The only player to ever pinch-hit for Ted Williams was 87
HIGHLANDS RANCH — Carroll Hardy, one of the all-time great three-sport performers at the University of Colorado who went on to have a professional career in two sports, passed away here Sunday morning from complications due to dementia. He was 87.
"I had the pleasure of meeting and visiting with Carroll several times – what a wonderful man and a true icon in the state," CU athletic director Rick George said. "His list of accomplishments in his lifetime and the people he touched are really second-to-none.