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Eulogio Soto was considered one of the best pitchers for the Chandler softball team called the “Hay Balers” where being left-handed earned him the nickname “Lefty”. He was born in 1924 to José and Guadalupe Soto who settled in Chandler after leaving Sonora, Mexico in 1919. They were the second generation of Soto family members who came to America for an opportunity to work as farm laborers. Lefty’s maternal grandfather, Pedro (“Pete”) Montano was a local blacksmith and his father José worked for the Dobson family farm located on Dobson Road. His maternal grandmother Maria Luisa Bojorquez de Montano was a strong influence in his life after his mother, Guadalupe, passed away in 1930. He was one of three children with a brother, Hector, who died as a baby (1 year old), and a sister, Estella (Soto) Buelna. His grandfather built their home on Hidalgo Street where, over a span of 80 years, several generations of family were raised.
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Biographical Research and Biography Submitted by Diane L. Brown & Mary Polanco-Gerlach
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