# Looking for the name of a couple book series from my long-ago youth.

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**Created:** [December 1, 2019, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-name-of-a-couple-book-series-from-my-long-ago-youth/844225 "2019-12-01T03:47:03Z")\
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My local library had a series about high school baseball players, and about all I can remember is that the catcher was Chet. Bad info, I know.

My high school had a series about two brothers in probably the 1930s, who were a racing team. This is where I learned the name Barney Oldfield, a pioneer in American racing, and who by total coincidence gave my grandmother driving lessons, she said. He was dating a girl in town, and would take locals out for lessons, probably to show what a nice guy he was, IDK.

Any one got some author ideas?

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**Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-name-of-a-couple-book-series-from-my-long-ago-youth/844225/2 "2019-12-01T04:22:29Z")

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> [@Cardinal](#):
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> My local library had a series about high school baseball players, and about all I can remember is that the catcher was Chet. Bad info, I know.

Any possibility you’re thinking of [Chip Hilton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Hilton)? He was a catcher in the earlier books(along with playing basketball and football) before becoming a pitcher.

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**Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-name-of-a-couple-book-series-from-my-long-ago-youth/844225/3 "2019-12-01T11:06:40Z")

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I was thinking it might be [Bronc Burnett](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronc_Burnett).

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**Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-name-of-a-couple-book-series-from-my-long-ago-youth/844225/4 "2019-12-01T15:13:53Z")

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Wow, could be either one. I couldn’t tell at this point.