James Hunter Lane (July 20, 1900 – September 12, 1994) was a

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. He played for the

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in 1924."Hunter Lane Statistics and History"
''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved February 22, 2011. He also played

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as an end for the

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team. He was known by the nickname "Dodo" Lane while playing for Tennessee.The Volunteer (UT yearbook), 1921, p. 136.

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