Obscure sports trivia

I'm pretty sure Hank Aaron was one of them, so I'll say him and Eddie Mathews.

For the bonus, I'll just guess Buck Weaver.

 

Aaron, yes. The other two, no.

 

OK, the other Hall of Famer is Burleigh Grimes, who debuted with the Eau Claire Commodores in 1912. Known as Old Stubblebeard for his habit of going without a shave on the days he was scheduled to pitch, he was the last major leaguer to throw a legal spitball. Perhaps because of his crusty demeanor, he was well-traveled: from 1916 to 1934 he played for the Pirates, Brooklyn Robins, Giants, Pirates (again), Braves, Cardinals, Cubs, Cards, and in 1934 for the Yankees and one more time with the Bucs. He played with 36 teammates who went on to the Hall of Fame, a record. And he managed the Dodgers in 1937-38. Later, as a scout for the Orioles, he discovered Jim Palmer and Dave McNally.

When Grimes landed a spot on the Commodores roster, the team had to cut another player who had tried out for the team, Oscar "Happy" Felsch. Hap had to ride a boxcar back to Milwaukee, but he did well with other Wisconsin minor-league teams and signed for the 1915 season with the White Sox. Felsch became a star for the Sox, hitting 443 RBI over six seasons and participating in 14 double plays from center field in 1919 alone. But his performance was noticeably subpar in the 1919 series. Later Felsch confessed to taking a bribe.

In 1920, his final season in the majors, he hit .338, drove in 115 and hit a team-high 14 home runs.

 

What are the only two countries to win a medal at every Summer Olympics?
And for bonus points, can you name the other three countries to compete at every Summer Olympics?

 

Great Britain and France?

 

Damn. That didn't take long. Great Britain and France are correct.

 

Basically, my thought process was who would have been around in the early days and also didn’t boycott 1980.

 

I'll say Greece and Italy are two of the other three. Maybe Spain as the third?

 

Greece is one.
Italy and Spain are not. Italy missed the awesome 1904 Olympics in St. Louis. Spain skipped 1936 because it was in the middle of its civil war, and in 1956 to protest the Soviet Union's invasion of Hungary.

 

DAMMIT! How could I forget the Spanish Civil War!

 

Also, I misread the stat. One of the other two countries that has been at every Olympics has also medaled in all of them.
So Great Britain and France - Medaled in every Summer Olympics
Greece - Participated in every Summer Olympics
??? and ??? - Participated in every Summer Olympics, and one of those two medaled in all of them

 

Germany, in some form.

Sweden or Norway.