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Lee Daney

Lee Daney

American baseball player (1904-1988)

Arthur Lee Daney (July 9, 1904 – March 11, 1988) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the 1928 season.

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Daney's father was a full-blooded Choctaw and his mother was one-half Choctaw and one-half Irish. He was the youngest of eleven children and attended the Haskell Institute. Athletics coach Ira Thomas discovered Daney playing semi-pro baseball in Denver and signed him to a contract before the start of the 1928 season.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "Indian Pitcher to Tryout with Mack's Athletics". Times Leader. 24 February 1928. p. 26. Retrieved 18 March 2024.


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