Steve Filipowicz
Filipowicz (bottom) with Fordham teammate George Cheverko, circa 1942 | |||||||||||||
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| Position | Back | ||||||||||||
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| Born | June 28, 1921 Donora, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Died | February 21, 1975 (aged 53) Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| College | Fordham | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 1943: 1st round, 6th overall pick | ||||||||||||
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Baseball career | |||||||||||||
| Outfielder | |||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |||||||||||||
| MLB debut | |||||||||||||
| September 3, 1944, for the New York Giants | |||||||||||||
| Last MLB appearance | |||||||||||||
| October 3, 1948, for the Cincinnati Reds | |||||||||||||
| MLB statistics | |||||||||||||
| Batting average | .223 | ||||||||||||
| Home runs | 2 | ||||||||||||
| RBI | 26 | ||||||||||||
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |||||||||||||
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Stephen Charles "Flip" Filipowicz (June 28, 1921 – February 21, 1975) was an American professional football and baseball player. Filipowicz and Olympic great Jim Thorpe share the distinction of being the only two men to have played for the New York Giants of both baseball and football.