Another college football star making a one at bat cameo in the '30s.
St. Mary's football star, nickname coming from his sangfroid on the gridiron, signed by the Tigers as an outfielder after graduation in 1934 and getting a pinch-hit shot on May 31in the ninth inning of an 11-3 loss to St. Louis.
Wilson went down to Sioux City and then Duluth and before the year was over, his baseball career was finished.
This image popped up in the Windsor Star of May 24, 1934 at the invaluable Newspapers.com site
https://www.newspapers.com/image/501...ers&match=1and I've cleaned it up a little.