Dewey Kalmer is a retired

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coach who spent the majority of his coaching career as the head coach at

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. Kalmer retired with a 1,032-914-5 (.530) record in 40 overall seasons as a head coach.

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Kalmer was one of the most successful coaches in

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sports history. During his tenure, Bradley sent approximately 65 players to play professional baseball, including seven players to the

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. Kalmer was one of the first college baseball coaches to place a player on the USA Baseball Olympic Team as All-American pitcher Mike Dunne was a member of the 1984 squad in Los Angeles. At the time of his retirement, Kalmer's 842 wins at Bradley represented exactly one-half of the 1,684 wins in the program's 108-year history.

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