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A Winner Never Quits is a 1986 television film based on the true story of baseball player Pete Gray, the first one-armed man ever to play major league baseball, hired in 1943 as a "freak attraction" and wartime morale-booster by the Memphis Chicks, Class-A minor league ball club.
Apr 14, 1986 · A Winner Never Quits: Directed by Mel Damski. With Keith Carradine, Mare Winningham, G.W. Bailey, Charles Hallahan. Fact-based story of a young boy who lost his right arm in a childhood accident, but went on to fulfill his dreams of playing major-league baseball.
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- Biography, Drama, Family
- Mel Damski
- 1986-04-14
NR 04/13/1986 (US) Drama , Family , TV Movie 1h 45m. User. Score. What's your Vibe ? Play Trailer. The inspiring story of a true American hero. Overview. Raised in a poor Pennsylvania mining town by his immigrant parents, Pete Grey lost his right arm while still a young boy.
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A Winner Never Quits is a 1986 television film based on the true story of baseball player Pete Gray, the first one-armed man ever to play major league baseball, hired in 1943 as a "freak attraction" and wartime morale-booster by the Memphis Chicks, Class-A minor league ball club. Though a success, Gray maintains a tough, defensive veneer, which ...
Released April 13, 1986. Runtime 1h 45m. Director Mel Damski. Writer Burt Prelutsky. Country United States. Language English. Studio Columbia Pictures Television. Genres Drama, Family. The inspiring story of a true American hero.
Fact-based story of a young boy who lost his right arm in a childhood accident, but went on to fulfill his dreams of playing major-league baseball. Pete Gray had to overcome the early taunts of his childhood playmates. With the support of his Pennsylvania coal mining father and his brother, who dreams of being a boxer, he learns to battle for what he wants. Finally in 1943, he is hired to play for
