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Mobile is the birthplace of five members of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Only New York City and Chicago can claim to be the birthplace of more members of the Hall. Hank Aaron, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame and 2nd on the all-time home run list; [13] Hank Aaron Stadium and the Hank Aaron Loop in Mobile are named in his honor [14]
The lynching of Michael Donald in Mobile, Alabama, on March 21, 1981, was one of the last reported lynchings in the United States. [ 1][ 2] Several Ku Klux Klan (KKK) members beat and killed Michael Donald, a 19-year-old African-American, and hung his body from a tree. One perpetrator, Henry Hays, was executed by electric chair in 1997, while ...
Gene Tapia. Eugene "Gene" H. Tapia (March 16, 1925 – April 12, 2005) was an American race car driver from Mobile, Alabama. [1] He competed in four NASCAR Grand National Series races, [1] but he is best known for racing in the #327 supermodified. He was nicknamed the "King of the Supermodifieds."
Three men (Eugene Marshall, Wade Patterson, James West) lynched at the same time after the mob broke into jail after threatening the jailor for the keys. All three were hanged from the Chesapeake and Ohio bridge. One rope for two men (Patterson and West) was used, which snapped. Afterward, they were shot multiple times. [40] Patterson, Wade unknown
Lester Piggott. Lester Keith Piggott (5 November 1935 – 29 May 2022) was an English professional jockey and trainer. With 4,493 career flat racing wins in Britain, including a record nine Epsom Derby victories, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest flat racing jockeys of all time and the originator of a much-imitated style. Popularly ...
Arthur R. Outlaw. Arthur Robert Outlaw (September 8, 1926 – November 5, 2000) was a Mobile - area businessman, community leader, and politician, who served as Public Safety Commissioner (1965-1969) on the City Commission, and co-terminous as President of the Commission and Mayor of Mobile in 1967-1968. [2] At that time, the mayor's title was ...
Education. Stillman College ( BA) University of Alabama ( JD) Michael Anthony Figures (October 13, 1947 – September 13, 1996) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the Alabama Senate from the 33rd district from 1978 until his death in 1996. He served as the body's president pro tempore after he was elected to the position in 1995.
Allegiance. United States. Branch/service. United States Army. Alabama National Guard. Years of service. 1969–1972. Charles Allen Graddick Sr. (born December 10, 1944, in Mobile ), was the 42nd attorney general of Alabama from 1979 to 1987. He later served as a judge of the 13th Judicial Circuit Court of the U.S. state of Alabama .