Phil Niekro's 1997 Hall of Fame speech

8/3/97: Phil Niekro is inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Class of 1997
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[@joeltmalcom]

I'll never forget shaking this mans hand at a baseball signing in Ga. "It's an honor to meet you sir." And it was an honor. A great baseball player/pitcher and an even better man off the field. Hof 97.

[@avasimone3914]

Phil neikro is an awesome baseball player

[@PedroRodriguez-yp7ou]

Such a humble and great Gentleman

[@JurassicParker13]

Awesome hearing him talk about how he got to end his career with Atlanta. Love ‘ya Phil!

[@robertm7889]

Classy wonderful man...

[@elishevajones6730]

A great talent!

[@marshallmontgomery931]

I meet him in Cleveland and he always be a class act.

[@dumbass7055]

Pretty cool hearing him mention he started in my hometown

[@charlesdjones1]

Kirk Douglas as a ball player.

[@gregstraz395]

The dude gave up 5000 hits