Richard Lee Calmus (born January 7, 1944) is a former

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. He attended Webster High School in

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, where he was the '' Tulsa World's'' Oklahoma basketball player of the year in 1962. He played baseball on the same high school team as fellow future major leaguer

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and won two state titles. Signed as a "

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" by the

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(and thus required to stay on the major league roster for his first season), he posted a 3–1 record and 2.66 ERA in 1963 but then developed arm trouble in the minor leagues; later traded to the

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, he never won another game in the majors. He is the uncle of Rocky Calmus, who played in the

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after winning the

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in 2001 as a linebacker for the

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.Austin Murphy
"Big 12 battle: Oklahoma anticipating showdown with Nebraska"
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'', October 20, 2000.

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