Obscure sports trivia

That is correct.
As a side note, one of the people he beat out for the Heisman was Notre Dame halfback William Shakespeare, who had one of the best nicknames I've ever seen -- "The Merchant of Menace."
And, in 1935, Shakespeare led Notre Dame against a Northwestern squad featuring All-American end Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (just a football player, not the famous poet who died 50 years earlier).

 

Got the hockey question after looking it up. I was familiar with the school because one of my favorite players from years past went there. Never heard of it until he came on the scene.

 

Similar situation. I figured it had to be that school, and then checked the nickname.

 

I looked it up. Fuck, how did I miss it! It was 20 some years ago, but I actually tried to attend one of their hockey games against their rivals because I heard it was a “thing to see.” Got snowed out on the way.

 

I had no idea what their nickname was, but I'm sure another school with that nickname doesn't have a hockey team.

 

Finally dug out the hockey mascot question. I guess it isn't a surprise so many teams are called Lakers and Huskies given the location.

 

Since several looked it up, I'll reveal the answer: The Clarkson University Golden Knights, out of Potsdam, N.Y. They're Division III in their other sports. When I researched this question, I thought for sure there'd be a hockey program from a "Bruins" school, but it wasn't to be. There's a Chargers (Alabama-Huntsville) and two Mavericks (Minnesota State-Mankato and Nebraska-Omaha), however.

 

I got another one. A while back, I asked who the only man was who was on a World Series champion and an NFL championship team, and the answer was Hinkey Haines.

So now, I found a new one: Who is the only man to play in a World Series and in the Masters?

 

First I heard of Clarkson was when the Kings drafted Dave Taylor. He was the guts of the Triple Crown Line with Marcel Dionne and Charlie Simmer. He overcame a severe stuttering condition to eventually become Kings GM.

 

If I recall, Bill Foley, the Vegas owner, is an Army man and wanted to name the team the Black Knights. But he couldn't because that was Army's nickname (some copyright mumbo-jumbo). When he settled on Golden Knights, I wondered if Central Florida would be pissed off. But nobody cares about them, so it didn't matter. I guess Clarkson didn't matter either. I thought he should have gone with Silver Knights, because Nevada is the Silver state. California is the Golden state.

 

I’ll bite, though I am 99.9 sure I’m wrong, Rick Rhoden.

 

Nope. Good guess though.

It was Sammy Byrd. Played a few years with the Yankees as a backup outfielder. He got in the last inning of the last game of the ‘32 World Series by subbing for Babe Ruth. He played a few more years for the Reds as a starting outfielder, then became a pro golfer. He actually had third and fourth place finishes at the Masters during the early 1940s.