James Edward Geygan (June 3, 1903 – March 15, 1966) was an American

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. Born in

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, he played for the

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from 1924 to 1926. He died at age 62 in

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. He managed in the minor leagues from 1936 to 1941, primarily in the

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, with the Sandusky Sailors and Fremont Green Sox.

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