Thread: Heavy Hitters - Players that made it big outside of baseball
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Old 12-18-2012, 11:48 AM
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One of my favorite baseball trivia questions is "who played right field for the Yankees the year before Babe Ruth got there"? Actually the Yanks tried three different guys, but one of them was George Halas. He appeared in 12 games and only hit .091,so he was sent back down. He gave up baseball after 1919, but he used to say that one of his greatest thrills in sports was when he hit a pitch from Walter Johnson out of the park (it went foul, however).

Does anyone know if Halas ever appeared on a baseball card?

Sean

Sometime back, I was told there is a BB related item that pictures George Halas. but, I have not seen it.

George Halas 1952 BOWMAN FB card.



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