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Who was the Nitro-born pitcher who led the Braves to victory over the Yankees in the 1957 World Series?
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Which 1940 National League Most Valuable Player played minor league ball for the Beckley Black Knights?
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In 1919, where was the first West Virginia girls' high school basketball tournament held?
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This South Charleston native starred at the University of Miami before becoming an all-pro player in the NFL, including a losing effort in Super Bowl XIV with the Los Angeles Rams in 1980.
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What Wheeling native hit the first walk-off home run to win a World Series (1960) ?
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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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When was West Virginia's first North-South football game played?
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From what city was the popular Saturday Night Wrestling TV show broadcast from 1954 to 1977?
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What Princeton High School star was named by the legislature as a state natural resource to encourage him to attend college in West Virginia?
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When was West Virginia's first state Black high school basketball championship held?
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