I don't have any Baseball connections that I know of, however my mother remarried when I was young and my Step-Grandfather was John Norlander.
He was a pioneer of the NBA.
John won the National Championship in 1942 with his Hamline College team. He then left to join the Navy and played there with a service team that included Red Auerbach, that was a friendship that lasted till death.
After the Navy, he joined the BAA and renewed his partership with Auerback as he played for the Washington Capitols from 46 to 51, including the two seasons after 49-50 when they joined the NBA.
The man had some amazing stories to tell.
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- Justin D.
Player collecting - Lance Parrish, Jim Davenport, John Norlander.
Successful B/S/T with - Highstep74, Northviewcats, pencil1974, T2069bk, tjenkins, wilkiebaby11, baez578, Bocabirdman, maddux31, Leon, Just-Collect, bigfish, quinnsryche...and a whole bunch more, I stopped keeping track, lol.
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