George Woodend
American baseball player
Biography
Lists
Also Viewed
The basics
Quick Facts
| Intro | American baseball player | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Athlete Baseball player | |
| Work field | Sports | |
| Gender |
| |
| Birth | 9 December 1917, Hartford, Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, USA | |
| Death | 1 May 1980Hartford, Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, USA (aged 62 years) | |
| Star sign | Sagittarius | |
| Sports Teams |
|
The details
Biography
George Anthony "Dandy" Woodend (December 9, 1917 – May 1, 1980) was a professional baseball pitcher. He appeared in three games in Major League Baseball with the Boston Braves in 1944.
Woodend was recruited out of a Hartford, Connecticut high school by the Philadelphia Athletics. Immediately following graduation in 1937, he was scheduled to report to the Athletics, where he said they would send him to Temple University. He attended spring training with the A's in 1938, but was soon optioned to the Minor League Baseball Class A Williamsport Grays.