Earl B. "Whistlin' Earl" Bolyard (March 24, 1912 in Fort Wayne, Indiana

Fort Wayne, Indiana

Fort Wayne is a city in the US state of Indiana and the county seat of Allen County. The population was 253,691 at the 2010 Census making it the 74th largest city in the United States and the second largest in Indiana...

, USA - November 29, 1988 in ?) was a minor league baseball player and manager. He also served in the Navy during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

.

Playing career

Bolyard spent 12 years in the minor leagues, from 1932 to 1942 and again in 1946. He played in the Cleveland Indians

Cleveland Indians

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, New York Yankees

New York Yankees

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, Boston Red Sox

Boston Red Sox

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 and Washington Senators

Minnesota Twins

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 farm systems. Over the course of his career, he played in 1,340 games.

In 1935, he was to play with the Binghamton Triplets

Binghamton Triplets

The Binghamton Triplets were a minor league baseball team in Binghamton, New York, affiliated with the New York Yankees ; the team also had brief affiliations with the Kansas City Athletics and the Milwaukee Braves...

 in the NY-Penn League championship series, however he - along with four other players - were declared ineligible because they had not been under contract for a long enough time to be eligible to play.

In March, 1939, he was traded with Hank Harris to the Little Rock Travelers

Little Rock Travelers

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 for Skinny Graham. In 1940, he led the Southern Association

Southern Association

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 in triples.

Managing career

Following World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, Bolyard managed for a few years. From 1946 to 1947, he managed the Twin Falls Cowboys

Twin Falls Cowboys

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, leading them to a loss in the league finals in 1946, and to a league championship in 1947. He managed the Norfolk Tars

Norfolk Tars

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 for part of 1949, before being replaced by Frank Novosel. He then managed the Victoria Athletics

Victoria Athletics

The Victoria Athletics were a Western International League baseball team based in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada that existed from 1946 to 1951. From 1947 to 1949, they were affiliated with the New York Yankees. They played their home games at Royal Athletic Park.Gil McDougald played for them....

 that year, replacing Ted Norbert

Ted Norbert

Theodore Joseph Norbert was a long-time minor league baseball player who is now in the Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame....

. In 1950, he was originally supposed to manage the Newark Bears

Newark Bears

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, however the Yankees sold the franchise. He instead managed the Salt Lake Bees

Salt Lake Bees

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, before being replaced by Robert White.

Over the course of his managerial career, he was ejected from multiple games. In one instance in 1947, he had to be escorted from the ballpark by police after refusing to go following an ejection by the umpire.