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Bert Shepard

Wabash Valley profiles : a series of tributes to hometown people and events that have shaped our history

Description: One typed page including photograph; biography of Robert Earl Bert Shepard, the only person ever to play major league baseball with an artificial limb. Other individuals mentioned include Omar Bradley, Robert Patterson, Ladislaus Loidl, Mel Allen, Betty Shepard, John Shepard.
Origin: 1999-09-18
Created By: McCormick, Mike
Publisher: Terre Haute Tribune-Star
Source: http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/vchs/id/358
Collection: Vigo County Historical Society
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Copyright: Copyright Undetermined
Subjects: Shepard, Bert, b. 1921?
Baseball
Baseball players
Athletes
Amputees
Famous Hoosiers
People
Sports
Wars & Conflicts

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