Hinkey Haines (Pro football. Born, Red Lion, PA, Dec. 23, 1898; died, Sharon Hill, PA, Jan. 9, 1979.) The only man to have played for both a World Series and an N.F.L. champion, Henry Luther Haines was a Penn State back who quarterbacked the Football Giants to the 1927 N.F.L. championship, the franchise’s first. Haines […]
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