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Luke Appling
Baseball
Inducted: 2022
- High Point, NC native
- Played shortstop with the Chicago White Sox from 1930 to 1950
- Seven-time American League all-star
- Led the league in batting twice
- Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964
- After retirement from the major leagues, spent many years as a successful major-league coach and minor-league manager