Charles Magnus Gelbert (January 26, 1906 – January 13, 1967) was a professional baseball

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 player. He played all or part of ten seasons in Major League Baseball

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 for the St. Louis Cardinals

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 (1929–32 and 1935–36), Cincinnati Reds

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 (1937), Detroit Tigers

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 (1937), Washington Senators

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 (1939–40) and Boston Red Sox

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 (1940), primarily as a shortstop

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Gelbert, who was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania

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, attended Wissahickon High School

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 in Ambler, Pennsylvania

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 and Lebanon Valley College

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He was the son of American football player Charlie Gelbert, a College Hall of Fame

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 end for the University of Pennsylvania

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 who later had a brief professional football career with the early athletic clubs.

Charlie began his professional career in 1926 with the minor league

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 Syracuse Stars

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