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Deaf Sports and Athletes

By Kimgalvin23

  • Gallaudet Footbal Huddle

    Gallaudet Footbal Huddle
    How did the football huddle start? Paul Hubbard the quarterback player at Gallaudet University realized that his sign language (hand signal) could be read by opposing players so he had to pull his players into a circle so that his sign language could be shown without anyone on the sidelines or on the opposing team seeing.

  • Dummy Hoy

    Dummy Hoy
    William Hoy (May 23, 1862 – December 15, 1961), nicknamed "Dummy", was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for several teams from 1888 to 1902, most notably the Cincinnati Reds and two Washington, D.C., franchises.
    Hoy is noted for being the most accomplished deaf player in Major League history, and is credited by some sources with causing the establishment of signals for safe and out calls. http://www.dummyhoy.com/

  • Deaflympics

    Deaflympics
    Formerly known as The Silent Games. These games were the first of it's kind for people with disabilities. The first summer games took place in Paris, France. http://www.deaflympics.com/icsd.asp?history

  • USA Deaf Sports Federation

    USA Deaf Sports Federation
    The Akron Club of the Deaf in Ohio sponsored the first national basketball tournament in 1945, at which time it established the American Athletic Union of the Deaf. The organization was later renamed the American Athletic Association of the Deaf, and in 1997, the USA Deaf Sports Federation (USADSF). Its purpose is to foster and regulate uniform rules of competition, provide social outlets for deaf members, and conduct annual athletic competitions.

  • Gallaudet Bison Song

    Gallaudet Bison Song
    The Bison Song was originally written in 1960, in English, by Gallaudet student Dorothy Squire Miles (Class of '61). It is, of course, presented in American Sign Language (ASL) during Gallaudet events instead of in spoken or sung English. Each year, auditions are held among the students for one female and one male performer to lead the Bison Song at Gallaudet games.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CVbUfuqXuk

  • Curtis Pride

    Curtis Pride
    Pride began his career as a part-time New York Mets minor leaguer, and moved on to stints with the Montreal Expos (minors and majors), the Detroit Tigers (majors), the Boston Red Sox (minors/briefly in the majors), the Atlanta Braves (majors), the Kansas City Royals, and the Salt Lake Stingers. http://deafness.about.com/cs/celebfeatures/a/curtispride.htm

  • Ashley Fiolek

    Ashley Fiolek
    Ashley Fiolek is a retired, profoundly deaf professional motocross racer. Racing with number plates 67 and 1, she won the Women's Motocross Championship in 2008, 2009, 2011, and 2012.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETy-qjnuYiI