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Posted By: Jodi Birkholm

Hal "Hoot" Rice was another player who had a Campanella-like tragedy befall him. An accident of some sort occured in the 1950's which left him incapacitated for over 40 years, and thus unable to sign anything. There have been others over the years. I know of:

Percy Jones (inherited $500,000 in the late 1920's, yet continued to play ball. He fell or jumped out of a window in 1929. Injuries sustained forced him to spend his remaining 50 yrs in a wheelchair. No post-1929 sigs have survived, so we must assume he simply couldn't do it.)

Minnie Rojas (1960's Angels pitcher and Cuban expatriate was left a quadraplegic following a 1968 auto accident which killed his two young daughters.)

Anyone got more? I know I'm missing at least one--just can't remember it at the moment!

Jodi