Rick Reichardt

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Frederic Carl Reichardt (born March 16, 1943) is an American former Major League outfielder for the Los Angeles / California Angels (1964–70), Washington Senators (1970), Chicago White Sox (1971–73) and Kansas City Royals (1973–74). He batted and threw right-handed. Reichardt was a spectacular two-sport star at the University of Wisconsin, twice leading the Big Ten Conference in batting, and starring as a fullback on the 1962 #2 ranked Badgers Rose Bowl team, which was defeated in the 1963 Rose Bowl by #1 ranked USC in the "comeback that never was", where the Badgers scored 23 points in the last 12 minutes, but still lost by 5 points, 42–37. His football playing career never went beyond being selected by the Baltimore Colts in the 17th round (238th overall) of the 1965 NFL draft. His athletic prowess was highly rated by MLB scouts, and when a bidding war ensued for his signing, he received a $200,000 (equivalent to $2,100,000 in 2025) signing bonus from the Los Angeles Angels, a record for that time. It was the bidding war for Reichardt that ultimately led MLB to institute a draft, which started in 1965, with Rick Monday being the first ever #1 overall selection (he was drafted by

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