About Buck Etchison
Lived 1915 – 1980 (aged 64). Buck Etchison was an American baseball player.
Clarence Hampton "Buck" Etchison (January 27, 1915 – January 24, 1980) was an American professional first baseman who played for the Boston Braves in parts of two seasons spanning 1943–1944.
At the end of the 1944 season, he was sent to the minor league Milwaukee Brewers of the American Association, as one of the players to be named later when the Braves received Dick Culler and Tommy Nelson in August 1944. Etchison would replace Heinz Becker in the Brewers lineup when the latter was promoted to the Chicago Cubs.
Etchison was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and died at the age of 64 in East New Market, Maryland of a heart attack.
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Who was Buck Etchison?
American baseball player
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Buck Etchison was born on 27 January 1915 in Baltimore.
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Buck Etchison died on 24 January 1980 in East New Market.
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Buck Etchison was a baseball player.
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Buck Etchison was American.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Buck Etchison. https://biography.guide/buck-etchison/
MLA: "Buck Etchison." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/buck-etchison/.
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