Ferguson Jenkins\u0027 hometown will honour the baseball Hall of Famer with a statue.
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Chatham-Kent will unveil a 9-foot bronze figure of the 80-year-old former pitcher on June 10, a replica of the statue by sculptor Lou Cella that was unveiled outside Chicago’s Wrigley Field last May.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Ottawa SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
A three-time All-Star, he won 20 or more games each year from 1967-72, was voted the 1971 NL Cy Young Award and in 1991 became the first Canadian inducted into the baseball Hall.REGISTER TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLESAccess articles from across Canada with one accountGet email updates from your favourite authors
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