Editing Carlsbad, New Mexico (section)

==Notable people==
*[[Shane Andrews]], [[Major League Baseball]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Shane Andrews arrested outside New Mexico night club |url=https://www.pennlive.com/patriotnewssports/2009/12/shane_andrews_arrested_in_new.html |work=[[The Patriot-News]] |agency=The Associated Press |date=December 16, 2009 |quote=Andrews is a former third baseman for the Montreal Expos who now coaches Little League in his hometown of Carlsbad.}}</ref>
* [[Dan Blocker]], actor who played "Hoss" Cartwright in the TV series ''[[Bonanza]]'', was a sixth-grade teacher and coach at Eddy Elementary School<ref>{{cite web |last1=Asher |first1=Matthew |title=Baseball, Bonanza and (track) blocks led to Billy Joe Thompson's Hall of Fame induction |url=https://www.currentargus.com/story/sports/2018/09/20/baseball-bonanza-and-track-blocks-led-thompsons-hof-induction/1370311002/ |website=Carlsbad Current-Argus |date=September 20, 2018 |quote=Dan Blocker, later known as Hoss Cartwright on the TV show Bonanza, was Thompson’s sixth-grade teacher at Eddy Elementary}}</ref>
* [[Bruce Cabot]], actor who played [[Jack Driscoll (character)|Jack Driscoll]] in the 1933 film ''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]''; appeared in many of close friend [[John Wayne]]'s films<ref>{{cite web |title=Bruce Cabot, Film Actor, Dies; Played the Hero in 'King Kong' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/05/04/archives/bruce-cabot-film-actor-dies-played-the-hero-in-king-kong.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |date=May 4, 1972 |quote=The actor, whose real name was Jacques de Bujac, was born in Carlsbad, N. M.}}</ref>
* [[Jason D. Cunningham]], [[Air Force Pararescuemen|Air Force Pararescueman]] who died saving lives of 10 fellow servicemen; Air Force Cross recipient<ref>{{cite web |title=Senior Airman Jason D. Cunningham|url=https://www.afcent.af.mil/Units/455th-Air-Expeditionary-Wing/Biographies/Display/Article/273804/jason-d-cunningham/ |website=U.S. Air Forces Central |quote=Cunningham was a Carlsbad, N.M., native}}</ref>
* [[Sam Etcheverry]], professional football player in the [[National Football League]] and [[Canadian Football League]]<ref>{{cite web |title=DU Hall of Famer Sam Etcheverry Passes Away Over Weekend |url=https://denverpioneers.com/news/2009/8/31/DU_Hall_of_Famer_Sam_Etcheverry_Passes_Away_Over_Weekend |website=University of Denver Athletics |date=August 31, 2009 |quote=Born and raised just to the south of Colorado in Carlsbad, New Mexico}}</ref>
* [[William Flores]], [[United States Coast Guard]] [[seaman apprentice]], [[Coast Guard Medal]] recipient, and namesake of the [[USCGC William Flores|USCGC ''William Flores'']]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mosteller |first=Roy A. |title=FLORES-WILLIAM |url=https://navylog.navymemorial.org/flores-william-1 |access-date=January 29, 2025 |website=[[United States Navy Memorial]]}}</ref>
* [[Alfred A. Freeman]], New Mexico territorial judge and [[Tennessee]] politician<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Thompson |first1=Mark |title=Did President Benjamin Harrison Really Try to Fire New Mexico Territorial Judge A. A. Freeman? |journal=Bar Bulletin |date=January 15, 2007 |volume=46 |issue=3 |page=10 |url=https://www.nmbar.org//NmbarDocs/AboutUs/committees/Historical/FactFiction.pdf |quote=Justice Freeman served his full four year term and by May of 1895 was practicing law in Eddy (Carlsbad after 1899)}}</ref>
* [[F. Drew Gaffney]], [[Payload Specialist]] aboard [[STS-40]] and professor at [[Vanderbilt University]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Payload Specialist Astronaut Bio: Drew Gaffney |url=https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/gaffney-fa.pdf |website=NASA}}</ref>
*[[Michael P. Grace II]], an oil and gas producer who was based in the city in the 1960s to the 1970s. He was formerly a theater producer, composer, and lyricist in the 1950s. He was the former husband to Corinne B. Grace.
*[[Corinne B. Grace]], oil and gas producer who was based in the city from the 1960s to the 1990s. She was formerly an actress on stage and in television commercials. She was the former wife of Michael P. Grace II.
* [[Mark Jackson (quarterback)|Mark Jackson]], gridiron football player<ref>{{cite book |author1=Donna Blake Birchell |author2=Southeastern New Mexico Historical Society |title=Legendary Locals of Carlsbad |date=2015 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-1-4671-0226-1 |page=90 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u-XRCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA90}}</ref>
*[[Bob Kelly (American football, born 1938)|Bob Kelly]], [[American Football League]] defensive lineman and offensive lineman for the [[Houston Oilers]], the [[Kansas City Chiefs]], and the [[Cincinnati Bengals]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=England |first1=Katie |title=Former Carlsbad Caveman who played in NFL dies at age 76 |url=https://247sports.com/college/new-mexico-state/Board/103615/Contents/RIP-Former-Aggie-Bob-Kelly-70541708/ |website=247Sports |date=January 1, 2015 |quote=Bob Kelly, who graduated from Carlsbad High School in 1957}}</ref>
* [[Trevor Rogers (baseball)|Trevor Rogers]], [[Major League Baseball]] pitcher for the [[Miami Marlins]] 
* [[Cody Ross]], [[Major League Baseball]] outfielder for the [[Arizona Diamondbacks]]<ref>{{cite web |title=NM Native Cody Ross's Wild Championship Ride |url=https://www.koat.com/article/nm-native-cody-ross-s-wild-championship-ride/5034692 |website=KOAT |date=November 19, 2010 |quote=Before Cody Ross was a World Series champion, he scored time and time again for the Carlsbad Cavemen.}}</ref>
* [[Barry Sadler]], author, musician, and decorated combat veteran; best known for series of novels focusing on [[Casca Rufio Longinius]] and for composing song "[[Ballad of the Green Berets]]".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Leepson |first1=Marc |title=Barry Sadler {{!}} Biography & Ballad of the Green Berets |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Barry-Sadler |website=[[Encyclopedia Britannica]] |date=November 1, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Sonny Throckmorton]], singer and songwriter<ref>{{cite web |title=Sonny Throckmorton |url=https://nashvillesongwritersfoundation.com/Site/inductee?entry_id=2699 |website=Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame |quote=Place of Birth: Carlsbad, New Mexico}}</ref>
* [[Linda Wertheimer]], senior correspondent for [[National Public Radio]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wertheimer |first1=Linda |title=The Basted Egg: A Foolproof Play On The Poach |url=https://www.wxpr.org/post/basted-egg-foolproof-play-poach#stream/0 |website=WXPR |date=August 9, 2015 |quote=I grew up in a small mining town in the West, Carlsbad, N.M.}}</ref>
* [[James Larkin White|Jim White]], discoverer and explorer of [[Carlsbad Caverns]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Weekend Explorer - Carlsbad, New Mexico - Jim White |url=https://www.pbs.org/weekendexplorer/newmexico/carlsbad/carlsbad_white.htm |website=PBS}}</ref>
*[[John Wooten]], [[National Football League]] played for the [[Cleveland Browns]] and [[Washington Redskins]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Simonich |first1=Milan |title=Desegregation launched Carlsbad's stars |url=https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/desegregation-launched-carlsbad-s-stars/article_36be4c8f-a3ad-5c91-a3c0-f497bf87ae99.html |website=Santa Fe New Mexican |date=May 2, 2019 |quote=He attended the Carver School for Negroes in Carlsbad.}}</ref>
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File:Carlsbad New Mexico Municipal Building.jpg|Carlsbad Municipal Building
File:Carlsbad New Mexico Public Library.jpg|Carlsbad Public Library
File:Carlsbad New Mexico Museum & Art Center.jpg|Carlsbad Museum
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