
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, January 27, 1994                   TAG: 9401270234
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: DENVER                                LENGTH: Short

RICKEY AWARD GOES TO PUCKETT

Minnesota Twins outfielder Kirby Puckett received the Branch Rickey Award on Wednesday, and said it meant more to him than anything he had done in baseball because it honored him for community service.

Puckett, who ended the 1993 season with a .296 batting average, led the Twins to World Series championships in 1987 and 1991.

In 1991, Puckett and his wife, Tonya, founded the Kirby Puckett Celebrity Billiards Tournament to benefit the Children's Heart Fund in Minneapolis. The money goes to treat youngsters with heart defects.

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by CNB