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West Virginia's 50 most famous Athletes
1) Jerry West
He has succeeded more in basketball than ANYBODY.
2) Mary Lou Retton
She is all the way up here for one performance
3) Hack Wilson
4) Randy Barnes
5) Hal Greer
6) Sam Huff
7) Lew Burdette
Single handily won the 1957 World Series
8) Hot Rod Hudley
No. 1 overall pick in NBA draft

Notables
11) Randy Moss
13) Chuck Howley
The only player in SuperBowl history to win the MVP for the losing team
15) Ira Rodgers
The greatest athlete ever at WVU in my opinion, Ira played football, basketball, baseball and even took up golf. The greatest recruit ever for WVU football according to Micky Furfari
16) John McKay
Won four National Championships coaching USC with three perfect seasons then went on to coach the Tampa Bay Buccanears to a perfectly awful 0-16 season
22) John Kruk
27) James Jett
31) Marshall Goldberg
One of the greatest running backs in the history of college football, Goldberg ran to a national title with Pitt in 1937 and fell short of the Heisman in 1938
34) Jason Williams
Plays for the Sacramento Kings, teammate of Randy Moss in high school
44) JR House
A flop for the Pirates, but put together possibly the greatest high school career of any quarterback. Set national records for career yards, completions and attempts

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