Hank Foiles Jr. made only one all-star game appearance during his 11-year career as a major league catcher.
But Foiles never lamented that he missed out on a return to the Midsummer Classic.
“It’s something everybody wants, but few attain,” Foiles once told The Virginian-Pilot. “For one game, I was in the company of the greats. That’s good enough for me.”
Foiles, a legendary athlete at Granby High in Norfolk before embarking on a major league career that took him to seven teams, died May 21. He was 94.