Anthony M. Lazzeri

(1903-1946) lived in Lincoln. Professional baseball player, manager, businessman, during 14 seasons in the major leagues as a second baseman, he had a .292 career batting average, drove in over 100 runs during each of 7 seasons, and played for New York Yankees during era of Babe Ruth; played for Lincoln of the Western League in 1924, and was inducted into National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991. Consult Lincoln Star, September 14, 1924, p. 7 and September 30, 1924, p. 10 and Ray Robinson, Greatest Yankees Of Them All (Putnam, 1969) 171-185 and Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: Baseball, Vol 2 (Greenwood Press, 2000) 864-865.

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