Pete Vuckovich
Pitcher, Baseball Player
1952 –
Who is Pete Vuckovich?
Peter Dennis Vuckovich is a retired American starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who came across as an intimidating presence on the mound with his 6'4" 220 lb frame and Fu Manchu moustache. Vuckovich was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in 1974. He batted and threw right-handed.
Vuckovich graduated from Conemaugh Valley High School and went on to Clarion University to play baseball. Nearly thirty years, to the day, after the White Sox drafted Vuckovich they drafted his son, Peter Vuckovich, Jr., who also attended both Conemaugh Valley High School and Clarion University, in the 48th round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Vuckovich is a member of the Clarion University Sports Hall of Fame. Vuckovich is also a member of both the Western PA Sports Hall of Fame and the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame.
Vuckovich is of Serbian background.
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- Born
- Oct 27, 1952
Johnstown - Also known as
- Peter Vuckovich
- Peter Dennis Vuckovich
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Clarion University of Pennsylvania
- Lived in
- Johnstown
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on July 23, 2013
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