mapping American Football Hall of Famers Not All Born in Texas August 3, 2015 / August 1, 2015 by Adam DuVander | Leave a Comment We recently looked at our baseball hall of fame map of birthplaces, so it’s only fair that we give equal treatment to football, which holds its annual enshrinement this weekend. This year’s eight inductees bring the pigskin sport’s count of hall of famers to nearly 300. There are 37 states and eight countries represented amongst […] Read more »
mapping Baseball Hall of Famers from 40 States, Nine Countries July 20, 2015 / July 3, 2015 by Adam DuVander | Leave a Comment It’s Hall of Fame weekend in Cooperstown, New York. Craig Biggio, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, and John Smoltz will join an exclusive club of just over 300 former baseball players, managers, umpires, and executives elected by baseball writers over the last 79 years. With the help of Baseball Reference, we’ve compiled the birthplaces of every […] Read more »
mapping One Does Not Simply “Live in Washington” July 13, 2015 / July 1, 2015 by Adam DuVander | Leave a Comment George Washington was the first president of the United States, but that was not his last official role in government. Just over a year into retirement, the nation’s second president, John Adams, asked Washington to return to his military roots. On July 13, 1798, the former president became Senior Officer of the Army, a role […] Read more »