Doc Wallace

Wallace was born in Church Hill, Maryland to William David Wallace and Lyda Potts Wallace. He was educated in Chestertown, Maryland at a middle and upper school which eventually became Washington College. After graduating from Washington College in 1917, he joined the US Army, eventually becoming a sergeant with the 836 Aero Squadron. During his one year of active duty, until the end of WWI, he implemented an intramural sport program to heighten morale between platoons. He was awarded a medal by Queen Mary in Westminster Cathedral for these actions and said years later, "It was the longest mile I’ve ever walked."\n', '

After the war, he was recruited by the Philadelphia Phillies and played one season as shortstop. From 1920-1924 he managed minor league baseball teams until becoming Director of Athletics at The St. Luke\'s School for Boys for boys in Wayne, Pennsylvania, a Philadelphia…