Lee Pfund
From BR Bullpen
Le Roy Herbert Pfund
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.
- Debut April 21, 1945
- Final Game July 5, 1945
- Born October 10, 1919 in Oak Park, IL USA
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Lee Pfund pitched for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1945, but is more famous as a baskeball coach. He compiled a 362-240 (.601) career record as head coach at Wheaton College from 1951-75. During his tenure as head basketball coach he won five conference championships and captured the 1956-57 Small College National Championship while guiding Wheaton to a 27-1 record.
His son Randy Pfund is general manager of the NBA basketball team the Miami Heat. His sons John and Kerry were basketball stars at Wheaton College.
Lee Pfund was an assistant football and basketball coach in 1943-44 for Wheaton College. A knee injury kept him out of the service during World War II, and he pitched for the Dodgers with a "no Sunday" contract.
