Virgil Trucks the second oldest living player in the '52 Topps set is celebrating his 95th birthday today. Happy birthday Virgil!! Trucks is the uncle of Butch Trucks, a founding member of the Allman Brothers Band incidentally. Ace Parker who played 94 games for the 1937-38 Philadelphia A's turns 100 on May 17th. He was never in baseball card set but was in the 1955 Topps All-American football set having also had a hall of fame pro football career.
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