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 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m) tall and weighed 150 pounds (68 kg).

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.

References

  1. ^ "Pid Purdy Minor Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
  2. ^ "Pid Purdy Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
  3. ^ "Player Season Finder". Stathead.com. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pid_Purdy
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