This Week in NDN All-Stars History | August 9–15 | Rudy York, Billy Mills, Tom Longboat & Shoni Schimmel

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EPISODE SUMMARY

What happens when one swing changes everything at Yankee Stadium?

That's where this week's journey through Indian All-Stars History begins.

Join us as we look back at the week of August 9 through August 15, where Native athletes deliver unforgettable performances across baseball, boxing, track and field, basketball, gymnastics, and motorsports.

This week's stories include:

• Rudy York delivering the game-winning three-run home run against the New York Yankees.
• Ashton Locklear capturing gold on the uneven bars while helping Team USA win the Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships.
• Adrian Houser battling through illness to strike out ten batters and earn a Major League victory.
• Billy Mills setting a new United States record in the ten-thousand meters.
• Tom Longboat defeating both relay teams and legendary English runner Alfred Shrubb in two remarkable distance races.
• Shoni Schimmel scoring twenty points in a single quarter, one of the greatest scoring bursts in WNBA history.
• Joe Hipp winning the final fight of his professional boxing career.
• Clarence "Taffy" Abel becoming the first American-born player to establish himself as a regular in the National Hockey League.
• Virgil Hill, Marvin Camel, Henry Armstrong, Joe Lewis, and George "Comanche Boy" Tahduwahnipah adding more memorable moments to their remarkable careers.
• Dexter Stacey continuing his climb in the NASCAR Pinty's Series with his best finish at Trois-Rivières.

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