Pete Varney

Pete Varney (full name Richard Fred Varney Jr.), born April 10, 1949 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, was a Major League Baseball player for the Chicago White Sox and Atlanta Braves.

Varney, a graduate of Deerfield Academy and later Harvard University was first selected by the White Sox in the first round of the 1971 amateur entry draft. From 1973 to 1976 he played there professionally. On June 15, 1976 he was traded with the Atlanta Braves in 1976 in exchange for Blue Moon Odom. His last pro game played was on September 12, 1976.

Varney is currently the head Baseball coach at Brandeis University.

ee also

* Chicago White Sox all-time roster

References

* [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/pete_varney.shtml Pete Varney career statistics] provided by thebaseballcube.com
* [http://www.baseballreference.com/v/varnepe01.shtml Pete Varney career statistics] provided by baseballreference.com
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=varnepe01 Pete Varney profile] provided by baseball-almanac.com

The "Big Fella" caught the two-point conversion that tied the 1968 edition of "The Game," the famous Harvard-Yale match up that ended in a tie, but was (and is) considered a win up at Harvard, to the point of the Crimson proclaiming at the time "Harvard Beats Yale 29-29."