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*[http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/betchfr01.shtml Baseball Reference for Frank Bettger's baseball career] |
*[http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/betchfr01.shtml Baseball Reference for Frank Bettger's baseball career] |
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*[http://moddingideas.com/?p=117 How I raised myself from failure to success in selling by Frank Bettger] |
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Franklin Lyle (Frank) Bettger (1888 – 1981) was a salesman and self-help author. He was the father of longtime actor Lyle Bettger. He played Major League baseball with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1910 under the name Frank Betcher.
After his brief baseball career, Bettger returned to his native Philadelphia, where he started collecting accounts for a furniture store on a bike. He then started selling insurance, but was not successful and considered quitting after 10 months. Finally, Bettger succeeded and later became the author of the best-selling books How I Raised Myself from Failure to Success in Selling[1] and How I Multiplied My Income and Happiness in Selling. How I Raised Myself... was translated into over a dozen languages, including Hungarian, Portuguese, French, Danish, German, Polish, Swedish, Spanish, Serbian, Japanese, Dutch, British English, Norwegian, Italian and Finnish.
Bettger also gave a series of lectures to Jaycees organizations nationwide with Dale Carnegie.
Bettger had insurance policies that would have benefited his wife after he died, but he lived into his 90s. As a result, Bettger and his wife outlived their assets. Members of the National Speakers Association contributed to the couple to help them meet financial needs.[2] After Frank died, Mrs. Bettger repaid the money from insurance proceeds. The money was then put into a fund that would be available to others in need – thus providing the original funding for the Professional Speakers Benefit Fund (PSBF). The mission of the PSBF is to help other members who may be indigent, face catastrophic health emergencies or losses, or outlive their assets.
Frank Bettger wrote a last book, entitled "How I learned the secrets of success in selling" in 1960. More of an autobiography, it focus more on his life and the lessons he learned during his short career in baseball. He reflects how these lessons learned at an early age helped to mold him into the success that he was to become.