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05-07-2023, 01:21 PM
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When it comes to athletes from this town there is Jalen Hurts and then everyone else including:
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05-07-2023, 02:38 PM
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Living outside Richmond VA, it’s this guy:
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/monty-kennedy/ The thinking is he played at Amelia High but didn’t graduate. I bought a NM 52 Bowman of him for about $12 last month. His control was not Dalkowski-level but it was darn close.
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05-07-2023, 03:43 PM
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Most obscure. Also most famous.
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05-07-2023, 04:57 PM
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Fred Newman - Brookline, MA
Only three graduates of Brookline (MA) High School have played MLB ball, and Fred Newman is the only one who appeared in more than 4 games or has a card. Here's his 1966 Topps.
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05-07-2023, 06:06 PM
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Eddie Phillips. He pinch ran 9 times at the end of the season for the 1953 Cardinals but never got an AB.
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05-07-2023, 06:20 PM
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Not sure if he went to school here. Kevin Stanfield was born in the town I live in and the only person born here to make the majors. He pitched 3 innings for the Twins in 1979.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...tanfke01.shtml Last edited by bnorth; 05-07-2023 at 06:23 PM.
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05-07-2023, 06:27 PM
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Cheating a bit because A. Most Net54ers know him and B. He technically grew up about 20min away from my hometown, but Hooks Wiltse is one of the only professional players to come from our middle of nowhere portion of Central New York!
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05-07-2023, 07:02 PM
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Homer
Homer Hillebrand was a pre-T206 Pirate from Freeport, IL. From the NFL, Preston Pearson was our guy. And we had a pretty solid high school basketball coach at one time, whose picture was on the gym wall, before he went off from there to coach at Kentucky…Adolph Rupp. Cool thread…
Cheers, Geno 
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05-12-2023, 11:33 AM
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One more that went to Hannibal High and was 4 years ahead of me in high school was Scott Anderson who was an All-American center in football at Mizzou and was in 2 Super Bowls with the Vikings. Never got much playing time because he was behind Mick Tinglehoff who never missed a game and is now in the PFHOF.
Scott still runs a roofing business (he replaced mine) and is in great shape since he had knee replacements on knees he hurt playing football. Has some really good football stories if you ask him. Doesn't boast about his football career. Great guy!
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