Ed Walczak

Edwin Joseph "Husky" Walczak (September 21, 1915 – March 10, 1998) was a Major League Baseball (MLB) player. Born in West Warwick, Rhode Island, he played with the Philadelphia Phillies in September of the 1945 season. He batted and threw right-handed.

After processing out of the Army Air Forces as a sergeant in August 1945, Walczak joined the Phillies and earned a starting role at second base in the final month of the season. September 1945 would be his only month as an MLB player; he spent the remainder of his professional baseball career (1946–50) in the minor leagues.

Walczak died on March 10, 1998, in Norwich, Connecticut, aged 82.