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Former SUNY Cortland baseball star passes away

2 weeks ago in Education, Local, Sports

Wallace Field at SUNY Cortland Photo: Saga Communications/Matt Aceto

CORTLAND, NY (607NewsNow) — The SUNY Cortland baseball team is mourning a loss.

Former player Warren “Red” Kilmer passed away on Aug. 21. He was 93.

“We will miss him taking batting practice [at over 90 years old],” the team said on X. “He was the kindest soul.”

The team said Kilmer played the banjo at alumni reunions.

According to SUNY Cortland Athletics, Kilmer had a .425 batting average in the 1955 season. He graduated Cortland in January 1956 and was later inducted into the C-Club Hall of Fame.

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