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May 7, 2022

George “Rube” Waddell, Remarkable – and Eccentric – Man

By SALLY RYAN COSTIK Bradford Landmark Society

As the 2022 baseball season gets underway, it is only fitting that one of Bradford’s greatest native sons, a legendary baseball pitcher, is featured in our “Remarkable Man” series.

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