Interview with Virgil O. Trucks, May 11, 1988
Project: A. B. "Happy" Chandler: Desegregation of Major League Baseball Oral History Project
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Mr. Trucks discusses his start in baseball as well as his time as Detroit Tigers, the 1945 World Series, the 1946 season, pitching against Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio, player pension plans, salaries, the changes in baseball over the years.Interview Accession
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Trucks, Virgil O. Interview by William J. Marshall. 11 May. 1988. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Trucks, V.O. (1988, May 11). Interview by W. J. Marshall. A. B. "Happy" Chandler: Desegregation of Major League Baseball Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Trucks, Virgil O., interview by William J. Marshall. May 11, 1988, A. B. "Happy" Chandler: Desegregation of Major League Baseball Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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