tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584057222215509863.post5422839487354083847..comments2024-02-25T05:57:01.770-08:00Comments on Peach Basket Society: George BabichPeach Basket Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03079674021097013096noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584057222215509863.post-89320129183966167692021-02-26T18:43:28.786-08:002021-02-26T18:43:28.786-08:00Based on further research and input from other res...Based on further research and input from other researchers, I believe the Biographical Dictionary of Pro Wrestling" has the wrong Babich identified.Peach Basket Societyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03079674021097013096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584057222215509863.post-24081151236315782892021-02-23T06:04:02.310-08:002021-02-23T06:04:02.310-08:00Thank you for helping me out! Updated the infoThank you for helping me out! Updated the infoPeach Basket Societyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03079674021097013096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584057222215509863.post-12785797149056111252021-02-20T12:42:33.733-08:002021-02-20T12:42:33.733-08:00George Babich, who played basketball at Fordham Un...George Babich, who played basketball at Fordham University was born on December 3, 1920 and died in February 1981. He served in the Navy in Hawaii in 1944 (where he pitched for the Navy Flyers baseball team) and was back in the states in 1945 taking a training course at Colgate. He played basketball with the Jersey City Atoms, Scranton Miners and Brooklyn Gothams (all of the ABL). He coached at St. Peters University, Jersey City and Cardinal Farley Military Academy, New York. He played minor league baseball, briefly, in 1949 with Stamford in the Colonial League and was a professional wrestler in the 1950s. After getting a master's in social studies at Seton Hall, he worked as a professional fund raiser until his death, aged 61, in 1981. He was inducted into the Fordham University Hall of Fame that year.<br />Gary Bedingfield<br />www.baseballinwartime.comGary Bedingfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14923408107389597597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584057222215509863.post-41766802631488202662019-08-07T23:05:19.279-07:002019-08-07T23:05:19.279-07:00I'm pretty sure the Wikipedia article does in ...I'm pretty sure the Wikipedia article does in fact have the correct birth / death dates (April 4, 1918 – July 22, 1984).<br /><br />If you look through all of the article's references, they corroborate each other and all lead to the same guy. The smoking gun is the reference citing the "Biographical Dictionary of Professional Wrestling, 2d ed." that lists Babich as the same person who played football at Fordham and went on to have a coaching career at Saint Peter's. The Fordham Hall of Fame reference says Babich played basketball there. The FindAGrave reference pinpoints the exact dates of birth and death, with the year of birth matching the Biographical Dictionary's year.<br /><br />I don't think this is 'George Babich, Dec 3 1920 - February 1981'jimpediahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11883749592596460444noreply@blogger.com