Wally Roettger
Baseball Player
1902 – 1951
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Who was Wally Roettger?
Walter Henry Roettger, was a professional baseball player who was an outfielder in the major leagues from 1927-1935. He would play for the St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants, and Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1931 while playing for the Cardinals, he got the first hit and scored the first run in the 1931 World Series.
Roettger attended the University of Illinois, graduating in 1924. While at Illinois, he played basketball and baseball.
He would later beome the head coach for baseball at the University of Illinois from 1935 to 1951 and an assistant coach for basketball from 1936 to 1949.
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