Walter Thomas Masters (born March 28, 1907 – July 10, 1992) is a former MLB

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 pitcher

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 and an American football

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 halfback

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 and quarterback

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 in the National Football League

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.

Masters went directly from college to the majors in 1931 but barely pitched in his first season with the Washington Senators

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. He went to the Youngstown Buckeyes the next year and went 11-14 for the Central League

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 team but his 3.12 ERA was second-best among pitchers with 10 or more decisions. He was 3-3 with a 5.49 ERA for the International League

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's Albany Senators

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 in 1933. After two years out of Organized Baseball (during which time he coached the Canadian football

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 team Ottawa Rough Riders

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 and played in the semipro St. Lawrence League) Masters was president, manager and business manager of the Ottawa Senators in the Can-Am League

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 in 1936. He went 11-8 with a 4.40 ERA and played the outfield

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 at times, hitting .270 with 4 homers and 40 RBI. Masters (a Knute Rockne

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 All-American in college) played in the NFL that year as well, appearing for the Philadelphia Eagles

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 as a quarterback.

Masters returned to the majors for limited duty in 1937 and 1939 then went 8-10 in 1940 for the Wilmington Blue Rocks

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 and Portland Beavers

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. Masters then returned to the NFL and played in 1942 for the Chicago Cardinals

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 as a punter-quarterback and in 1943 with the Card-Pitt

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. Overall he did not excel in the NFL, averaging a loss of .6 yards per carry, completing under a third of his passes and throwing five times as many interceptions as touchdowns.

After six years out of Organized Baseball, Masters pitched for the Ottawa Nationals

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and went 11-4 with a 3.22 ERA and won both ends of a doubleheader. Masters finished his baseball career at the age of 40 in that 1947 campaign.

After retirement, Masters did public relations work for a company in Ottawa, ON.