George Anton Stueland was an American professional
baseball
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pitcher
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who played in
Major League Baseball
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for the
Chicago Cubs
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in the early 1920s. A native of
Algona,
Iowa
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, he pitched in 45 games across parts of four seasons for the Cubs. He pitched right-handed.
Stueland died on September 9, 1964 in
Onawa, Iowa, by falling head first and drowning in his luxury duck pond.
External links
*http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/stuelge01.shtml
*http://www.usfamily.net/web/trombleyd/DakotaNotables.htm#George%20Stueland
1899 births
1964 deaths
People from Algona, Iowa
Chicago Cubs players
Baseball players from Iowa
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