Johnny Reder

Baseball Player

1909 – 1990

 Credit »
57

Who was Johnny Reder?

John Anthony Reder is a former Polish American sportsman who during the 1930s played soccer with the Fall River Marksmen and the New Bedford Whalers and baseball for the Boston Red Sox. As a soccer goalkeeper he won three American Soccer League titles and two National Challenge Cup titles. In 1935, while playing baseball for the Williamsport Grays, he was voted Most Valuable Player of the New York – Penn League. Together with Moe Drabowsky, Nap Kloza and Henry Peploski, Reder is one of only four Major League Baseball players to be born in Poland.

We need you!

Help us build the largest biographies collection on the web!

Born
Sep 24, 1909
Lublin
Nationality
  • Poland
  • United States of America
Profession
Lived in
  • Lublin
Died
Apr 12, 1990
Fall River

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

Citation

Use the citation below to add to a bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"Johnny Reder." Biographies.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 11 Jun 2024. <https://www.biographies.net/people/en/johnny_reder>.

Discuss this Johnny Reder biography with the community:

0 Comments

    Our awesome collection of

    Promoted Bios

    »

    Browse Biographies.net