Moose Skowron

Moose Skowron was born on December 18, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois, USA as William Joseph Skowron.

He went to Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana on a football scholarship and played half-back, punted, and place kicked. He became a collegiate star in baseball playing shortstop and pitching. The New York Yankees signed him in 1950 after he won the Big Ten batting championship. He made his New York Yankee debut in 1954. His best season was 1960 when he hit .309 with 26 home runs, then hit .375 with 2 homers against Pittsburgh in the World Series.

Major league baseball player. Played first base for the American League's New York Yankees (1954-1962), Washington Senators (1964), and Chicago White Sox (1964-1967); and the National League's Los Angeles Dodgers (1963).

He was named All-Star every season from 1957 to 1961 with the New York Yankees and again in 1965 with the Chicao White Sox. He was at his best in the World Series, hitting 8 home runs, and driving in 29 runs in 39 games. In 1956, he hit a grand slam to help the New York Yankees to a Game 7 victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers. In 1958, he drove in the eventual winning run in Game 6 against the Milwaukee Braves, then hit a three run home in the Yankees Game 7 triumph capping a comeback from a 3 games-to-1 deficit. In 1963, he was traded from the New York Yankees to the Los Angeles Dodgers where he hit a .385 home run in Los Angeles's 4 game World Series sweep against the New York Yankees.

He was an actor, known for 1962 World Series (1962), 1955 World Series (1955) and 1956 World Series (1956). He was married to Lorraine Rochnowski and Virginia Holmquist.