Sports Figures With Their Own Statues

SI Staff | Sep 24, 2013

Sports Figures With Their Own Statues

Carl Yastrzemski

Steven Senne/AP

Carl Yastrzemski was always a man of very few words and hardly showed emotion during his playing days. The latest honor even touched him. The Boston Red Sox honored the Hall of Famer with a statue outside the right field entrance of Fenway Park on Sunday morning. Former teammates, including Hall of Famer Jim Rice (right) and outfielder Dwight Evans (left) were on hand.

Willie Stargell

AP

Mario Lemieux

Keith Srakocic/AP

Michael Jordan

Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images

Babe Ruth

Diamond Images, Jim McIsaac/Getty Images

Willie Mays

JOHN G. MABANGLO/AFP/Getty Images

Ted Williams

Joe Skipper/Reuters; AP; Jim McIsaac, Joe Robbins/Getty Images

Magic Johnson

Garrett W. Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images; Al Goldis/AP

Bobby Orr

AP

Gordie Howe

Dave Reginek/Getty Images

Stan Musial

Rich Pilling /MLB Photos via Getty Images

Johnny Unitas

AP

Larry Bird

Focus on Sport/Getty Images

Jerry West

John W. McDonough/SI

Honus Wagner

Andy Altenburger/Icon SMI

Ty Cobb

Mark Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images

Wilt Chamberlain

Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images

Walter Johnson

Diamond Images/Getty Images

Warren Spahn

Mike Zarrilli/Getty Images

Dale Earnhardt

AP

Nolan Ryan

Ronald Martinez/Getty Images

Hank Aaron

Jim McIsaac, Streeter Lecka/Getty Images

Dan Marino

Scott Boehm/Getty Images

Don Shula

Kirby Lee-US PRESSWIRE

Karl Malone

Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images

John Stockton

Kent Horner/NBAE via Getty Images

Mike Schmidt

AP

Wayne Gretzky

Dave Buston, E.J. Flynn/AP

Scottie Pippen

Greg Nelson/SI

Earl Campbell

Tom Hauck/Getty Images

Bob Feller

Matt Sullivan/Getty Images

Ernie Lombardi and Frank Robinson

AP

Al Kaline

Tom Pidgeon/Getty Images

Jeff Bagwell

Ronald Martinez/Getty Images

Tiger and Earl Woods

AP

Roberto Clemente

Fred Vuich/SI

Ernie Banks

AP

Rod Carew

Hannah Foslien/Getty Images

Harmon Killebrew

Bruce Kluckhohn/Getty Images

Tom Landry

AP

Ozzie Smith

AP

Arnold Palmer

AP

Bob Cousy

Joe Murphy/NBAE via Getty Images

Maurice "Rocket" Richard

AP

Pictured with brother Henri Richard.

George Mikan

David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images

Art Rooney Sr.

AP

Willie McCovey

Jerry Driendl/Getty Images

Bear Bryant

John David Mercer/US Presswire

Bobby Bowden

AP

Arnold "Red" Auerbach

Brian Snyder/Reuters

Kirby Puckett

Hannah Foslien/Getty Images

Pictured with Kirby Puckett, Jr.

Ben Hogan

Hunter Martin/Getty Images

Payne Stewart

Pictured with wife Tracy.

Ernie Harwell

AP

Harold "Red" Grange

Scott Boehm/Getty Images

Nick Saban

Kelly Lambert/US Presswire

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Arthur Ashe

AP

Vince Lombardi and Curly Lambeau

Scott Boehm/Getty Images

Zinedine Zidane

MEHDI FEDOUACH/Getty Images

Pat Tillman

Mike Moore/Getty Images

Ernie Davis

Marc Squire/Getty Images

Tim Tebow, Steve Spurrier and Danny Wuerffel

AP

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Doug Flutie

AP

Rocky Balboa

Al Tielemans/SI

Oscar De La Hoya

JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images

Tony Gwynn

AP

Enos Slaughter

AP

Harold Baines

Jerry Lai/US Presswire

Ted Williams, Bobby Doerr, Johnny Pesky, and Dom DiMaggio

AP

Diego Maradona

JUAN MABROMATA/AFP/Getty Images

George Best, Denis Law and Bobby Charlton

AP

George Steinbrenner

AP

Allan H. "Bud" Selig

Scott Boehm/Getty Images

Chick Hearn

Christian Petersen/Getty Images

Harry Caray

AP

Lou Holtz

Gregory Shamus/Getty Images

RELATED GALLERY: More college football icons with statues.