Deaths on May 21

Cot Deal

Died on May 21, 2013

Cot Deal, American baseball player and coach (b. 1923)

Ellis Ferguson "Cot" Deal (January 23, 1923 – May 21, 2013) was a pitcher and coach in Major League Baseball. Listed at 5 ft 10.5 in (1.79 m), 185 lb (84 kg), Deal was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed. A native of Arapaho, Oklahoma, he grew up in Oklahoma City and was nicknamed "Cot" for his cotton-top hair color.

Deal had a career in baseball from 1940 through 1989 and interrupted only by military service during World War II (1943–44). He spent 48 years in baseball as a player (20), manager (5), coach (22) and executive (1).

Deal died on May 21, 2013, in Oklahoma City.

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Deaths on May 21

Cot Deal

Died on May 21, 2013

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