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Friday Flakes: Turner Gill Played Some Shortstop for Nebraska and Ernest Schackleton

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Did you know that Turner Gill played baseball at Nebraska? This was news to me. I feel like his might be something that most Nebraska fans already knew but maybe it depends largely on the age demographic.

Turner Gill playing Shortstop for Nebraska pic.twitter.com/gz8ocPXCrq

— Huskers Pictures (@HuskersPictures) March 1, 2023

Turns out he was good enough to play minor league baseball and was drafted twice by MLB teams. From Huskers.com:

Gill was a skilled baseball player who played three years of minor league baseball in the Detroit and Cleveland organizations after his football career at Nebraska.