Carl Zamloch

Carl Eugene Zamloch (October 6, 1889 – August 19, 1963) was an American baseball player, manager, and coach, and magician.

The son of famed magician Anton Zamloch, he performed as a boy in his father's vaudeville magic act.

Zamloch also served as the manager of the Twin Falls Bruins in 1926 and the Oakland Oaks of the Pacific Coast League from 1930 to 1932.

[3] Zamloch began playing professional baseball in 1910, at age 19, as a left fielder for a team in San Leandro, California.

The San Francisco Chronicle in 1919 described him as "a valuable utility man, for he can pitch, play the infield or outfield, and he is a pretty fair hitter.

[14] For several years, he coached Cal through their season which ended in April and then played minor league baseball for the balance of the spring and summer months.

[15] In January 1918, and although his enlistment had been rejected for medial reasons, he received an appointment as an athletic instructor to the Army under the supervision of the Young Men's Christian Association and was initially assigned to Fort Sam Houston in Texas.

[16] He was later appointed as the athletic director at the Presidio of San Francisco, training soldiers in basketball and indoor baseball.

[23][24] In October 1929, Zamloch and two others, A. Robert Miller and Victor Devincenzi, purchased the Oakland Oaks baseball team in the Pacific Coast League from J. Cal Ewing for a price estimated to be close to $500,000.

[25] As part of the acquisition, it was agreed that Zamloch would leave his position with the University of California and take over as the manager of the Oaks.

[3] Zamloch reportedly was also adept at using "a bit of magic" as an ice-breaker in starting discussions with baseball prospects.