Английская Википедия:Charles Armstrong (baseball)
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:About Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox college coach Charles (Pee Wee) Armstrong (December 13, 1914 – January 27, 1990) was an American professional baseball player and coach.
Early life
Armstrong was born in Bogalusa, Louisiana and raised in Jackson, Mississippi. He attended Central High School in Jackson before attending Mississippi State University from 1934 to 1937, where he lettered in football, baseball and basketball (1934–36). He was All-SEC in 1935 and named Best Athlete in 1937.
Professional career
Armstrong played professional baseball with the Jackson Senators in 1937–38 where he played catcher to future Boston Redsox pitcher and MLB Hall of Famer, Dave "Boo" Ferriss.[1] He coached Mississippi State football in 1938 and was a coach and Athletics Director at Belzoni High School in 1939–40. Armstrong was also a Southeastern Conference football and basketball official in the 1950s and 1960s, and later officiated football and basketball at the junior college level before retiring. He was a lifelong resident of Meridian, Mississippi.
Armstrong is most famous for the 65-yard winning pass he threw to Fred Walters when Mississippi State beat undefeated national powerhouse Army in West Point, New York (13–7) in 1935. Armstrong was inducted into the Mississippi State University Sports Hall of Fame in 1972. In 1976, Armstrong was inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame.[2]
Notes
Шаблон:US-baseball-catcher-1910s-stub
- Английская Википедия
- 1914 births
- 1990 deaths
- Baseball players from Louisiana
- Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball players
- Mississippi State Bulldogs football players
- Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball players
- People from Bogalusa, Louisiana
- Sportspeople from Meridian, Mississippi
- Baseball coaches from Louisiana
- American men's basketball players
- Страницы, где используется шаблон "Навигационная таблица/Телепорт"
- Страницы с телепортом
- Википедия
- Статья из Википедии
- Статья из Английской Википедии
