Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Postove, Harry  March 1, 1999
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Virgiian-Pilot, March 3, 1999
Harry Postove, 86, lifelong resident of Norfolk, died March 1, 1999.
Harry was a longtime Major League Baseball scout and a beloved figure on the 
Tidewater sports scene since the 1930s. He started his journalistic career in 
the mid 1930s with the old Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch, rising to assistant sports 
editor before joining the Navy at the start of World War II. During his four 
years in the service he played a prominent role in bringing together top major 
league players to form teams at the Naval Base and air Station in Norfolk. With 
players like Pee Wee Reese, Dom DiMaggio, Bob Feller and others, the Navy teams 
consistently beat the existing major league clubs in exhibition games. Over the 
course of the war these teams entertained hundreds of thousands of servicemen 
and civilians.
After the war, he became general manager for a minor league club in Shelby, NC. 
In 1947 he began a long and successful career as a major league scout. He 
scouted for the Chicago Cubs until 1950. He joined the Chicago White Sox in 
1951 and remained with the club until 1967, serving 10 years as East Coast 
supervisor.

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