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Ex-Ball Players as Family
Posted By: Mark
I know of Brad (L. Grove); any others? |
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Ex-Ball Players as Family
Posted By: Brian
My great-grandfather, Frank Miller, played for San Francisco (PCL), Chicago (AL), Pittsburgh (NL), and Boston (NL). |
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Ex-Ball Players as Family
Posted By: warshawlaw
My cousin was the #1 ranked lightweight contender in 1929 |
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Ex-Ball Players as Family
Posted By: bill
there's a aray illermay card on that famous internet |
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Ex-Ball Players as Family
Posted By: Jim Clarke
My 1st cousin is Vern Rhule. Pitched on the Tigers for awhile and he has been a pitching coach for a number of major league teams over the last decade or so... He is the most famous person to come out of Coleman, Michigan.. JC |
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Ex-Ball Players as Family
Posted By: Mike
My brother, Jim Schwantz, played for the Chicago Bears, Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers in the 1990's. |
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Ex-Ball Players as Family
Posted By: Dylan
I was told that Tom Seaver was somehow related when i was young, but i was a kid so i could be mistaken. |
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Posted By: whitehse
Jim Schwantz??? |
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Ex-Ball Players as Family
Posted By: Jim Clarke
When I lived in Philadelphia back in the mid 70's, I told everyone in school that Bobby Clarke was my Dad. But I guess this does not count.. Right? |
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Ex-Ball Players as Family
Posted By: ErlandStevens
He's not a major leaguer, but my wife's grandfather (now deceased) was Paul Amen. He was on one of the exhibition Olympic teams that played in Berlin in 1936. He also played for Dallas in the Texas League for at least one season. Great fielder, but his hitting kept him from making the majors. |
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Ex-Ball Players as Family
Posted By: davidcycleback
No blood relation to me, but my brother-in-law's godfather was Mark Clark, WWII |
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Ex-Ball Players as Family
Posted By: Dan Bretta
My Great uncle is Vernon Presley -Not Elvis's dad, but his cousin. |
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Ex-Ball Players as Family
Posted By: Andy Baran
Sid Gordon was my cousin, though he passed away in 1975 before I had a chance to meet him. He was a pretty decent ball player in the 40's & 50's. |
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Ex-Ball Players as Family
Posted By: Max Weder
My spouse Jennifer's father played senior baseball in Nova Scotia in the 1940's and 50s. And-- before you ask-- that is not a marijuana leaf on his jersey. |
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Ex-Ball Players as Family
Posted By: Jason L
Gene (left) and Lee Handley, pictured here at Pirates Spring training... |
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Ex-Ball Players as Family
Posted By: howard
...check out that awesome unibrow! |
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Ex-Ball Players as Family
Posted By: anthony
no relationship to me but my uncle was married to tony demarco's sister (now deceased)...in 1955 he knocked out johnny saxton in the 14th round to become world welterweight champion. |
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Ex-Ball Players as Family
Posted By: Fred Y
My cousin Moritz "Mort" Flohr was a pitcher for Duke University who was signed right off campus in 1934 by Connie Mack and appeared in 14 games for the 1934 Philadelphia A's. |
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Ex-Ball Players as Family
Posted By: Tom Hufford
Fred, |
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Ex-Ball Players as Family
Posted By: Tom Hufford
If most of us would trace our families back far enough and then find out who the descendants of those ancestors are (besides ourselves), its not unusual to find some famous (or surprising) kin. |
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Ex-Ball Players as Family
Posted By: Ken McMillan
My great Great uncle was Elmer Miller who played center field for the Yankees in 1914 to 1922 as a center fielder. He was the lead off batter for the yankees in the 1921 World series. He was literally the first Yankee to get a hit and scored the first run in the 1921 world series. I have newsprint and baseball cards to show this. |
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Ex-Ball Players as Family
Posted By: David Kern
My father was a minor league pitcher until he blew out his arm. His neighbor and teammate growing up did better - Mel Ott. |
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Ex-Ball Players as Family
Posted By: Joann
For JC on Vern Rhule: |
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Ex-Ball Players as Family
Posted By: Fred Y
Boy!!--What a memory you have!! |
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Ex-Ball Players as Family
Posted By: Jeff Lichtman
Andy, there is a mention of Sid Gordon in today's NY Times in an article about Tilden HS. |
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Ex-Ball Players as Family
Posted By: Andy Baran
I'll check it out, if it's online. I found Sid Gordon's senior year Tilden HS yearbook on ebay a few years ago. |
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Ex-Ball Players as Family
Posted By: howard
My older brother once swore to me that if he was 6' 3" instead of 5' 6" he would have played in either MLB or the NHL. In reality the highest level he reached was as a ringer for a high school hockey team when he was in the Coast Guard. |
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Ex-Ball Players as Family
Posted By: Tom Hines
Through sheer dumb luck and odd timing I found Paul Hines to be my Great-Great Grand Uncle. Paul played pro for almost 20 years. I love the fact that he is credited as the 1st Triple Crown Winner (albeit only years later after some new numbers crunching) and having a "single handed" triple play. |
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Ex-Ball Players as Family
Posted By: S. Gross
My father once umpired a Trenton Industrial League game in the '60's with Al Downing pitching. |
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