Ron Hassey

Former UA baseball player Ron Hassey stands at bat during a spring training game against the Cleveland Indians at Hi Corbett Field on March 28, 1989.

Ron Hassey declined scholarship offers from USC and ASU to play for the Wildcats and lead them to their greatest four-year period in history, 1948-52. 


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