Marv Goodwin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 16-Jan-1891
Place of Birth: Gordonsville, Virginia, United States
Date of Death: 21-Oct-1925
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Marv Goodwin
- Marvin Mardo Goodwin (January 16, 1891 – October 21, 1925), was a professional baseball player who was a pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1916 to 1925.
- He would play for the Washington Senators, St.
- Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds.
- Goodwin was known for throwing the spitball, and he was one of the 17 pitchers allowed to continue throwing the pitch after it was outlawed in 1920.
- Goodwin was a pilot in World War I, and died after the war from injuries sustained in a training flight while a member of the Army Air Service Reserve.
- He is believed to have been the first professional athlete killed as a result of a plane crash.
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