Birmingham native Virgil Trucks (1919- ) poses at his home in Calera, Shelby County, in

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Virgil Trucks

Birmingham native Virgil Trucks (1919- ) poses at his home in Calera, Shelby County, in May 2007. Trucks was a successful major league pitcher during the 1940s and 1950s.