Kurt Russell Father Baseball

Kurt played the titular character and bing played his onscreen father vernon presley.

Kurt russell father baseball. It seems that later in life bing just couldnt shake that love of baseball and decided to do something about. Bing russell played baseball for the carrollton hornets in the georgia carolina league and was close friends with new york yankees figures like joe dimaggio and lefty gomez after growing up near st. Bing loved baseball so much he eventually started a minor league team in. Its about bing russell father of kurt russell and his ownership of the minor league ball club the portland mavericks.

This actors obsession with baseball was no surprise to bings son kurt russell also an actor. Kurt russell was introduced to americas pastime by his father. Petersburg florida the home to the yankees spring training complex. He was the father of golden globe award nominated actor kurt russell and grandfather of exmajor league baseball player matt franco.

Kurt played for the mavericks and he was vice. But unlike most other teams his team was not affiliated with a major league team but was an independent that scraped together players rejected by other teams. Neil oliver bing russell may 5 1926 april 8 2003 was an american actor and class a minor league baseball club owner. While the russell family is mostly known for their acting baseball is really the family business that nobody knows about because our other business was sort of out there in the public and seen by a lot more people said kurt russell.

Kurts father bing russell who is perhaps best known for his role as deputy clem foster in bonanza and robert in the magnificent seven also played in the minor leagues playing in 1948 1949 for the carrollton hornets. And it turns out also a ballplayer. Besides acting bing russell. Two family businesses for kurt russell russells father bing russell was an actor too and like kurt bing loved baseball.