death_date death_place years_active birth_place image_size nationality name birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name occupation
15 july 1987 dallas , texas 1920s - 1950s waco , texas 275px belgian , irish lee ballanfant 27 december 1895 viola darwin lee ballanfant.jpg lee ballanfant
 edward lee ballanfant umpire
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edward lee ballanfant -lrb- december 27 , 1895 - july 15 , 1987 -rrb- was an umpire in major league baseball -lrb- mlb -rrb- .
he was a player-manager in minor league baseball before his mlb umpiring career .
as an umpire , he worked four world series and four all-star games .
after his umpiring days , ballanfant spent many years as a major league scout .
