Soldier; Minor League Baseball
Fondy served in World War II in the U.S. Army and was among the forces which landed on Utah Beach, in Normandy, in 1944. This was three months after D-Day.
In the spring of 1949, Fondy played for the Fort Worth Cats in the Texas League. He homered off Mort Cooper in an exhibition game against the Chicago Cubs in Fort Worth. After hitting .328 for the Cats in 1948, he was promoted to the Montreal Royals of the International League, in April 1949. He played a total of 16 games with Montreal, 6 with Fort Worth, and 128 with the Mobile Bears of the Southern League, in 1949. He hit .294 with Mobile. In 1950 Fondy hit .297 in 141 games with Fort Worth. He led the Texas League in stolen bases with 38 and played in the league's all-star game.
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