Editing Moosup, Connecticut (section)

==Notable people==
Moosup is the childhood home of [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) player [[Walt Dropo]] (January 30, 1923 – December 17, 2010).  A "giant of a man," Dropo was affectionately known as "the Moose from Moosup."<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.legacy.com/ns/obituary.aspx?n=walt-dropo&pid=147194286| title = Walt Dropo Obituary {{!}} Walt Dropo Funeral {{!}} Legacy.com| website = [[Legacy.com]]}}</ref>  During a 13-year career in MLB, he played for the [[Boston Red Sox]] (1949–1952), [[Detroit Tigers]] (1952–1954), [[Chicago White Sox]] (1955–1958), [[Cincinnati Redlegs]] (1958–1959) and [[Baltimore Orioles]] (1959-1961). Dropo's parents emigrated from [[Mostar]], [[Yugoslavia]] (now [[Bosnia]] and [[Herzegovina]]), to start a new life. His father, Savo, worked at the local [[textile mill]] while also running their Connecticut family farm. Walt was raised in Moosup, Connecticut, where he played sandlot baseball with his brothers Milton and George, and attended [[Plainfield High School (Connecticut)|Plainfield High School]] in [[Central Village, Connecticut]], before attending the [[University of Connecticut]].