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Old 11-10-2013, 10:35 AM
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South River NJ Hometown to Joe Thiesmann , Drew Pearson and Alex Wojciechowicz
You got a pre-WWII player from there, Pete Sivess. He played for 1936-38 Phillies. A quick search didn't find any baseball cards, but he is a fairly easy autograph to obtain and there are some cool old pics around
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