Elden Auker

Elden Auker Le Roy ( born September 21, 1910 in Norcatur, Decatur County, Kansas; † August 4, 2006 in Vero Beach, Florida) was an American baseball player. He was pitcher in Major League, known for its submarine - throwing style.

Auker grew up in Kansas, the Kansas State College visited in Manhattan, where he (, basketball baseball, football ) celebrated in several sports successes. In football, he was a star quarterback of his team and got a professional contract by the Chicago Bears offered, but he declined to play professional baseball with the Detroit Tigers.

During his ten-year major league career Auker played for the Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Browns. 1934 and 1935 he won the World Series with Detroit twice in a row and put some records. Prior to the 1939 season Auker of Detroit for Pinky Higgins and Archie McKain was sold to the Red Sox, where he met the young Ted Williams, to which ensued a lifelong friendship. At the end of his professional career playing three seasons with the Browns Auker ( 1940-42 ). In the 1941 season he scored several times on the superior Joe DiMaggio, who was now in charge of records.

In 1943, Auker on the baseball games and took part in the fighting in World War II.

Published in 2001 Auker his memoir, Sleeper Cars and Flannel Uniforms.