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On October 19, 1949, I got a telephone call from the Philadelphia (A's) front office informing me I had been traded to the White Sox for Joe Tipton. I was surprised and hurt.

Nellie Fox

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Nellie Fox
Age: 47 †
Born: 1927
Born: December 25
Died: 1975
Died: December 1
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