Chiozza was born on Tuesday, May 11, 1910, in Tallulah, Louisiana. As a youngster, Lou\'s family moved to Memphis, Tennessee where he developed into an all-around athlete engaging in basketball, boxing, track, football and handball, as well as baseball. As a multi-sport star in High School, Lou suffered a serious knee injury playing football and this injury almost ended his career, yet he came back from that injury to become one of the fastest men in professional baseball. Lou attended Christian Brothers High School, as did future major league baseball players and world series participants Phil Gagliano, Tim McCarver, and current Los Angeles Dodger Logan Forsythe. Chiozza retired from the other sports when he signed to play shortstop for the Memphis Chicks in 1931.\n', '

Lou was 23 years old when he was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies at the close of the 1933 season, and alternated between the infield and outfield for them until the close of the 1936 season. In 1935, Lou\'s brother, Dino Chiozza was also drafted by the Phillies and they were one of the first sets of brothers to play on the same team in major league baseball. Another brother, Joe, also played professional baseball but didn\'t make it out of the minor leagues.\n', '

While playing for the Phillies, Chiozza was the first major league player in history to bat in a major league night game. He was the leadoff man for the Phillies when he appeared against the Reds in Cincinnati in the first night game in the majors on May 24, 1935. In attendance at the game was Ford Frick, president of the National League. In the White House, president Franklin D. Roosevelt pressed a button that lit up Crosley Field, where a crowd of 20,422 fans, sizable for a last-place team in the middle of the Great Depression, came out to watch the game. Also in 1935, Lou Chiozza tied an NL record with 11 assists in a 9–1 win over Boston.\n', '

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