Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics/Getty ImagesMaury Wills, 1959Dodger speedster Maury Wills has been elected to the Baseball Reliquary's Shrine of the Eternals, along with World War II-era ballplayer Pete Gray and Ted Giannoulas, aka the San Diego Chicken.Wills' candidacy rested on his role in popularizing the stolen base as well as his lifelong devotion to the game, while Giannoulas earned his popularity in a much different way, strutting through Padres games in his Chicken costume.Bruce Bennett Studios/Getty ImagesPete GrayGray, who lost his right arm in a childhood accident, began in professional baseball in 1942 at age 27 and gained national attention two years later when he batted .333 for the Memphis Chicks with a league record-tying 68 stolen bases. Entering the majors wit
Maury Wills, Pete Gray, Chicken elected to Shrine of the Eternals
Published May 4, 2011 at 9:35 PM
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