Frank Henry Benjamin Manush (September 18, 1883 – January 5, 1965) was a

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. Manush played for the

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in . In 23 career games, he had 12 hits in 77 at-bats, with a .156 batting average. He batted and threw right-handed. Frank was the brother of

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Heinie Manush Henry Emmett Manush (July 20, 1901 – May 12, 1971), nicknamed "Heinie", was an American baseball outfielder. He played professional baseball for 20 years from 1920 to 1939, including 17 years in Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers (1 ...

. He was the manager of the Minor League Baseball team, the

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, in 1914 and 1915. Manush was born in

Tuscumbia, Alabama Tuscumbia is a city in and the county seat of Colbert County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 8,423. The city is part of The Shoals metropolitan area. Tuscumbia was the hometown of Helen Keller, who lived at Iv ...

, and died in

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. Duke Baseball Manush served as the head coach of Trinity College (now Duke University) in Durham, N.C., during the 1917 season. He finished with a 4-6-1 record.

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