Jan 6, 2010

Tackle without a Team | About the Author

Matthew F. Christopher was born August 16, 1917, in Bath, Pennsylvania, the first-born of nine children of Fred Christopher, an Italian immigrant, and Mary Vass Christopher, a Hungarian immigrant. At the age of seven, his family moved to Upstate New York where in 1935 Christopher graduated from Ludlowville High School. Christopher played sports, especially baseball, at an early age. His athletic career continued through high school and culminated when he played professionally in the Canadian-American Baseball League for a short two months, before being released for inconsistency in...