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Bill Skowron was of Polish descent. His grandfather gave the seven-year-old Bill a haircut that looked like that of the Italian dictator Mussolini, and his friends began calling him "Mussolini. Later, that was shortened to just "Moose."
He graduated from Chicago's Weber High School and went to Purdue University in Indiana on a football scholarship and pledged the TKE Fraternity. he also played baseball and hit .500 his sophomore year.
Playing with the Yankees, he was a five-time All-Star in '57, '58, '59, '60. '61. With the Dodgers in 1963, he hit just .203 versus NL pitching, but when they played his old team in the World Series, his bat came alive and batted .385 and hit home runs as the Dodgers swept to the championship.
He was again an All-Star with the 1965 White Sox. Altogether, he played in eight World Series. Seven with the Yankees: '55, '56. '57, '58, 60, '61 and '62. And one with the Dodgers in 1963. The Yankees weren't in the 1959 World Series because the White Sox were.
In his career, he played 1478 games, all but 14 at first base. In 1980, he was inducted into the National Polish-American Hall of Fame. He resided in Schaumburg, Illinois, until his death.
Loved That Old Moose. --CooterMoose.
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