Sports in Evansville

Sports in Evansville

Evansville, Indiana, USA is the home of two professional and two semi-professional sports teams. The city is also the home to two National Collegiate Athletic Association collegiate teams.

Professional teams in Evansville

Former professional basketball teams

Evansville events hosted

Thunder on the Ohio

Evansville has hosted the Thunder on the Ohio unlimited hydroplane boat race since 1979. Thunder on the Ohio is held the last weekend in June on the Ohio River in downtown Evansville. The race is part of the Evansville Freedom Festival.

Thunder on the Ohio is the first official race of the American Boat Racing Association season. The race has occasionally been broadcast on ESPN and the SPEED (TV channel).

Famous Evansville athletes

* Alan Benes, MLB baseball player
* Andrew Thomas, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling producer and referee
* Andy Benes, MLB baseball player
* Arad McCutchan, basketball hall of fame coach
* Bob Ford, ABA basketball player and collegiate telecaster
* Bob Griese, NFL All-Star, All-Pro, Hall of Famer
* Bob Hamilton, PGA professional golfer and winner of the 1944 PGA Championship
* Brian Tennyson, PGA Tour winner
* Budd Boetticher, Ohio State University football star and film director
* Calbert Cheaney, NBA basketball player
* Chic Anderson, sportscaster
* Deke Cooper, NFL football player
* Don Mattingly, MLB baseball player
* Doug Bell, NFL football player, and Kodak All-American at Ball State University
* Jamey Carroll, MLB baseball player
* Jeff Overton, PGA professional golfer
* Josh Tudela, MLS player
* Kevin Hardy, NFL football player
* Larry Stallings, NFL linebacker
* Matt Mauck, NFL quarterback
* Paul Splittorff, MLB baseball player
* Rudy Charles, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling referee
* Scott Studwell, NFL linebacker
* Walter McCarty, NBA basketball player

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References


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