Posted By:
Chris CountsDan,
I found the link you posted fascinting. I scanned the list of players who died in WWII and found Hank Bauer's brother Herman; Federal League star Dutch Zwilling's son George; Billy Southworth, Jr., son of the manager of the '44 champion Cardinals; Pacific Coast League great Bill Raimondi's brother Ernie; Leo Walker, brother of Hub and Gee, and Joe Gideon's nephew, Elmer. Gideon was one of quite a handfgul of players who were banned from baseball by commissioner Keneshaw Mountain Landis in the 1920s. There are doubtless more Big League connections to be found on the list, but I only spent about 30 minutes going through it. The links on the list include great info on the players. Also, a minor leaguer named Elmer Wright was one of 19 young men from Bedford, Virginia who died in the first few minutes of D-Day ...