Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 1972 followed the system established one year earlier. The Baseball Writers' Association of America voted by mail to select from recent major league players
Sandy Koufax 1963 crop
1953 Bowman Yogi Berra
Early Wynn 1953
Josh Gibson
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Joshua Gibson was an American professional baseball catcher who played primarily in the Negro leagues. In 1972, he became the second Negro league player to be inducted in the National Baseball Hall of
Gibson with the Homestead Grays in 1931
A water tower in Buena Vista, Georgia, proclaims the town to be the "Home of Josh Gibson".
Gibson (standing, center) with the 1932 Crawfords
Gibson's plaque in the Baseball Hall of Fame