George Kell Baseball player

George Clyde Kell (August 23, 1922 – March 24, 2009) was an American baseball third baseman who played for the Philadelphia Athletics (1943–46), Detroit Tigers (1947–52), Boston Red Sox (1952–54), Chicago White Sox (1954–56), and Baltimore Orioles (1956–57) in the American League, who went on to become a baseball broadcaster for 40 years.Kell was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983.

Personal facts

George Kell
Birth dateAugust 23, 1922
Date of deathMarch 24, 2009

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Baseball player

Career startSeptember 28, 1943
Career endSeptember 14, 1957
batting sideRight
former teams
Baltimore Orioles
Oakland Athletics
position
Third baseman
teams
Baltimore Orioles
Boston Red Sox
Chicago White Sox
Detroit Tigers
Oakland Athletics
throwing sideRight

George Kell on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://baseballhall.org/node/1225
  2. http://books.google.com/books?id=OCwDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA21&dq=kell+bernard&hl=en&ei=8QwyTrKNEMXWiALNpPnDCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=kell%20bernard&f=false
  3. http://books.google.com/books?id=Ui4DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA64&dq=kell+wyatt&hl=en&ei=WA0yTrWkGcHmiAL674jECA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=kell%20wyatt&f=false
  4. http://books.google.com/books?id=rS0DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA64&dq=kell&hl=en&ei=3wsyTt2DH83XiALEwrXDCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=kell&f=false
  5. http://books.google.com/books?id=zyoDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA63&dq=kell&hl=en&ei=3wsyTt2DH83XiALEwrXDCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=kell&f=false
  6. http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/baseball/bal-kellobit0324,0,7353929.story
  7. http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/baseball/bal-sp.bbnotes25mar25,0,4016348.story
  8. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/25/sports/baseball/25kell.html?ref=obituaries
  9. http://www.philadelphiaathletics.org/history/georgekell.html