Hanley 'Hank' Slagle

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As good as Slagle was as an Arizona shortstop/catcher — he hit a school-record .506 in 1937 — he was a better coach. The Badgers won 10 championships from 1942-54 and two of his players — Lee Carey and Cliff Myrick — later coached state championship teams themselves.

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