Did you know? Nicknamed "Deacon" because of his clerical appearance and demeanor ... was a three-sport star at Dennison University, playing baseball, football and track ... was the coach at Ohio Wesleyan University in 1902, where his star player was Branch Rickey.
Post-game: Coached college baseball, umpired in the minor leagues and in the semi-pro ranks, worked as a machine operator at a paper mill and thereafter for a cash register manufacturing company, rising to the rank of superintendent ... died on March 25, 1951 at age 83.
Sources: Baseball-Reference; SABR Bio; Lee Lowenfish, Branch Rickey: Baseball's Ferocious Gentleman, (University of Nebraska Press, 2009); Dayton Herald, 3/27/1951; Bradenton Herald, 3/26/1951; Dayton Daily News, 8/9/1914; Indianapolis News, 3/24/1902. 3/3/1904, 6/1/1907; Nebraska State Journal, 8/10/1904.
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