april april major_league_baseball players killed action world war multi sport star college university_of_michigan flew missions officer final fatal military operation michigan american track field earned varsity letters american football baseball tied world record high graduating stint major_league_baseball outfielder spent baseball seasons minor leagues called senators september baseball career cut short drafted united_states_army early trained bomber pilot decorated bravery plane crashed training flight later served combat shot killed bomber mission france april growing cleveland born cleveland star athlete cleveland member class athlete excelled american football baseball track field ice skating park cleveland youth ice gave way cousin neck cousin later recalled slid ice belly pulled uncle major_league_baseball player implicated scandal surname common cleveland people common settled cleveland listed numerous biographical research finding widow named later moved florida cousin said carried grandmother funeral collegiate athletics enrolled university_of_michigan earned varsity letters sports baseball football track field best sport track field time big conference champion outdoor yard high indoor yard high march tied american indoor record yard high big meet chicago went tie world record illinois won big title despite injury led michigan victory march big indoor track field meet chicago michigan won big outdoor indoor championships outdoor championships placed yard american track field wore michigan football program earning varsity letters football feature article michigan team noted addition abilities end pass punt run faster squad played end coach season michigan football coach year introduced winged football helmet michigan team captain recalled tall guy feet inches pounds kid kick pull situations let punt ball punt mile baseball played base outfield michigan baseball team time baseball batted professional baseball signed washington senators graduating summer chose sign senators possible appearance member usa track team summer olympics prospect president senators mentioned sporting news june talking exciting new players got university_of_michigan named initially assigned minor league baseball team orlando florida played games mid september called major leagues appeared games outfielder hits run rbi hits came win cleveland_indians september starting major league games played games center field right field attended spring training senators orlando seeking spot outfield base february newspapers ran wire service photograph senators baseman supposedly way warming returned minor leagues played charlotte hit games recalled september appearances games appeared moving play minor league baseball springfield interim served assistant football coach michigan military service death world war drafted military january reported army instead spring training inducted fort thomas kentucky reported fort riley march immediately acting corporal troop squadron thirteen week training program university_of_michigan owns copy april fraternity newsletter note probably know time wrote gamma delta brothers old drafted assigned cavalry joked letter fraternity horse saw life october accepted pilot training despite size transferred earning pilot wings commission second lieutenant williams field arizona undertook twin engined bomber training tampa florida usual duties aid european mission planning desk august flying navigator crashed middle swamp municipal airport north_carolina burning bomber despite burns broken ribs went wreckage rescuing corporal suffered broken broken legs crew members died crash spent weeks hospital recovering broken ribs burns hands face legs requiring skin lost pounds recovery awarded soldier medal heroism bravery described colorful ceremonies held field baseball war said leave going overseas cousin recalled time saw told accident going good flying said bad luck february associated_press ran feature story war service headline return baseball war doesn long quoted article saying hopes pick war left added matter time war ends past playing age return game old july personnel 21st formed train oklahoma participated group operational training preparation combat february group sent england assigned began flying combat missions europe mission attack airfield roger france march april piloted left late afternoon attack buzz bomb site constructed village near led group thirteenth mission attacking dusk feet group encountered intense accurate anti aircraft fire plane hit cockpit bombing pilot clothes fire able parachute bomber ground crew members killed initially reported missing action family received word grave located small british army cemetery saint france body later returned united_states buried arlington national cemetery plus major league players served military killed major_league_baseball players killed world war age symbols baseball sacrifice war effort like american citizen understand importance giving self country war scholarship established university_of_michigan inducted track baseball sixth michigan athlete inducted contributions multiple sports
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