"pro baseball player quote on war" Topic
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| Stalkey and Co | 07 Aug 2019 11:43 a.m. PST |
Anyone know who said this pro baseball player is? he was a ww2 veteran and said "anyone who says playing sports is like being in a war was never in a war." A friend needs the source for a quote in a paper he's writing.
Thanks! |
| kevin smoot | 07 Aug 2019 2:50 p.m. PST |
Not sure but it might have been Ted Williams A few pro football players have said the same thing – Art Donavan was one |
| Soaring Soren | 07 Aug 2019 2:53 p.m. PST |
Ted Williams was in the Korean War though.
My Google fu didn't come up with anything close to what Stalkey is looking for. |
Bobsyouruncle  | 07 Aug 2019 4:12 p.m. PST |
Ted Williams was in both WW2 and Korea. He served from 1942-46 and then again from 1952-53. He wound up as a marine pilot with the rank of captain. |
| KSmyth | 07 Aug 2019 5:35 p.m. PST |
Bob Feller served as an anti-aircraft gunner on the Alabama and the South Dakota in both the Atlantic and the Pacific from 1942-45. Hall of Fame pitcher Warren Spahn was wounded at the Remagen bridgehead. Lots of guys like DiMaggio served but were assigned to special duty playing ball. Some like Williams, Feller and Spahn managed to avoid it and sought combat. At least three ballplayers were killed in WW 2. Unfortunately I can't find the quote or a paraphrase. However, I highly recommend a book called the Victory Season that came out a few years ago by Robert Weintraub which includes the experience of a variety of ballplayers in the war, but is mostly about the 1946 season. |
| ACWBill | 07 Aug 2019 5:51 p.m. PST |
When I read the quote my mind went immediately to Ted Williams. I cannot find anything to verify that. He served in both WWII and Korea right in the prime of his career. |
 Old Contemptible | 08 Aug 2019 7:30 a.m. PST |
According to his he was in both wars. link |
| Old Contemptible | 08 Aug 2019 7:44 a.m. PST |
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| Rotundo | 09 Aug 2019 7:52 a.m. PST |
It has been answered. It was Art Donovan. Lineman Baltimore Colts. |
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