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Dick Groat, hoops whiz who became a star shortstop, dies at 92

Por: The Boston Globe Nation April 27, 2023

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He was an All-American basketball player at Duke in the early 1950s, setting a single-season NCAA scoring record. He went on to play pro basketball. But Dick Groat was mostly known as one of major league baseball’s leading shortstops of his time.“I’m remembered as a baseball player and not by the sport I played the best,” Mr. Groat once said. “North Carolina is the one place where I’m still remembered as a basketball player.“I... + full article



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