Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Dwight David Eisenhower (Ike)

Throws Right

Born October 14, 1890 in Denison, TX USA
Died March 28, 1969 in Washington, DC USA

Dwight David Eisenhower was the Supreme Allied Commander during the WWII D-Day invasion and was later elected President of the United States. Before his time in the military, Eisenhower played the 1909 season in the minors under an assumed name (Wilson).

While at the military academy, Eisenhower once played baseball against Jim Thorpe, who was at the Carlisle School.

"The more baseball the better." - Dwight Eisenhower

"When I was a small boy in Kansas, a friend of mine and I went fishing and as we sat there in the warmth of the summer afternoon on a river bank, we talked about what we wanted to do when we grew up. I told him that I wanted to be a real major league baseball player, a genuine professional like Honus Wagner. My friend said that he'd like to be president of the United States. Neither of us got our wish." - Dwight Eisenhower