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Home > Historical Tidbits > People > 1940’s – Pekin Grays Baseball Team

1940’s – Pekin Grays Baseball Team

Pekin Grays Baseball Team - 1940's

November 2021 Mystery Photo 2

Batboy is Vernon Gibson

Seated (L-R): Richard "Pitch" Urish, Bob LeRoy, Tunney Harris,
Buzz Oltman, Kenny Oltman, Bob Huser

Back Row (L-R): Buss Everetts, Dick Brown, Manager Russ Sea,
Frank Trumpy, Bob Creighton, Bill Bowlby

Originally posted as November 2021 Mystery Photo

Photo was donated to us by Beth Rosenberg Zweig.

Identified by Deanna Oltman

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