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1968 MS State University
Robert P Still
I found a Baseball Questionnaire today on Ancestry.com. I got excited because there is a family story that involves a local baseball team but this questionnaire was for the professional teams. So naturally I played with family names. I got a hit, even though I doubt he is of the same line.

Robert Philip Still was born 24 April 1949 in Georgia to Clinton H Still and Louise Cowan Still.

In May 1972, Robert Philip STILL filled out a questionnaire. He played for the Oneonta Yankees, a minor league team of the New York-Penn League.He played Third Base for the Oneonta Tigers.

Still was born in 1949 and lived down Decatur, Georgia. He graduated from DeKalb HS in Decatur in 1967.

That same year then, in 1967, he was drafted out of high school by the Cleveland Indians in the 27th round of the 1967 MLB June Amateur Draft, according to Baseball Reference. Three years later, the Baltimore Orioles drafted him in the 10th round of the 1970 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Mississippi State University, MS. Finally, in 1971 the New York Yankees, in the 9th round of the 1971 MLB June Amateur Draft from Mississippi State University, MS drafted Still.

In May of 1971, when he filled out this questionnaire, he stated he did not have a steady job but rather worked whatever was available in the off season. He was married.His wife's name was Sally but they had no children at that time.

Robert died on 17 March 2004. He is buried in Loganville, Georgia. He was just 54 years old.

References:

  1. Society for American Baseball Research (SABR); San Diego, California; U.S., Baseball Questionnaires, 1945-2005; Box Number: 555707 
  2. "U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; Yearbook Title: Reveille; Year: 1968 
  3. Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
  4. Find A Grave. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74485905
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