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Charles August "Swede" Risberg (October 13, 1894 – October 13, 1975) was a Major League Baseball shortstop. He played for the Chicago White Sox from 1917 to 1920 and is best known for his involvement in the 1919 Black Sox scandal.
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Jan 4, 2012 · A light-hitting, rifle-armed shortstop who played a key role in baseball’s biggest scandal, Swede Risberg was a rising young player in the American League when he was banned from the game at age 25.
Jan 11, 2021 · Charles “Swede” Risberg was an up and coming shortstop with the Chicago White Sox when he was one of eight players found to have conspired with gamblers to intentionally throw the 1919...
Jul 24, 2016 · Swede Risberg is one of eight members of the 1919 Chicago White Sox who were banned from baseball in 1921 for their role in a conspiracy to throw the 1919 World Series. Risberg, born in San Francisco, CA of Scandinavian parents, had little formal education.
Oct 16, 1975 · Charles (Swede) Risberg, one of eight baseball players barred for life in the 1919 Chicago “Black Sex” scandal, died at a convalescent home in Red Bluff, Calif., on Monday, his 81st birthday.
Swede Risberg Bio. Fullname: Charles August Risberg; Born: 10/13/1894 in San Francisco, CA; Debut: 4/11/1917; Died: 10/13/1975
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