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Glad to see George Yankowski is still going strong! I grew up in Watertown MA not far from him, and I believe he still lives there. He was my dad's HS baseball coach there in the 1950s after his brief playing career ended.
If anyone is interested, there is a nice SABR story here about Yankowski's life, including his service time in WWII. Last edited by scooter729; 01-10-2020 at 11:54 AM. |
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The baseball almanac has a good list of the 500 oldest living players...
https://www.baseball-almanac.com/pla...ll_Players.php
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So many players from that list of elder ballplayers were featured in "The Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading and Bubble Gum Book", issued in 1973 From youth to elderly, man life goes fast https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gr...ubble_Gum_Book |
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George Yankowski is currently living in the villages Florida and is still active at age 96 (96). George loves to talk about his playing days and does so at many of the sports clubs in the villages.
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Yeah I hear ya. I was troubled by the fact the there's a player on that list (#185 Minnie Mendoza) that had his major league debut in 1970.
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