Bob Cone
{{short description|American baseball player (1894-1955)}}
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|name=Bob Cone
|position=Pitcher
|image=Bob Cone U of Texax 1915 yearbook.png
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1894|2|27|mf=y}}
|birth_place=Galveston, Texas
|death_date={{death date and age|1955|5|24|1894|2|27}}
|death_place=Galveston, Texas
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=July 25
|debutyear=1915
|debutteam=Philadelphia Athletics
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=July 25
|finalyear=1915
|finalteam=Philadelphia Athletics
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=Win–loss record
|stat1value=0-0
|stat2label=Earned run average
|stat2value=40.50
|stat3label=Strikeouts
|stat3value=0
|teams=
- Philadelphia Athletics (1915)
}}
Robert Earl Cone (February 27, 1894 – May 24, 1955) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher and one of the early urologists in Texas.
Biography
Cone was born in Galveston, Texas, where he attended Ball High School. He played baseball at the University of Texas at Austin from 1912 to 1915. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the {{Baseball year|1915}} season.{{cite web|title=All-time Longhorns in the Major Leagues|url=http://www.texassports.com/sports/2014/3/24/BB_0324141502.aspx?id=506|publisher=University of Texas at Austin|accessdate=June 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701070315/http://www.texassports.com/sports/2014/3/24/BB_0324141502.aspx?id=506|archive-date=July 1, 2016|url-status=dead}}
After his baseball career, Cone attended medical school, graduating from the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in 1919. He became a urologist affiliated with the same institution, establishing urology as a distinct surgical specialty at UTMB and remaining the urology chief until his death.{{cite web|title=History of urology at UTMB Health|url=http://www.utmbhealth.com/oth/Page.asp?PageID=OTH001259|publisher=University of Texas Medical Branch|accessdate=June 8, 2016}} The Texas Urological Society was formed at Cone's home in Galveston.{{cite web|title=TUS history|url=https://www.texasurologist.org/amsimis/TUS/About/History/TUS/About/History.aspx?hkey=bd657118-b367-4a08-be3b-1ac0ff11243b|publisher=Texas Urological Society|accessdate=June 8, 2016}}
Cone married Mallie Parten in 1926. The couple had two children. Cone died in 1955.{{cite news|title=Hall of Honor|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/17304084/|accessdate=June 8, 2016|work=Galveston Daily News|date=October 7, 1984}}
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Category:Major League Baseball pitchers
Category:Philadelphia Athletics players
Category:Baseball players from Galveston, Texas
Category:Texas Longhorns baseball players
Category:University of Texas at Austin alumni
Category:University of Texas Medical Branch alumni
Category:University of Texas Medical Branch faculty
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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