Dick Pooschke

Coach
Admin
Basketball
Baseball

Graduation Year

1967
n/a

Induction Year

2016

High School

Benson Polytechnic High School

High School Honors

3-year Basketball letterman. 3-year Baseball letterman, PIL 1st Team all three years, State 1st Team, Senior; led PIL in home runs and RBIs, batting .426; unanimous MVP and outstanding hitter in 1967 Metro State All-Star Series.

Post-High School Career

48th pick in the 1967 Major League Baseball draft by the Cincinnati Reds. Passed on Baseball Scholarship to OSU to play 3 seasons of Professional Baseball in Iowa and Florida. Career in industrial laundry management.

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