Chick Gandil
Charles Arnold "Chick" Gandil (January 19, 1888 – December 13, 1970) was a professional baseball player. He played for the Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians, and Chicago White Sox of the American League. He is best known as the ringleader of the players involved in the 1919 Black Sox scandal. Described by his contemporaries as a "professional malcontent", he was physically well-built at 6'2" and 195 pounds, and had a mean and callous expression. He used both to display his toughness, and also did not hesitate to use sheer strength to get his point across. This was exemplified in an August 1919 incident when Gandil had to serve a five-game suspension for punching out the home plate umpire over a disputed strike call.
Starting from his early youth, Chick Gandil seemed to be on a collision course with disaster. "There was a bad streak in him that ran from his toes to his crown," military historian, author and Copper League President, Samuel Marshall once said about Gandil.
Read more about Chick Gandil: Early Years, Professional Baseball Career, Black Sox Scandal, After The Scandal and Later Years, 1956 Sports Illustrated Article