Brian C. Edgerly (born 1943) is an American former baseball outfielder who played internationally with Team USA at the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

. Edgerly played college baseball at

Colgate University Colgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York. The college was founded in 1819 as the Baptist Education Society of the State of New York and operated under that name until 1823, when it was renamed Hamilton Theologi ...

, where he majored in philosophy and religion, and captained the soccer, ice hockey, and baseball teams. He was a third-team baseball All-American in 1964, leading the nation in batting average with a .449 mark. In 1964 Edgerly played

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with the Orleans Cardinals of the

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and was named a league all-star. He went on to play for Team USA at the

. He was selected by the Boston Red Sox in the 17th round of the

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, and played in the Red Sox' minor league system for the

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in 1965 and 1966. Edgerly was inducted into the Colgate Raiders' Hall of Honor in 1982.

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1943 births Place of birth missing (living people) Baseball outfielders Baseball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics Colgate Raiders baseball players Orleans Firebirds players Waterloo Hawks (baseball) players Living people {{US-baseball-outfielder-stub