PROMINENT PEOPLE WITH
NEBRASKA TIES
Grover Cleveland Alexander, Major League Baseball
Hall of Fame pitcher · Fred Astaire, dancer and
actor · Max Baer, boxer · Marlon Brando, Academy
Award-winning actor · William Jennings Bryan, U.S.
Secretary of State, U.S. Representative, Democratic
Party nominee for president 1896, 1900, and 1908
· Warren Buffett, investor; Forbes Magazine’s
2008 Richest Man in the World · Richard N. Cabela,
entrepreneur, founder of Cabela’s sporting store ·
Johnny Carson, comedian · Joba Chamberlain, Major
League Baseball pitcher · Dick Cheney, 46th U.S.
Vice-president · Adam DeVine, actor ·
Brian Duensing, Major League Baseball pitcher,
Minnesota Twins · Henry Fonda, Academy Awardwinning actor · Bob Gibson, Major League Baseball
Hall of Fame pitcher, St. Louis Cardinals · Alex
Gordon, Major League Baseball All-Star and Gold
Modeled after the Power and Light District in Kansas City, the Railyard sits right across from the front entrance of Pinnacle Bank Arena,
allowing fans to go to an event and then go out to the outdoor plaza.
OMAHA, NEBRASKA
Nebraska’s largest city, Omaha and its metro-area, is less than an hour’s drive from Lincoln and has a population of approximately
900,000. Omaha is home to TD Ameritrade Park, the NCAA College World Series and the world-renowned Henry Doorly Zoo.
Glove winner, Kansas City Royals · Amy Heidemann,
Karmin lead singer · Marg Helgenberger, actress ·
Peter Kiewit, contractor, investor and philanthropist
· Jaime King, actress · Ted Kooser, Poet Laureate of
the United States and Pulitzer Prize winner · Larry
the Cable Guy, comedian · Malcolm X, civil rights
leader · Nick Nolte, actor, producer · Alexander
Payne, Academy Award-winning Director · Edwin
Perkins, inventor of Kool-Aid, philanthropist · Andy
Roddick, tennis star, 2003 U.S. Open Champion ·
Gale Sayers, Football Hall of Fame running back,
Chicago Bears · Elliott Smith, singer-songwriter · Hilary
Swank, two-time Academy Award-winning actress ·
Jack Sock, 2014 Wimbledon doubles champion ·
Gabrielle Union, actress · James Valentine, Maroon
5 guitarist · Tony Watson, Major League Baseball
All-Star, Pittsburgh Pirates · Paula Zahn, Former News
anchor for CNN
INTRO
2015 HUSKERS
COACHES & ADMINISTRATION
REVIEW
OPPONENTS
RECORDS
HISTORY
THIS IS NEBRASKA
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