Oscar Bielaski
Right fielder, Baseball Player
1847 – 1911
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Who was Oscar Bielaski?
Oscar Bielaski was an American right fielder and the first Polish-American to play Major League Baseball, playing from 1872 until 1876. His father was Alexander Bielaski, a Captain for the Union army, died at the battle of Belmont. Oscar learned to play baseball while enlisted in the Union Army as a drummer.
Oscar Bielaski was inducted in the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame in 2005.
Oscar was born in Washington, D.C., and died there, at the age of 64. He is interred at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.
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- Born
- Mar 21, 1847
Washington, D.C. - Parents
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Washington, D.C.
- Died
- Nov 8, 1911
Washington, D.C. - Resting place
- Arlington National Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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