Wheeler Flemming

Redmond Wheeler Flemming


Born:
November 21, 1919
Birmingham, AL

Died:
January 2, 2015
Birmingham, AL


Career
1937-38 Ramsay High School - Birmingham (High School)
1938-39 Ramsay High School - Birmingham (High School)
1941-42 Howard College - Homewood, AL (College)
1946-47 Howard College - Homewood, AL (College)
1947-48 Birmingham Vulcans (SPBL) Head coach / player
1952-53 John Carroll High School - Birmingham (High School) Head coach
1953-54 John Carroll High School - Birmingham (High School) Head coach
1954-55 John Carroll High School - Birmingham (High School) Head coach
1955-56 John Carroll High School - Birmingham (High School) Head coach
1956-57 John Carroll High School - Birmingham (High School) Head coach
1957-58 John Carroll High School - Birmingham (High School) Head coach
1958-59 John Carroll High School - Birmingham (High School) Head coach
1959-60 John Carroll High School - Birmingham (High School) Head coach
1960-61 John Carroll High School - Birmingham (High School) Head coach 
Bessemer Royal (Independent)

Fleming was a local athlete in Birmingham who starred in baseball and basketball at Howard College in Birmingham (now known as Samford University.) He served in the USMC during World War 2. After the war, while going for his Master's degree at Auburn, he played minor league baseball Opelisa in the George-Florida League as well as playing basketball around Birmingham.

He and his brother, Frank (who was a teammate of Wheeler's with the Vulcans) would start their own company, Flemming Transfer, in the late 40's. A high school coach, Wheeler also owned a farm for many years before finally selling it off. He died in 2015 at the age of 95.

Wheeler never married.

Minor League Baseball Stats:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=flemmi001red

Source:
https://www.al.com/living/index.ssf/2015/01/early_two-sport_pro_athlete_we.html

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