Robertson, Edward Alastair "Sandy"

ROBERTSON, Edward Alastair "Sandy," athlete (b 23 Feb 1923, Vancouver; d 3 April 2005, Vancouver). He excelled in several sports but particularly in BASKETBALL, BASEBALL and squash. At age 17 he opened his baseball career by pitching a one-hitter with St Regis of the VANCOUVER Senior League. After excelling locally he became the first BC player to sign a major-league baseball contract, in 1946 with the Boston Red Sox. That year he also graduated as a civil engineer and was named Vancouver's...

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