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Hall inductees

Here are this year's 14 inductees into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. The dinner is at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Sheraton Inn North in Warrendale:

Leon "Bud" Carson -

NFL football coach

Leonard "Gus" DeAugustino -

1952 U.S. Olympic wrestler and longtime high school wrestling coach

Arnold "Pope" Galiffa -

Former NFL quarterback who earned 11 letters in football, basketball and baseball at Army

George "Ken" Griffey Sr. -

Spent 19 seasons in the major leagues, hitting .296 with 152 homers and 2,143 hits.

Mark Gubicza -

Major league pitcher and 20-game winner with Kansas City Royals

Dick Haley -

Wide receiver with Pittsburgh Steelers who became their Director of Player Personnel for 21 years.

Cosmo Iacavazzi -

Heisman Trophy candidate at Princeton who led nation in scoring in 1963 and scored 31 career toouchdowns

John Mazur -

Head coach of NFL's Boston Patriots in 1970 and offensive coordinator with two-time AFL champion Buffalo Bills

Richard Rydze -

Silver medalist in diving at 1972 Olympic Games and a seven-time USA national diving champion

Jerry Sandusky -

Assistant football coach at Penn State who was part of 27 bowl teams

Charles Sieminski -

Two-way starter at tackle for Penn State and played in NFL for seven seasons.

Dwight White -

Defensive end for Steelers who played in four Super Bowls and recorded first safety in Super Bowl history

Bruce Baumgartner -

Four-time Olympic medalist considered by many the greatest heavyweight freestyle wrestler in American history

Jerry Bergman -

An official in the NFL from 1966-95, third-longest tenure in the history of the league

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