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{{Short description|American baseball player}}
'''Wayne Tennyson Blackburn''' (July 10, 1914 in [[Portsmouth, Ohio|Mount Joy, Ohio]] – February 16, 2000 in [[Portsmouth, Ohio]]) was a [[major league baseball]] coach and minor league [[player-manager]].▼
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▲'''Wayne Tennyson Blackburn''' (July 10, 1914 in [[
Blackburn was an [[infielder]] nineteen years (
Blackburn was briefly a player-manager at the end of the season in 1937 for the [[Peoria Reds]] of the [[Three-I League]]. Blackburn
His [[Kinston Eagles (Coastal Plain League)|Kinston Eagles]] had the best record in the 1952 [[Coastal Plain League (Class D)|Coastal Plain League]], as did the [[Augusta Tigers]] of the [[South Atlantic League (1946–63)|South Atlantic League]] he took over in mid-1958. His teams also lost in the playoffs in 1953 and 1954.
Blackburn scouted for the [[Detroit Tigers]] into at least the mid-1980s.
He married Jeanne Anderson on October 14, 1939.{{cn|date=October 2022}} Together, they had six children: Joan Blackburn, Michael Blackburn, Rebecca Blackburn, Kevin Blackburn, Linda Marie Blackburn, and Timothy Blackburn. He served in the
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| 1951 || [[Owensboro Oilers]] || [[KITTY League]] || 71-48 || 2nd || none || Lost League Finals
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| 1952 || [[Kinston Eagles (Coastal Plain League)|Kinston Eagles]] || [[Coastal Plain League (Class D)|Coastal Plain League]] || 76-47 || 1st || [[Detroit Tigers]] || Lost in 1st round
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| 1953 || [[Wausau Timberjacks]] || [[Wisconsin State League]] || 76-49 || 2nd || [[Detroit Tigers]] || Lost League Finals
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| 1954 || [[Jamestown Falcons]] || [[Pennsylvania–Ontario–New York League|PONY League]] || || || [[Detroit Tigers]] || || replaced [[Danny Litwhiler]]
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| 1956 || [[Jamestown Falcons]] || [[Pennsylvania–Ontario–New York League|PONY League]] || || || [[Detroit Tigers]] || || replaced [[Don Lund]]
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| 1958 || [[Augusta Tigers]] || [[
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| 1965 || [[Montgomery Rebels (baseball team)|Montgomery Rebels]] || [[Southern League (
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| 1966 || [[Montgomery Rebels (baseball team)|Montgomery Rebels]] || [[Southern League (
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==References==
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*{{cite book | author=Gaunt, Robert| title=We Would Have Played Forever: The Story of the Coastal Plain Baseball League | publisher=Baseball America, Inc. | year=1997 | isbn=0-
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*[http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/det/history/coaches.jsp All-time Tiger coaches]
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[[Category:1914 births]]
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[[Category:Minor league baseball managers]]
[[Category:Detroit Tigers coaches]]
[[Category:Detroit Tigers scouts]]
[[Category:Caribbean Series managers]]
[[Category:United States Army non-commissioned officers]]
[[Category:United States Army personnel of World War II]]
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