Billy Conigliaro, Bosox 1st pick, Tony's brother, dies at 73

[ASFN Admin]

Billy Conigliaro, the first-ever Red Sox draft pick who started out in the Boston outfield with star-crossed brother Tony and later spent years taking care of him after a heart attack, died Wednesday. Conigliaro's family told the team he died at home in Beverly, Massachusetts. Conigliaro made his big league debut as a pinch-runner in April 1969, the same month his brother returned from a beaning that quickly derailed his All-Star career.

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