Harry Agganis

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Harry Agganis was an American multi-sport athlete and celebrated Boston University football star whose promising professional baseball career with the Boston Red Sox was cut short by his early death.

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instanceOf American football player
baseball player
human
multi-sport athlete
almaMater Boston University NERFINISHED
bats left
battingAverage .261
burialPlace Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath pulmonary embolism
choseCareerIn professional baseball
collegeTeam Boston University Terriers football NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1929-04-20
dateOfDeath 1955-06-27
draftedBy Cleveland Browns NERFINISHED
draftLeague National Football League NERFINISHED
draftYear 1952
educatedAt Boston University
ethnicOrigin Greek-American
finalMLBGameDate 1955-06-02
fullName Aristotle George Agganis NERFINISHED
givenName Aristotle NERFINISHED
hallOfFame College Football Hall of Fame NERFINISHED
homeRuns 11
honor Agganis Arena at Boston University named in his honor
Agganis Scholarship program named in his honor
Boston University retired his jersey number
inductedInto College Football Hall of Fame NERFINISHED
jerseyNumber 6
league Major League Baseball
MLBDebutDate 1954-04-13
MLBDebutLeague MLB NERFINISHED
MLBDebutTeam Boston Red Sox NERFINISHED
MLBTeam Boston Red Sox NERFINISHED
nickname Harry Agganis NERFINISHED
The Golden Greek NERFINISHED
notableFor promising MLB career cut short by early death
star quarterback at Boston University
placeOfBirth Lynn, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Boston, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED
playedFor Boston Red Sox
positionPlayed first baseman
quarterback
runsBattedIn 54
sport American football
baseball
throws right

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Agganis Arena namedAfter Harry Agganis