LC control no. | n 2006073245 |
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Personal name heading | Roe, Preacher, 1916-2008 |
Variant(s) | Roe, Elwin C. (Elwin Charles), 1916-2008 |
Found in | Roe, Preacher. When baseball was still a game, c2005: t.p. (Preacher Roe) p. [1] (birth name, Elwin C. Roe; b. Ash Flat, AK, Feb. 26, 1916) New York times WWW site, Nov. 12, 2008 (in obituary published Nov. 10: Preacher Roe; b. Elwin Charles Roe, Feb. 26, 1916, Ash Flat, Ark.; d. Sunday [Nov. 9, 2008], West Plains, Mo., aged 92; folksy left-hander from the Ozarks who became a star pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers, featuring superb control and a spitball he belatedly confessed to throwing) |