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Otto Henry Vogel (October 26, 1899 – July 19, 1969) was a Major League Baseball player. Vogel played for the 
Besides baseball, Vogel attended the University of Illinois and played basketball from 1920-1922. Vogel received the Big Ten Medal of Honor for his proficiency in athletics and scholastic work.
Head baseball coach at Iowa for 39 years; coach of Big Ten championship teams in 1927, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1949, runner-up in 1929, 1941, 1957, 1963 and eleven Major League Baseball players; career record of 505-431-14 (.540); president of National Association of College Baseball Coaches in 1953; author of textbook “The Ins and Outs of Baseball” published in 1951; and member of College Baseball Hall of Fame of Helms Athletic Foundation.
He was born in Mendota, Illinois and died in Iowa City, Iowa.
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1899 births 1969 deaths American football guards Baseball players from Illinois Chicago Cubs players Iowa Hawkeyes baseball coaches Iowa Hawkeyes football coaches Illinois Fighting Illini football players Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball players People from Mendota, Illinois Sportspeople from LaSalle County, Illinois Educators from Illinois American men's basketball players {{US-baseball-outfielder-1890s-stub
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in the 1923
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and 1924
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* January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after.
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seasons. in 111 career games, Vogel had 63 hits in 253 at-bats, with a .249 batting average.
Besides baseball, Vogel attended the University of Illinois and played basketball from 1920-1922. Vogel received the Big Ten Medal of Honor for his proficiency in athletics and scholastic work.
Head baseball coach at Iowa for 39 years; coach of Big Ten championship teams in 1927, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1949, runner-up in 1929, 1941, 1957, 1963 and eleven Major League Baseball players; career record of 505-431-14 (.540); president of National Association of College Baseball Coaches in 1953; author of textbook “The Ins and Outs of Baseball” published in 1951; and member of College Baseball Hall of Fame of Helms Athletic Foundation.
He was born in Mendota, Illinois and died in Iowa City, Iowa.
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Baseball-Almanac
1899 births 1969 deaths American football guards Baseball players from Illinois Chicago Cubs players Iowa Hawkeyes baseball coaches Iowa Hawkeyes football coaches Illinois Fighting Illini football players Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball players People from Mendota, Illinois Sportspeople from LaSalle County, Illinois Educators from Illinois American men's basketball players {{US-baseball-outfielder-1890s-stub