About Turkey Gross
Lived 1896 – 1936 (aged 39). Turkey Gross was an American baseball player.
Ewell "Turkey" Gross (February 21, 1896 – January 11, 1936) was a shortstop in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the 1925 season. Listed at , 165 lb., Gross batted and threw right-handed. Ewell "Turkey" Gross once completed an unassisted triple play at third base. He caught the hit, tagged the man coming from second base, and got the man headed for home plate as he attempted to scramble back to third base.
The son of Alfred and Mary Gross, Ewell played for several seasons in the Texas League during the 1920s and later served as manager of the Dallas Steers, Paris (Texas) Colts, and Kilgore Gushers.
He died of a kidney infection in 1936 and is buried in Mesquite Cemetery.
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Turkey Gross was born on 21 February 1896 in Mesquite.
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Turkey Gross died on 11 January 1936 in Dallas.
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