Sigmund Theodore "Chops" Broskie (March 23, 1911 – May 17, 1975) was a

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catcher. He played one season with the

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for the month of September in 1940.Career statistics and history
a
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on the 1941

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. Broskie's veteran leadership was influential on the young pitcher who would go on to become a

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. Broskie's playing career ended in 1942 when he enlisted in the

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. In 1949, he and his wife, then living in

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, adopted a boy.

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