Tony DePhillips
Anthony Andrew DePhillips was a Major League Baseball catcher with the Cincinnati Reds. He played for one season in 1943.Biography
DePhillips was born in New York, New York and attended Fordham University. For his career, he compiled a.100 batting average in 20 at-bats, with two runs batted in.
In the late 1950s and early 1960s he served as the physical education teacher at the Henley School in Jamaica Estates, New York.
He also founded a sporting goods store—De Phillips Sports—in Flushing NY, which is still in business and can be found at 33-05 Francis Lewis Blvd, Bayside Queens.
In 1978, he was inducted into the Fordham University Hall of Fame. He died on May 5, 1994 in Port Jefferson, New York at the age of 81.
