Editing David Cone (section)

==Early years==
Cone was born in [[Kansas City, Missouri]], the son of Joan (née Curran; 1936–2016)<ref>{{cite news|title=Joan Cone 1936–2016|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/news-press/obituary.aspx?pid=181992931|access-date=21 October 2016|work=News-Press.com}}</ref> and Edwin Cone (1934–2022).<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OwA6pvM8gOgC&q=David+Cone+Kansas+City+father&pg=PA248|title=27 Men Out|isbn=978-1-4391-1815-3|access-date=May 9, 2016|last1=Coffey|first1=Michael|date=May 11, 2010|publisher=Simon and Schuster }}</ref> He attended [[Rockhurst High School]], a [[Jesuit]] school, where he played [[quarterback]] on the [[American football|football]] team, leading them to the district championship. He was also a [[point guard]] on the basketball team.<ref name="SI-TheHeadliner" /> Because Rockhurst did not have a baseball team, Cone instead played summer ball in the [[Ban Johnson]] League, a college summer league in Kansas City.<ref name="SI-TheHeadliner" /> At 16, he reported to an invitation-only tryout at [[Royals Stadium]] and an open tryout for the [[St. Louis Cardinals]].<ref name="SI-TheHeadliner" /> He was also recruited to play [[college football]] and [[college baseball|baseball]].<ref name="SI-TheHeadliner" /> Upon graduation, he enrolled at the [[University of Missouri]]<ref name="SI-TheHeadliner">{{cite magazine|last1=Bradley|first1=John Ed|title=The Headliner|url=https://www.si.com/vault/1993/04/05/128316/the-headliner-strikeout-king-david-cone-hopes-the-news-he-makes-as-a-kansas-city-royal-will-be-about-baseball-not-off-the-field-shenanigans|access-date=25 December 2017|magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]]|date=April 5, 1993}}</ref> and was drafted by his hometown [[Kansas City Royals]] in the third round of the [[1981 Major League Baseball draft]].<ref name="baseball-reference.com" /><ref name="SI-TheHeadliner" />