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I enjoyed this article greatly -thank you for writing it! I liked Hal Trosky a lot; he was one of those ballplayers who “could’ve been great” if not for health issues he was born with. There is a certain ironic situation of his life, that having grown up on a farm and having to sit out years due to migraines, he was lactose intolerant. Research into this condition didn’t begin until the 1960s, so Hal and many others in his time (and before) suffered while possibly not knowing what caused his headaches.
As you mentioned, Hal grew up in Norway, Iowa, a short drive from where I went to college. Many years later, while on a home-buying search, one of the houses was in Norway. I liked it, as it was a nice town, and I knew that Hal Trosky was from there. However, in the proposed house, the roof over the stairway was too low, and that crack in the wall that went up to the ceiling caused a little too much concern to buy.
Also, as you know, his son, Hal Trosky Jr. briefly played for the White Sox. Unfortunately, he passed away in 2012 in Swisher, Iowa, a short drive from Cedar Rapids.