Cal Ripken, Jr.
publication date: Wednesday, June 6, 2012 (part of Summer 2012)
category: Sports
clue: He earned the nickname Iron Man long before his 2,632nd consecutive game of baseball.
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Justin Woods, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, Joanna Woods, Denise Sawicki, Mike Rothstein, Erik Bates, Steve Dunn, Mike Eberhart, and Aaron Shurtleff

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