Friday, August 17, 2018

World War I and MLB-- Part 2: Deaths


The following Major League players died as a result of their military service in World War I:

EDDIE GRANT-- killed in action in France.

TOM BUR--  Died in a plane crash in France during training.

BUN TROY--  Killed in action in France.

RALPH SHARMAN--Drowned during training in Alabama

LARRY CHAPPEL--  Spanish flu

HARRY GLENN--  Spanish flu

NEWT HALLIDAY--Tuberculosis/pneumonia

HARRY CHAPMAN--  Died from wounds in Missouri

These two men from the Negro League also died:

NORMAN TRIPLETT--  disease

PEARL WEBSTER--  influenza

Baseball At War.  --DaCoot

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