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From SABR Encyclopedia

Edward Agoglia was born in Brooklyn, New York on April 6 , 1927 to John and Rose Agoglia. He was the youngest of five children. After a brief US Navy tour of duty late in WW2, Edward returned home to begin his professional baseball career, receiving tryouts with all three New York Major League teams, but eventually signing with the Washington Senators.

Edward played several years in the organization as a catcher, as a member of the Emporia team and the Chattanooga Lookouts in the late forties. He was known for good work behind the plate.

Family obligations brought Ed back home to New York where he began his life-long career as a printer for several of the great New York newspapers. He continued with his love for baseball through most of the 1950's as a player for the New York team of the International Typographical Union, earning an MVP award and championship in the national tourney.

Edward did have a tiny, but public, role in one of the great events of our time, being in charge of composing the front page of the New York Times heralding man's landing on the moon, while also appearing on camera with Walter Cronkite during the report of the landing of Apollo 11.

Upon his retirement in 1998, Ed spent his remaining years on Long island in the company of his wife Joan and near to his family. After a long battle with kidney disease, Edward Agoglia passed on March 26, 2010 at the age of 82, leaving memories of his spirit of optimism and his ever-present smile.