| Pid Purdy | |
| Position: | Left fielder / Pinch hitter |
| Birth Date: | 15 June 1904 |
| Birth Place: | Beatrice, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Beatrice, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Bats: | Left |
| Throws: | Right |
| Debutleague: | MLB |
| Debutdate: | September 7 |
| Debutyear: | 1926 |
| Debutteam: | Chicago White Sox |
| Finalleague: | MLB |
| Finaldate: | September 15 |
| Finalyear: | 1929 |
| Finalteam: | Cincinnati Reds |
| Statleague: | MLB |
| Stat1label: | Batting average |
| Stat1value: | .293 |
| Stat2label: | Home runs |
| Stat2value: | 2 |
| Stat3label: | Runs batted in |
| Stat3value: | 59 |
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Everett Virgil "Pid" Purdy (June 15, 1904 - January 16, 1951) was an American professional athlete who played in both Major League Baseball and the National Football League. He was a native of Beatrice, Nebraska, and attended Beloit College. He was 5inchesft6inchesin (ftin) tall and weighed 150lb.
As a baseball player, Purdy was an outfielder who batted left-handed and threw right-handed. His professional career extended from 1923 through 1938 and much of it was spent in minor league baseball in his native Nebraska, where he toiled in the Class A Western League and the Class D Nebraska State League. He compiled a lifetime minor league batting average of .328 in 1,437 games.[1]
Purdy also saw 181 games of Major League service with the Chicago White Sox (1926) and Cincinnati Reds (1927 - 1929), batting .293 with two home runs and 59 runs batted in.[2]
Meanwhile, he played in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers in 1926 and 1927. At 5' 6", 145 pounds, Purdy is the lightest player to ever throw a touchdown pass in the NFL.[3] He played at the collegiate level at Beloit College.
Purdy died in his hometown of Beatrice at the age of 46.