About Walt Chipple
Lived 1918 – 1988 (aged 69). Walt Chipple was an American baseball player.
Walter John Chipple (born Walter John Chlipala; September 26, 1918 – June 8, 1988) was an American Major League Baseball center fielder who played for the Washington Senators in .
Chipple was born in Utica, New York but raised in Black Rock, Buffalo. He attended school via the Church of the Assumption and at McKinley Vocational High School before dropping out to enter the workforce upon the death of his father. After receiving a medical discharge due to an ankle injury, he returned to the United States and resumed playing in the minors.
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Who was Walt Chipple?
American baseball player (1918-1988)
When was Walt Chipple born?
Walt Chipple was born on 26 September 1918 in Utica.
When did Walt Chipple die?
Walt Chipple died on 8 June 1988 in Tonawanda.
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Walt Chipple was a baseball player.
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Walt Chipple was American.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Walt Chipple. https://biography.guide/walt-chipple/
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