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03-17-2023, 08:42 AM

SyrNy1960

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Originally Posted by jingram058

Why didn't George Kell go into the service during World War II? He was in the right age group. Everyone else pretty much did. Anyone know why? Was he 4F or something?

In 1944, with many established major league players serving in the military in World War II, Kell became the starting third baseman for Philadelphia (he was rejected from the military draft because of a surgically repaired knee).

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