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- An antiaircraft gun he was firing recoiled, smashing his right leg, which became infected. He was shipped back to the United States for treatment. After spending 15 of the 21 months he was in uniform in hospitals, part of his leg was amputated.
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Nov 1, 2022 · On November 1, 1946 — Surgeons amputate the right foot of Cleveland Indians owner Bill Veeck. Two years before, the colorful executive had suffered a serious injury to his leg in the South Pacific during World War II. Veeck has had a tremendous impact on promotion in a half season of ownership.
May 3, 2019 · He hobbled on a wooden leg—the result of a World War II wound—but loved to dance exuberantly. He refused to wear ties and preferred a cheap seat in the bleachers, even when he owned the stadium. He was baseball’s resident intellectual and most gleefully vulgar self-promoter.
Over the course of his life he had 36 operations on the leg. [3] He had a series of wooden legs and, as an inveterate smoker, cut holes in them to use as ashtrays. Veeck also used the wooden leg in props such as a recreation of iconic Revolutionary War soldiers during the Bicentennial year of 1976.
Veeck helped to introduce the designated hitter, interleague play, a system of playoffs, free agency, and expansion of the leagues. His role as baseball’s greatest promoter began in 1941, when he left the Cubs and bought his first team, the bankrupt and mismanaged minor league Milwaukee Brewers.
Feb 27, 1991 · He lost most of his right leg at Bougainville, when he was in the Marine Corps during World War II. Subsequently, he underwent at least two dozen surgeries, mostly skin grafts. In the 30 years I...
After a stint in the Marines in World War II, during which he lost his right leg, Veeck sought a path into the major leagues. Devising a debenture-stock group that enabled financial backers to put the majority of their money into loans for the team, Veeck was able to become a minority owner of the Cleveland Indians for $268,000 in 1946.
Jun 21, 2005 · A happy rebel against “the simple pieties of baseball,” Veeck limped along on an artificial leg, dreaming up outrageous stunts to lure fans to the ball park.
