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Monty Stratton was a Major League Baseball pitcher who lost his leg in a hunting accident and made a comeback in the minor leagues. He was the subject of a 1949 film starring Jimmy Stewart and June Allyson.
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The Stratton Story is a 1949 biographical film about Monty Stratton, a Major League Baseball pitcher who lost his leg in a hunting accident. The film stars James Stewart and June Allyson and won the Academy Award for Best Motion Picture Story.
Monty Stratton was a promising pitcher for the Chicago White Sox who lost his leg in a hunting accident and made a remarkable comeback in 1946. He also starred in The Stratton Story, a 1949 film based on his life, with Jimmy Stewart in the lead role.
Monty Stratton, whose attempt to make a baseball comeback after losing a leg inspired a movie, died today at Citizens General Hospital. He was 70 years old and had long been ill with cancer.
Then, on Nov. 28, 1938, Stratton lost his right leg as the result of a horrible hunting accident. Stratton fell while hunting rabbits the day before and a holstered pistol discharged, injuring his leg to the point that it required amputation.
After an accidental shooting ended his major-league pitching career, Monty Stratton made a courageous comeback to professional baseball, inspired an Oscar-winning movie and experienced more personal tragedy.
Monty Stratton was a Texas-born baseball player who pitched for the Chicago White Sox in the 1930s. He made a minor league comeback after losing his leg in a hunting accident, but never returned to the majors.
Learn about the life and career of Monty Stratton, a pitcher for the Chicago White Sox in the 1930s and 1940s. Find out how he started pitching, who he married, and what happened to him after baseball.
Before there was Plaxico Burress, there was Monty Franklin Pierce Stratton (man, people knew how to name their kids back in the day! See: Tenace, Fury Gene ). Once upon a time, Stratton was, seemingly, a young promising pitcher for the Chicago White Sox.