Born in Austin, Texas in 1899, standing six feet in height, Bibb
August Falk was a classic stereo type of a tall Texan; a man who
brimmed with confidence and played the game of baseball with a
swagger. He played three years of varsity football and baseball at
the University of Texas before being signed by Chicago White Sox
following graduation in 1920. Falk reported to the White Sox that
summer without ever having played one game in the minor leagues.
Little did he know that in just a couple of months after arriving
on the south side of Chicago, he as an untested rookie, would be
called upon to confront the daunting challenge of replacing the
legendary Shoeless Joe Jackson in the White Sox lineup when he was
banned from organized ball for complicity in the scandal
surrounding the 1919 World Series. Retiring from major league
baseball after a brilliant playing career following the 1931
season, Falk returned to the University of Texas in 1940 as head
baseball coach and proceeded to become a Longhorn legend. During
his twenty-five year stint as head coach, Falk's teams won two
National Championships, fifteen Southwest Conference titles and
four co-championships. When Bibb Falk died at the age of 90 in June
1989 he was the last surviving member of the 1920 Chicago White
Sox.
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