Clarence Fieber, the oldest player on the Tucson Old Timers baseball team, celebrated his 89th birthday last week. Fieber's favorite position, believe it or not, is catcher and three days a week at Udall Park, he straps on the gear and takes his spot behind home plate.
Clarence has played for the TOTS every year since 1983. Clarence was a dairy farmer back in Wisconsin and started playing baseball in 1931. Fieber adds, "I've always played baseball...never that softball stuff. I grew up on a farm, near a town called Saukville, just outside of Milwaukee. I started playing for the local town team as a teenager and I have played ever since...also played in Australia and New Guinea during World War II."
Clarence shows up for every game in his Chevy pickup. On the back of the pickup is a wooded, black and white dairy cow. In the cab of the pickup, he has a special switch, near the dash... and when he activates it, the horn sounds...and the cow moos, signaling Clarence's arrival at the ball park.
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