James Anson "Kid" McLaughlin (April 12, 1888 – July 12, 1934) was a

center fielder A center fielder, abbreviated CF, is the outfielder in baseball who plays defense in center field – the baseball and softball fielding position between left field and right field. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the ...

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (baseball), National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. MLB i ...

. Nicknamed "Sunshine", he played for the

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in 1914."Kid McLaughlin Statistics and History"
''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved February 4, 2012. He was also the head football and baseball coach for

St. Bonaventure University St. Bonaventure University is a private university, private Franciscan university in St. Bonaventure, New York. It has 2,760 undergraduate and graduate students. The Order of Friars Minor, Franciscans established the university in 1858. In ath ...

.The History of St. Bonaventure football
. ''sbu.com''. Retrieved March 22, 2014.

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