Cemetery in Pennsylvania, United States
Mausoleums in Calvary Cemetery in the fall
Calvary Catholic Cemetery is located at 718 Hazelwood Avenue in the Greenfield and Hazelwood neighborhoods of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , United States.
It was founded in 1886 with the purchase of a 200-acre (80-hectare) tract. The first official interment occurred in 1888, though there are graves with earlier dates. As of 2008, 152,238 entombments have been recorded at Calvary Cemetery. It remains the largest of the cemeteries in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh .
Actors/Actresses
Politicians
Religious figures
Sports
Jack Butler (Professional football player, Pittsburgh Steelers, Pro Football Hall of Hame)
Billy Conn (World Light Heavy-Weight Boxing Champion)
Herbert Drury (Professional Hockey Player)
Pud Galvin (Professional baseball player, Hall Of Fame)
Harry Greb (World Middle-Weight Boxing Champion)
Enos Kirkpatrick (Professional baseball player, MLB)
Bill Regan (Professional baseball player, MLB Red Sox, catcher)
Jimmy Smith (baseball player) (Professional baseball player, 8 seasons MLB)
Moose Solters (Professional baseball player, outfield)
Harry Stuhldreher (Notre Dame, All-Americans , one of the Four Horsemen (college football) )
Bucky Williams (Negro league baseball player, Pittsburgh Crawfords)
James F Ruane Jr. (Professional Baseball Player - Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates Bat Boy)
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The cemetery contains one British Commonwealth war grave of a Canadian soldier of World War I .[ 1]
^ [1] CWGC casualty record.
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