Adoption and Foster Care Biographies - Biography of Adoptee Jim Palmer

Biography of Jim Palmer

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Identity:
Adoptee, athlete, sportscaster

Born:
October 15, 1945 - New York

Bio:
Palmer was adopted when two days old by a wealthy New York manufacturer, who also adopted an older girl. His adoptive father died when he was nine. His mother and he then moved to California and she married actor Max Palmer and he had an otherwise happy and privileged childhood.

He played baseball from 1965 to 1984, pitching 53 shutouts with a 2.83 ERA, and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. After retiring from playing baseball he became a sports commentator and also models clothing, plays golf and gardens. He is also National Sports Chairman for the US Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

He has no interest in tracing his birth family.

Elsewhere on the Web:

Jim Palmer - National Baseball Hall of Fame
Jim Palmer - from the Baseball Page

Source: Roger Fenton's database of Famous Adoptees, Foster Children and Others. Used by permission.

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