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South Dakota, United States
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Baseball
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5 quick facts about Clint Courtney:
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Clint Courtney was the first major league catcher to wear glasses and the first to wear an oversized mitt for catching knuckleballs ... 
Source: Ten Things I Didn’t Know Last Week -- The Hardball Times [www.hardballtimes.com]
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Clint Courtney was never an All-Star, but pretty good for a long time and will start over one-time obligatory bad early-70s Padre All-Star Chris Cannizzaro ... 
Source: www.battersbox.ca... [www.battersbox.ca]
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Courtney was traded to the White Sox as part of a seven-player deal ... 
Source: 50 Years [paxlane.com]
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 Obtained by the Browns at the request of manager Rogers Hornsby , Courtney was TSN AL Rookie of the Year in 1952 ... 
Source: The Ballplayers - Clint Courtney | BaseballLibrary.com [www.baseballlibrary.com]
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 The first catcher to wear glasses, Courtney was better known as a fearless battler ... 
Source: Clint Courtney [Archive] - Baseball Fever [www.baseball-fever.com]
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Related web page for Clint Courtney:
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Web Extracted Biography - Zoominfo
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Clint Courtney, SD, US, KSFY...
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www.zoominfo.com/Search/Person...PersonID=58841721
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