Cecil Porter Vaughan (May 11, 1919 – July 30, 2008) was a

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who played for the

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."Porter Vaughan"
''Baseball Reference''. Retrieved January 5, 2011. He was in the military during World War II from 1942 to 1945.

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1919 births 2008 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Philadelphia Athletics players Toronto Maple Leafs (International League) players Kansas City Blues (baseball) players Baseball players from Virginia American military personnel of World War II Richmond Spiders baseball players People from King and Queen County, Virginia {{US-baseball-pitcher-1910s-stub