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David Jerome

David Jerome

David Jerome is a baseball biographer and retired U.S. Army officer, author of "Bill Virdon: A Life in Baseball" and "Preacher Roe: The Life of a Professional Baseball Great from the Ozarks," who appears as a guest expert on the Sports' Forgotten Heroes podcast.

Aug 25, 2026

Sports' Forgotten Heroes

Sports' Forgotten Heroes

171: Preacher Roe - MLB

Aug 25 · 1h 9m

Warren Rogan
Warren RoganHOST
7:56
Well, for listeners who may not know a lot about Creature Row, who was Elwyn Creature Rowan? Why do you believe that his story deserves such recognition today?
David Jerome
David JeromeGUEST
8:14
Well, Preacher was born in Ash Flat, Arkansas on February 26, 1916.
David Jerome
David JeromeGUEST
8:20
And I'm going to talk about the year a little bit more, a little bit later.
David Jerome
David JeromeGUEST
8:26
He was the son of a doctor.
David Jerome
David JeromeGUEST
8:27
And about six months after he was born, they moved over to this little community called Wild Cherry.
David Jerome
David JeromeGUEST
8:37
just to, you know, that's all out northeast of Little Rock, Arkansas, the state capital.
David Jerome
David JeromeGUEST
8:42
And he was there until about 1923.

54 MINS LATER

Harv AronsonADVERTISER
62:33
Fame.

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