Wilfred Henry "Lefty" Lefebvre (November 11, 1915 – January 19, 2007) played professional baseball from 1938 to 1944 as a pitcher

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. After graduating from The College of the Holy Cross

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, he pitched with the Boston Red Sox

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 in 1938 and 1939. After a 4 year absence from the major leagues, Lefebvre played for the Washington Senators

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 in 1943 and 1944. Lefebvre's career earned run average was 5.03.

In his major league debut on June 10, 1938, Lefebvre hit his only home run over Fenway's Green Monster

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From 1949 to 1963, Lefebvre was the head baseball coach at Brown University

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. He also served as a longtime scout for the Red Sox.