Arthur Mansfield Explained

Arthur Mansfield
Birth Date:30 November 1906
Birth Place:Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Death Place:Minocqua, Wisconsin, U.S.
Player Years1:1927–1929
Player Team1:Wisconsin
Player Years2:1930
Player Team2:Springfield Blue Sox
Player Years3:1931
Player Team3:Bridgeport Bears
Player Years4:1932
Player Team4:Dayton Ducks
Player Years5:1933
Player Team5:Springfield Cardinals
Player Positions:Outfielder
Coach Years1:1940–1970
Coach Team1:Wisconsin
Overall Record:441–352–6
Tournament Record:NCAA: 2–2
Championships:
  • 2× Big Ten regular season (1946, 1950)

Arthur W. Mansfield (November 30, 1906 – June 1, 1985) nicknamed Dynamite or Dynie was an American baseball coach and outfielder. He played college baseball for Wisconsin for coach Guy Lowman from 1927 to 1929 before playing professionally from 1930 to 1933. He also played college football and boxing. He then served as the head baseball coach of the Wisconsin Badgers from 1940 to 1970, leading the Badgers to a fourth-place finish in the 1950 College World Series.[1]

Playing career

Mansfield attended West Technical High School in Cleveland, Ohio being enrolling at the University of Wisconsin, where he competed in football, baseball, basketball and boxing.[2] At Wisconsin, he played first base, was team captain his senior year, and a member of Sigma Pi fraternity. After graduating in 1929, he became the athletic director of Springfield High School (Wisconsin) before playing minor league baseball. While with the Springfield Blue Sox of the Central League he played right field until his contract was purchased by the New York Giants at the end of the 1930 season.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1989 Wisconsin Baseball Media Guide . University of Wisconsin . www.uwbadgers.com . May 10, 2020.
  2. Web site: Arthur "Dynie" Mansfield collection, 1920-1954 . Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System . www.search.library.wisc.edu . May 10, 2020.
  3. November 1930. 17. 3. The Emerald of Sigma Pi. BIG LEAGUE Gets Sigma Pi Player. 200.