Hall of Fame--A Major Leaguer

"When I graduated from college, I looked at pro baseball, but I realized that the competition was taller, faster and better," notes Bracken, who was elected into the Mount Union College Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991 and Star County Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998.

Thus, he would not become the next Dale Mitchell, and the Indians were doomed to suffer through three more decades of losing, the polar opposite of what became of David Bracken. He eventually made it to the Hall of Fame without the help of baseball. Rather, it was his work with Danner Press, The Press of Ohio and 38 years of industry experience, not his batting average, that has earned him kudos.