John Paul Pryor was an American professional baseball umpire who worked in the National League from 1961 to 1981.
15 Facts About Paul Pryor
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Paul Pryor umpired 3,094 major league games in his 21-year career.
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Paul Pryor umpired in three World Series, four League Championship Series and three All-Star Games.
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Paul Pryor was a minor league baseball pitcher from 1945 to 1948 in the St Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Athletics and Brooklyn Dodgers organizations.
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Not long after graduating from High Point College, Paul Pryor came to Denton, North Carolina as a high school football and baseball coach.
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Paul Pryor umpired in the Winter Leagues in Puerto Rico for two seasons early in his major league career.
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Paul Pryor later moved to Racine, Wisconsin in order to be able to commute between Chicago and Milwaukee when he was assigned to work Cubs and Braves games.
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Paul Pryor took offseason teaching and coaching positions at St Lucy's Parochial School and Dominican College respectively.
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Mr Paul Pryor was a gym teacher at Roosevelt Elementary School in Racine.
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Paul Pryor was promoted to the major leagues in September 1961.
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Paul Pryor suffered broken teeth in 1965 when a Willie Stargell foul ball smashed into his mask.
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Paul Pryor retired from umpiring in 1981 after struggling with foot problems.
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Paul Pryor recorded only thirty ejections in 21 seasons in the majors, including a stretch of nearly five years without an ejection.
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Paul Pryor worked in sales for Schaeffer Beer, Strohs Beer.
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Paul Pryor maintained his teaching and coaching position in Wisconsin during the baseball offseasons, with an arrangement to leave that job early for the start of the major league season.