Politicians Who Were Involved in Professional Sports in North Carolina
as players, owners, commissioners, sports journalists, etc.
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Politicians Who Were Involved in Professional Sports in North Carolina
as players, owners, commissioners, sports journalists, etc.
|  Wilmer David Mizell (1930-1999) — also known asWilmer D. Mizell;"VinegarBend" —of Winston-Salem,ForsythCounty, N.C.Born in Vinegar Bend,WashingtonCounty, Ala.,August13, 1930.Republican.U.S.Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1969-75;defeated, 1974.Christianand Missionary Alliance.Professionalbaseball player; pitcher for St. Louis Cardinals,Pittsburgh Pirates, and New York Mets.Died in Kerrville,KerrCounty, Tex.,February21, 1999 (age68 years, 192days).Interment atFaithMissionary Alliance Church Cemetery, Winston-Salem, N.C.
| Richard Lee Petty (b. 1937) — also known asRichard Petty;"TheKing" —of North Carolina. Born in Level Cross,RandolphCounty, N.C.,July 2,1937.Republican. NASCARrace car driver, 1958-92; winner of theGrand Nationals in 1964 and 1967, and the Winston Cup in 1971, 1972,1974, 1975, 1979; winner of the Daytona 500 seven times; winner of200 NASCAR races -- a record, and 95 more than any other driver;inducted into the MotorsportsHall ofFame of America in 1989.; candidate forsecretaryof state of North Carolina, 1996.Still living as of 2014.
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