Hale Swanson

{{Short description|American basketball and baseball player}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Hale Swanson | image = | image_size = | caption = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 3 | weight_lb = 200 | birth_date = {{birth date|1914|9|6}} | birth_place = La Porte, Indiana, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1990|4|9|1914|9|6}} | death_place = Chicago Heights, Illinois, U.S. | high_school = Bloom (Chicago Heights, Illinois) | college = Illinois (1934–1937) | years1 = 1939 | team1 = Hammond Ciesar All-Americans | career_number = | career_position = Guard / forward | highlights = }} '''Harold Arthur "Hale" Swanson''' (September 6, 1914 – April 9, 1990) was an American professional basketball player as well as minor league baseball player.<ref name=pbs>{{cite web | url=http://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2015/11/hale-swanson.html| title=Hale Swanson| publisher=Blogspot | work=Peach Basket Society | date=13 November 2015| accessdate=November 22, 2016}}</ref><ref name=bbr>{{cite web | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/nbl/players/s/swansha01n.html| title=Harold Swanson NBL stats| publisher=Sports Reference LLC | work=basketball-reference.com | accessdate=November 22, 2016}}</ref><ref name=baseball>{{cite web | url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.cgi?id=swanso002har| title=Harold Swanson minor league stats| publisher=Sports Reference LLC | work=baseball-reference.com | accessdate=November 22, 2016}}</ref> He played in the National Basketball League for the Hammond Ciesar All-Americans in 1939–40 but did not score a point in two career games.<ref name=bbr/> In baseball, he played in the St. Louis Cardinals' farm system for seven different teams between 1937 and 1946.<ref name=baseball/>

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