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Tom Saffell
Thomas Judson Saffell (July 26, 1921 – September 10, 2012) was a Major League outfielder from Etowah, Tennessee.〔''Tom Saffell, http://bioproj.sabr.org., ''The Baseball Biography Project'', 2001, Page 2.〕 ==Early life== Saffell grew up playing sports, especially fast-pitch softball. His team won the state tournament and played in a national tournament in Detroit. After completing high school in 1940, Saffell enrolled at Maryville College, where he injured his knee playing football. Saffell signed as a baseball player in 1941 with the Newport Canners in the Appalachian League, but reinjured his knee and was released. He tried out with the Kingsport Cherokees, but was cut after two weeks because of a sore knee, playing 23 games in all while hitting .231. Saffell returned home and worked for a railroad until serving in World War II. He enlisted with the Army Air Corps in late 1942 and joined them in 1943. Saffell flew 61 missions over Europe in a P-47 Thunderbolt, and was discharged in 1946.
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