How 'bout.....
little known Fred Anderson...
"Anderson played in Boston in 1909 but did not play major league baseball again for the Red Sox until 1913 due to his practicing dentistry. In 1914 he jumped to the Federal League to play for Buffalo for the 1914 and 1915 seasons. In 1916 he was sold to the New York Giants and Anderson played with them for three seasons."
I've heard of time off to go fight during wartime, but to take a break to be a dentist??? Of course I've always been a rabid anti-dentite.
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