Lee Currin Gooch (February 23, 1890 – May 18, 1966) was a

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who played for two seasons. He played for the

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in 1915 and the

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in 1917. Gooch also served as the head baseball coach at

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in 1919 and at

Wake Forest University Wake Forest University is a private research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Founded in 1834, the university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina. The Reynolda Campus, the un ...

from 1949 to 1950.

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