Lou Brissie
former Major League Baseball starting pitcher (1924-2013)
Leland Victor Brissie (June 5, 1924 – November 25, 2013) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1947 to 1953 for the Philadelphia Athletics and Cleveland Indians.
Youth and World War II
Brissie began his baseball career in 1940 when at the age of 16 he pitched for Ware Shoals in a textile baseball league. Brissie attracted the attention of Connie Mack and the Philadelphia Athletics in 1941; however his father insisted he finish school.
Brissie attended Presbyterian College before enlisting in the U.S. Army in December 1942. In November 1944, he found himself in heavy fighting in Italy with the 88th Infantry Division (Fighting Blue Devils). On December 2, 1944, his unit suffered an artillery barrage, and a shell exploded which shattered his left tibia and shinbone in 30 pieces. At the Army field hospital, doctors told Brissie that his leg would have to be amputated due to the severity of the injury. Brissie told the doctors that he was a ballplayer and insisted that the leg be saved even if it jeopardized his life.
Brissie's military citations included the Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, ETO and the American Campaign Medal.
Major league career
After two years and 23 major operations, Brissie was able to return to baseball with a metal brace on his leg.
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