Ted Williams

Ted Williams (1918-2002) was the starting left-fielder for the Boston Red Sox from 1939 to 1960. He had a .344 career batting average and 521 career home runs. He was Rookie of the Year in 1939 and American League MVP in 1946 and 1949, a 17-time All-Star, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1966.

Ted Williams in The Man With the Iron Heart
Ted Williams was one of many celebrities invited by Mothers Against the Madness in Germany to speak at nation-wide anti-war rallies on July 4, 1946. Williams, a World War II veteran himself, sent the group a very angry and obscenity-laced refusal.