Crowe, George
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Birthname | George Daniel Crowe | ||||
born on | 22 March 1921 at 22:00 (= 10:00 PM ) | ||||
Place | Pleasant, Indiana, 38n52, 85w11 | ||||
Timezone | CST h6w (is standard time) | ||||
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Biography
American professional baseball player who appeared in 702 games in the major leagues as a first baseman and pinch hitter between 1952 and 1961. Crowe also played with the Negro National League's (Rochester) New York Black Yankees in 1947 and 1948, and he also played professional basketball.
Crowe batted and threw left-handed, stood 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and weighed 210 pounds (95 kg). In Major League Baseball, he played for the Boston and Milwaukee Braves (1952–1953; 1955), Cincinnati Redlegs (1956–1958) and St. Louis Cardinals (1959–1961), all of the National League.
Crowe graduated from high school in Franklin, Indiana and Indiana Central College (now the University of Indianapolis), where he was a member of the Class of 1943. He was the first Indiana "Mr. Basketball" and served in the United States Army during World War II.
He died on 18 January 2011 at age 89 in Rancho Cordova, California.
Events
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield provided birth certificate ("George Daniel Crow").
Categories
- Traits : Body : Handedness (Left)
- Traits : Body : Race (Black)
- Traits : Body : Size (Height: 6 ft 2 in/ 1.88 m)
- Traits : Body : Weight (210 lb/ 95 kg)
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 89)
- Vocation : Military : Military service (US Army, WWII)
- Vocation : Sports : Baseball (First baseman)
- Notable : Awards : Sports Championship (All-Star, 1958)
- Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession (MLB player, 1952-1961)
- 1921 births
- Birthday 22 March
- Birthplace Pleasant, IN (US)
- Sun 1 Aries
- Moon 22 Virgo
- Asc 21 Scorpio
- 2011 deaths
- Traits : Body : Handedness
- Traits : Body : Race
- Traits : Body : Size
- Traits : Body : Weight
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs
- Vocation : Military : Military service
- Vocation : Sports : Baseball
- Notable : Awards : Sports Championship
- Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession