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Rangers to erect statue of Shannon Stone

Published Nov. 28, 2011 11:32 p.m. ET

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The Rangers are erecting a statue of Shannon Stone, the Texas firefighter who died after falling over an outfield railing at a game in July.

The 39-year-old Stone, a Brownwood Fire Department firefighter, had taken his 6-year-old son Cooper to the ballpark in hopes of catching a ball. The Rangers said Monday the life-size statue will be created by sculptor Bruce Greene, who is based in Norse, Texas, and will be placed outside the home plate gate at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.

''Bruce Greene is an accomplished sculptor with roots here in Texas,'' Rangers president Nolan Ryan said. ''He is a most appropriate artist to produce this statue.''

Greene created the Immortal Ten Memorial at Baylor, which honors 10 players, coaches and fans of the school's basketball team who were killed in a 1927 bus crash.

There currently are statues of Ryan and former Arlington Mayor Tom Vandergriff at the ballpark's center field plaza.

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