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Originally Posted by roarfrom34
Mark:
Here is a team photo of the 1960 Fox Cities club which was managed by Earl Weaver (who is sitting next to Cal Ripken Sr.)....Other notables include Pat Gillick (who appears to be air-brushed on the photo), Boog Powell, Dean Chance & Bob Saverine):
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Thanks Bill. Love the team photo. I believe the front row also pictures Earl's son, Mike Weaver, as a batboy.
I always have a hard time deciding what to share. I guess this was a hint to talk Foxes.
As the photo suggests, the 1960 Fox Cities Foxes were a pretty good team. They finished 82-56 and were a Class B affiliate in the Three-I League, which was Illinois, Iowa and Indiana. The only problem with that is the Foxes resided in Appleton, Wisconsin. In fact, there were no teams from Illinois and Indiana, while teams from Nebraska, Kansas and Wisconsin had franchises in the league.
Here are a few other items from 1960.
1960 Program
1960 Fox Cities Foxes.jpg
1960 Schedule
1960 Fox Cities Foxes (N.Schaefer).jpg
Bill mentioned Dean Chance and Boog Powell
Chance, Dean 1.jpg
Powell, Boog 1.jpg
A few players I've posted earlier, Pete Ward, John Papa and Jim Lehew, appeared for the Foxes as well as Leslie "Buster" Narum, who played briefly with the O's.
Narum, Les 1.jpg