Born in Collinsville, Illinois, Tony Malinosky attended Whittier College, where he played baseball and was a classmate of future US President Richard Nixon.\n', '

The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Malinosky to his first professional contract, and then sold his rights to the Dodgers in 1936.\n', '

During World War II, Malinosky was drafted by the United States Army, with which he saw combat in the Battle of the Bulge.\n', '

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