Neil Page

Neil Philip Page (an haife shi a ranar 17 ga Janairu 1944) tsohon ɗan wasan ƙwallon baseball ne na ƙasar Ostiraliya. Ya kasance ɗan wasan jefa ƙwallon hannu na hagu, kuma yana bugawa ƙasar Ostiraliya wasa akai-akai daga 1964 zuwa 1977. 

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An haifi Page a Adelaide, ɗan Roy Page, sanannen sanannen ƙwallon baseball na gida. Yayinda yake ƙarami, Page ya girma yana wasa ga kulob din kwallon kwando na Glenelg Tigers da Adelaide Angels, kafin ya sauya, a 1969, zuwa kulob din kwando na Goodwood Indians a Kudancin Australia Baseball League (SABL).  Page ya halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta Adelaide Boys daga Fabrairu 1956 zuwa 1960.

A ranar 1 ga Fabrairu 1966, Page ya zama dan wasan Australiya na zamani na farko da ya sanya hannu kan kwangilar kwararru tare da kungiyar Major League Baseball, Cincinnati Reds. Ya kasance tare da kungiyar har zuwa 16 ga Oktoba 1967, amma an sake shi bayan raunin hannu. Page ya lashe lambar yabo ta Helms a shekarar 1969, wanda aka dauka a matsayin babbar lambar yabo ta Baseball ta Australia; kuma an yi masa hukunci ne bisa ga wasan da 'yan wasa suka yi a gasar National Claxton Shield. Ya kuma lashe lambar yabo ta Capps a shekara ta 1974, don dan wasan "mafi kyau kuma mafi kyau" a lokacin kakar SABL ta yau da kullun (watau ba tare da hada wasannin karshe ba) kamar yadda aka yanke shawarar ta hanyar kuri'un masu yanke hukunci. Page ya buga wa Kudancin Australia a 8 Claxton Shields (1964, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973 & 1974) da kuma Yammacin Australia a 3 ClaxtonShields (1975, 1976 & 1977). A shekara ta 1977, Page ya lashe lambar yabo ta Shugaban kasa, don dan wasa mafi mahimmanci a gasar Baseball ta Yammacin Australia.

A ranar 16 ga Maris 1972, Page ta shiga daya daga cikin manyan wasanni a tarihin kwallon kwando na Australia.  A karkashin fitilu a Norwood Oval, a cikin 1971/72 SABL Grand final tsakanin Goodwood Indians da Port Adelaide Magpies, Page ya buga dukkan innings 19 (21 strikeouts, 9 hits & 1 walk), kawai don rasa wasan 4 - 2.

A cikin littafin, A History of Australian Baseball: Time and Game, an bayyana Page a matsayin "ɗaya daga cikin manyan masu jefa kwallo da Australia ta taba samarwa".[1] A 2000 Millennium Sports Award gane nasarorin da aka samu a wasanni na Australiya, Page ya lashe lambar yabo ta Wasannin Australiya don "shekaru 45 da suka shiga Baseball a matsayin dan wasa da koci, nasarorin mutum da yawa".[undefined] A shekara ta 2005, Page ya kasance mai gabatar da kara a cikin Hall of Fame na Baseball Australia.[2] A 2009 Baseball Australia Diamond Awards, an kira Page a matsayin mai farawa ga ƙungiyar Diamond Anniversary Claxton Shield All Stars ta 75.[3]

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