Walter Henry Huntzinger (February 6, 1899 – August 11, 1981) was a

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. He played for the

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, and

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."Walt Huntzinger Statistics and History"
''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2011-01-30. Huntzinger played

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and

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at the

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. He coached basketball at

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from 1922 to 1924, compiling a record of 2–24.

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