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Len Gilmore

1917 – 2011

American baseball player

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Lived 1917 – 2011 (aged 93). Len Gilmore was an American baseball player.

Leonard Preston Gilmore [Meow] (November 3, 1917 – February 18, 2011) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball who appeared in one game for the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1944 season. Listed at , , Gilmore batted and threw right-handed.

He was born in Fairview Park, Indiana and graduated from Clinton High School, also in Indiana. His father worked in the mines and his mother was a native of Austria.

After high school, Gilmore played freshman baseball at Indiana State University before embarking on an intermittent minor league baseball career. Gilmore expected to be drafted during World War II but was found to be physically unfit for service. Following the season, he was traded to the Oakland Oaks of the Pacific Coast League for Ken Gables. and eventually made his home in Jones, Oklahoma.

Gilmore married his wife, Virginia, in 1950 and had two daughters with her. At the time of his death, he was one of the oldest living major leaguers.

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Who was Len Gilmore?

American baseball player (1917-2011)

When was Len Gilmore born?

Len Gilmore was born on 3 November 1917 in Fairview Park.

When did Len Gilmore die?

Len Gilmore died on 18 February 2011 in Oklahoma City.

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Len Gilmore was a baseball player.

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Len Gilmore was American.

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· Wikipedia: Len Gilmore

· Wikidata: Q6521792

· DBpedia: Len Gilmore

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