Funk played professional baseball from 1925 to 1941, including four seasons in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees (1929), Detroit Tigers (1930), and Chicago White Sox (1932–1933). His best major league season was 1930 when he appeared in 140 games (124 as Detroit\'s starting center fielder) and had a .275 batting average with 26 doubles, 11 triples, 65 RBIs, and 12 stolen bases.\n', '

During his minor league career, Funk also played for the Oklahoma City Indians (1925-1926), St. Paul Saints (1927-1928), Hollywood Stars (1929), Louisville Colonels (1931-1932), San Francisco Seals (1933-1934), Tulsa Oilers (1935-1936), Salina Millers (1939), and Pueblo Rollers (1941).\n', '

Funk was born on a farm near La Cygne, Kansas, in 1904. He moved to Oklahoma City and attended Oklahoma City Central High School in that city. In high school, he played baseball (as a pitcher and outfielder) and American football (as a quarterback and an all-state halfback) from 1921 to 1923. He then attended the University of Oklahoma for a year, though he did not play football or baseball there due to restrictions on freshman eligibility.\n', '

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