Gus Zernial
American baseball player
Died when: 87 years 207 days (1050 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Gus Edward Zernial (June 27, 1923 – January 20, 2011) was an American professional baseball player.He played as an outfielder in Major League Baseball, most notably for the Philadelphia Athletics with whom he remained when they moved west and became the Kansas City Athletics in 1955.
Nicknamed "Ozark Ike" after the popular comic strip character, Zernial was one of the most feared sluggers in the 1950s, joining Hall of Famers Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra and Larry Doby in the American League for most home runs in the decade.
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