Bud Chamberlain
Chamberlain, 1942
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| Personal information | |
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| Birth name | Benjamin Francis Chamberlain |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Born | May 24, 1920 |
| Died | August 24, 2012 (aged 92) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Baseball |
| College team | Michigan Wolverines |
Benjamin Francis "Bud" Chamberlain (May 24, 1920 - August 24, 2012) was an American baseball player and realtor. He played baseball for the University of Michigan from 1939 to 1942. He led the Wolverines to consecutive Big Ten Conference baseball championships in 1941 and 1942 and won the Conference batting title in 1942. In 1948, he founded Chamberlain Realtors in Oakland County, Michigan. He was inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 1982.
Chamberlain was born in 1920 in Clarkston, Michigan. He attended Royal Oak High School where he played football, baseball, and basketball. He graduated from there in 1938.
Chamberlain enrolled at the University of Michigan. He was a third baseman for the Michigan Wolverines baseball team from 1938 to 1942. He won the Big Ten Conference batting championship in 1942 with a .352 batting average. Chamberlain's career highlights include the following:
In 1956, Ray Fisher, who had been the head baseball coach at Michigan since 1921, selected Chamberlain as the third baseman on his all-time Michigan baseball team.
Chamberlain was inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 1982. He is one of 15 individuals, along with Jim Abbott, Steve Boros, Barry Larkin, Branch Rickey, and George Sisler, to be inducted into the University's Hall of Honor principally for their contributions to the baseball team. In 1973, the mayor of Royal Oak proclaimed "B.F. Chamberlain Day," and in 1994, the State of Michigan issued a special tribute to him for his active involvement in state and national issues. In 1997 he was also inducted into the Royal Oak High School Hall of Fame.
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