because he was a very good catcher. he played for the Yankees. and the yogi bear cartoon was named after him cause he had a really good sense of humor plus he played with some other great players and the Yankees won alot with him on there team i think
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That's a really good question. In America, if your are a sports icon (I refrane from saying hero) it seems to be your ticket to "Get Out Of Jail" card. So when our sports figures fall from grace all they have to do is to deny it and there you go.
The boom years were good for americasn because money increase by cars, airplanes, luxaries, radio, the "American hero"and also there was illegal drinking at that time. by cloudia>_<
Hero!
George Herman Ruth
Babe Ruth
New York City is its own hero!
because he was a very good catcher. he played for the Yankees. and the yogi bear cartoon was named after him cause he had a really good sense of humor plus he played with some other great players and the Yankees won alot with him on there team i think
BBC Sports Unsung Hero Award was created in 2003.
Charles A. Lindbergh
Hakeem Olajuwon
chris haslam
He is a sports hero because STONE COLD SAID SO!!!
Yoshi Oyakawa
Babe Ruth, Bobby Jones and Jack Dempsey
They can be, usually they have to be well known though