- Ernie Andres
Ernest Henry Andres (
January 11 1918 –September 19 2008 ) was an Americanthird baseman inMajor League Baseball who played for theBoston Red Sox in the by|1946 season. Born inJeffersonville, Indiana , he batted and threw right-handed.Andres was a .098 hitter (4-for-41) with one
run batted in and nohome run s in 15games played .Andres was also a talented
basketball player. He played varsity basketball forIndiana University , where he twice won the Balfour Award as the school's top athlete, and was namedAll-America n and All-Big Ten Conference . He played professional basketball for theIndianapolis Kautskys of the NBL, and was inducted into theIndiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 1975.From 1948 to 1973, Andres was the head baseball coach at
Indiana University .External links
* [http://www.hoopshall.com/inductees/1975/andres.html Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame]
* [http://www.news-tribune.net/localsports/local_story_264022132.html Ernie Andres' obituary]
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