5 reasons why Greenville, South Carolina is a great city for all sports fans to visit

#5: The Sports History

As noted, Clemson University has plenty of famous sports-related alumni to speak of. Greenville as a whole is has also been home to the likes of singer/songwriter Edwin McCain, famous singer Peabo Bryson, civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, and NBA legend Kevin Garnett.

But with regards to sports history, infamous baseball player Joseph Jefferson Jackson -- better known as "Shoeless" Joe Jackson -- grew up on the outskirts of Greenville. As the legend goes, his nickname even came from a baseball game played in Greenville.

Jackson was ultimately forced out of baseball as a result of controversy, with his guilt still being disputed to date. After leaving baseball, Jackson opened a barbecue restaurant and a liquor store-- named Joe Jackson's Liquor Store -- in Greenville; he opened the liquor store until his death in 1951.

As opened in 2008, you can visit the Shoeless Joe Jackson Museum and Baseball Library in Greenville. Located near Fluor Field, the Museum is actually housed in the five-room brick house where Jackson lived and died. It is open to the public on Saturdays and available for discretionary private weekday tours.

If you do some research, while visiting Greenville, you can figure out the locations of former homes of the likes of Garnett and other Greenville-related athletes. As a result, you can do a proper city-wide tour of sports-related Greenville landmarks