Walter Roy Bruner was a Major League Baseball

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Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...

 pitcher

Pitcher

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. Bruner played for the Philadelphia Phillies

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 from to . In 19 career games, he had a 0-7 record with a 5.74 ERA. He batted and threw right-handed. Bruner had to leave baseball to serve in WWII. He was a bomber pilot in the war and was shot down on at least one occasion. After the war he owned Bruner Aluminum Company, which manufactured storm windows until he closed the business at his retirement.

Bruner was born in Cecilia, Kentucky

Cecilia, Kentucky

Cecilia is an unincorporated community in Hardin County, Kentucky, United States. It is located approximately west of Elizabethtown, the county seat...

 and died in St. Matthews, Kentucky

St. Matthews, Kentucky

St. Matthews is the 20th largest city in Kentucky, United States and is a prominent suburb of Louisville. It is located 8 miles east of downtown Louisville in Jefferson County. It is one of the state's major shopping areas, being home to second and fifth largest malls in Kentucky St. Matthews is...

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External links

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