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Vern Law Biography

Vern Law
Vernon Sanders Law (born March 12, 1930 in Meridian, Idaho) is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for 16 seasons (1950-1951 and 1954-1967) for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Law was a member of the National League All Star Team in . He won the Cy Young Award, and led the National League in complete games that year.

His son Vance Law also played in the Major Leagues, primarily as a utility infielder.

Law currently lives in Provo, Utah. He is the pitching coach for Provo High School (PHS) varsity baseball team (PHS is located across the street from BYU where his son is the head coach), and is an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons). During his playing career, Law was tagged with the nickname "Deacon" by Pirate broadcaster Bob PrinceAccording to Vernon Law it was given to him by former Pirate teammate Wally Westlake because he is a member of the ordained priesthood of the LDS Church.

Vernon will be interviewed on the October 13th edition of the Sports Rabbi show on IsraelSportsRadio.com.

Vern Law has been credited with saying, "A winner never quits and a quitter never wins." and "Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards."

Source: Wikipedia Vernon Law page

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