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ROBERT OBOJSKI (1929-2020)Pete Smith passed along the obituary of numismatic author Robert Obojski. Thanks. I found more information on Wikipedia and elsewhere and pieced together this article. Would any of our readers have something to add to this? -Editor Robert Obojski age 91, born Oct 19, 1929, passed away Oct 31, 2020 in Roslyn, NY. Robert Obojski received a Ph.D. from Western Reserve University in 1955, became a college professor of English and went on to write numerous books on baseball, stamp and coin collecting, and memorabilia. Among other things, he was known for his amazing recall of statistics, particularly on baseball.
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Obojski taught at Detroit Institute of Technology (1955–60), Western Kentucky State College (1962–64), Alliance College -Cambridge Springs, PA (1964–66, 1967–69), Edinboro University (1966–67), and Delaware State College (1970–72) Full Professor.
He was an ongoing contributor to Teddy Bear Review as well as publications from Sterling Publishing. He had lived in Port Washington, NY. His books include Bush League: a History of Minor League Baseball (1975), Great Moments of the Playoffs & World Series (1988), and The Rise of Japanese Baseball Power (1975).
Here are some of the coin books written, co-written or edited by Robert Obojski. -Editor
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