at this sport?
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Which pro football hall of famer founded the West Virginia Breeders Classic horse race in Charles Town?
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This pitcher who grew up in Marion County was the first African American to toss a no-hitter in Major League Baseball after its integration.
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In what year did Marshall University's football team suffer the deadliest plane crash in U.S. history?
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What year did the "old" original Mountaineer Field open in Morgantown?
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Which WVU football player led the nation in scoring in 1919?
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What Follansbee native won a national college football championship the day after New Year's in 1989?
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Who was the last West Virginian to coach an NFL team to a championship?
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