John “Johnny” Leonard Gray (World War II) is a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/southflorida.asp. 

Gray was born in West Palm Beach, Florida in 1926 and was a standout baseball player at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. During World War II he served with the U.S. Army in the Mediterranean Theater. 

He was signed as a pitcher by the New York Yankees in 1950 and played four years in the minor leagues before making his major league debut with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1954. He moved with that squad to Kansas City and also played with the Cleveland Indians and Philadelphia Phillies throughout a four-season major league career. His best game took place on July 30, 1957, when he pitched a three-hit shutout against the Baltimore Orioles at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore.

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