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A three-sport letter-winner at Swarthmore in football, basketball and baseball, George "Moose" Earnshaw is arguably one of the most successful professional athletes to ever wear the S.
After an excellent career on the baseball with the Garnet as a power hitter and pitcher, the 6-foot-4 Earnshaw made a name for himself in Major League Baseball with the Philadelphia Athletics, the Chicago White Sox, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals. He struck out 1,002 batters in his career, won 127 regular season games and won the World Series with the A's in 1929 and 1930 and the AL Pennant in 1931.
Overall, Earnshaw won four games as a starter in the World Series and is a member of the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame. He went on to become a commander in the Navy during World War II and then later became a coach for the Philadelphia Phillies.
Earnshaw passed away in 1976.
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