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I'm proud of the fact that I'm the only player to hit a ball completely out of Dodger Stadium.
Willie Stargell
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Willie Stargell
Age: 71 †
Born: 1940
Born: March 6
Died: 2011
Died: December 17
Baseball Player
Earlsboro
Oklahoma
Wilver Dornell Stargell
Wilver Stargell
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I owe a large part of my success to Joe Brown, who helped me both as a player and a person.
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Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It's not the home-run hitters.
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Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings.
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I was bred as an outcast, part Negro and part Seminole, in my early years raised as an Indian.
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Life is one big transition.
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