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Fred Vanderploeg 1911 - 1998

Fred Vanderploeg of Grand Rapids, Kent County, MI was born on January 21, 1911, and died at age 87 years old on January 21, 1998.

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In 1911, in the year that Fred Vanderploeg was born, the first Indianapolis 500 was run in May. Ray Harroun was the winner - he was an engineer and had retired from racing but he came back for this race. After the race, he retired for good. The purse was $27,550 - the largest offered up to that time - and Harroun received $10,000 for first place. His average time was 74.602 mph.
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In 1924, Fred was just 13 years old when in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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Vanderploeg, William (May 13, 1915 - Sep 1971) Vanderploeg, Kathleen (Oct 30, 1895 - Jan 1984) Vanderploeg, Cornelius (Feb 26, 1916 - Nov 16, 2000) Vanderploeg, John (Dec 31, 1908 - Mar 1974) Vanderploeg, Dick (Oct 7, 1939 - Aug 1968) Vanderploeg, William (Jul 3, 1892 - Jan 1968) Vanderploeg, Gerard (Oct 31, 1910 - Feb 1961) Vanderploeg, Berend (Jul 19, 1938 - Oct 1968) Vanderploeg, Albert (Jul 8, 1905 - Oct 27, 1989) Vanderploeg, Lucille (Feb 12, 1912 - Nov 11, 1997)
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