Crowe George

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 Leagues (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. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less