Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Lowell Doud

Lowell Floyd Doud


Born:
October 23, 1922
Buckley, WA

Died:
March 31, 2016
Tacoma, WA


Career
1938-39 Buckley High School - Washington (High School)
Bellingham Normal (College)
1946-47 Salem Trailblazers (PCBL)
1946-47 Spokane Orphans (PCBL)

Born in Buckley, Washington, to Fay and Queenie Doud, Lowell went to Bellingham Normal College (now Western Washington University). After serving in the U.S. Navy during World War 2, he played for the Trailblazers in the Pacific Coast League, joining the team in early February of 1947 as the team revamped its roster. He was later a fireman and recreational pilot, owned a racehorse, and eventually owned and operated a mobile home park.

He and his wife, Tina, had one son.

Source:
Obituary, Tacoma Press, April 12, 2016

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