What movie was made depicting the life of the ballplayer nicknamed "Gander"?
Douglas Morrow:  He earned an Academy Award for his script for 1949's "The Stratton Story", a biography of baseball player Monty Stratton, who was disabled in a hunting accident. Monty Stratton: Monty Franklin Pierce Stratton (May 21, 1912 – September 29, 1982), nicknamed "Gander" for a trick pitch he developed), was a Major League Baseball pitcher.
"The Stratton Story"