Morten Clark
| Morten Clark | |||
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| Shortstop | |||
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Born: December 19, 1889 Bristol, Tennessee | |||
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Died: November 17, 1943 (aged 53) Los Angeles, California | |||
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| debut | |||
| 1908, for the Birmingham Giants | |||
| Last appearance | |||
| 1923, for the Baltimore Black Sox | |||
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Morten Avery "Specs" Clark (December 19, 1889 – November 17, 1943) was an African-American baseball Shortstop in the pre-Negro leagues.
He was born December 19, 1889 in Bristol, Tennessee,[2] and played professional baseball for the Birmingham Giants in 1908. He would play a large part of his career for the Indianapolis ABCs.[1]
Clark died in Los Angeles on November 17, 1943 and is buried at the National Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. His World War I draft registration card showed him single, as of 1917.[2]
References
- 1 2 "A.B.C.'s Take Three From the Sprudels" Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, IN, Wednesday, May 19, 1915, Page 10, Column 6
- 1 2 "United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KZ2M-GQQ : accessed 29 Jan 2013), Morten A. Clark
External links
- Negro league and Cuban League statistics and player information from Seamheads.com, or Baseball-Reference (Negro leagues)
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