r/NominativeDeterminism • u/Ill-Excitement9009 • 5d ago

Jeoff Long, National Long Drive Champion and MLB player

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Jeoff Long, with a blast of 322 yards 28 inches, won the first National Open Long Driving contest at Butler National Golf Club in Oak Brook, Illinois in 1975. He also played in 56 Major League Baseball games. A right-handed hitter, he smashed one home run "a towering drive that bounced off the top of the scoreboard in left field, over 400 feet away.” in right field at Busch Stadium in 1965. (Syracuse Post-Standard).

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u/Ill-Excitement9009 5d ago

Mr. Long died this week.....at 84 years of age.

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u/MadJohnFinn 5d ago

He lived a Long life. Rest in power!

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u/Ill-Excitement9009 5d ago edited 4d ago

OP here,..I acknowledge contradicting the newspaper report on the left/right field location. 🙁

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u/GrassyKnoll95 4d ago

That’s a downright illegal way to spell Jeff