Boileryard Clarke
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William Jones "Boileryard" Clarke (October 18, 1868 – July 29, 1959) was an American
Biography
Clarke was born on October 18, 1868, in
During his major league career, he also assisted the Princeton University baseball team as a coach from 1897 to 1901.[2] He returned to Princeton in 1909, approximately four years after his retirement from baseball, and stayed until 1927. He came out of retirement again to be an assistant coach for Princeton in 1934, and in 1936 was named manager of the team, and stayed in the position until 1944, when retired again, this time at the age of 75. His managerial record at Princeton was 564–322–10 and his tenure in athletics there was longer than anybody else's. He also managed minor league teams in Allentown, Pennsylvania; Toledo, Ohio; and the Albany Senators in Albany, New York.[2] Bill Clarke Field, the home of Princeton baseball since 1961, is named in his honor.[4][5]
Clarke died in Princeton, New Jersey, at the age of 90, of complications suffered from a broken hip resulting from a fall.[1][2] He was survived by his wife of 64 years and a granddaughter.[2] He is interred at Druid Ridge Cemetery in Pikesville, Maryland, in the Evergreen Section.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Boileryard Clarke's career statistics". Retrosheet, Inc. Retrieved April 6, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Bill Clarke, 90, Baseball Player - Baltimore Orioles Catcher, 1893-98, Dead - Coached at Princeton 34 Years". The New York Times. July 30, 1959. p. 27. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
- ^ "Boileryard Clarke Minor Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ "Clarke Field". Princeton Tigers. Princeton Athletic Communications. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
- ^ . March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304121046/https://admin.xosn.com/fls/10600/pdf/BASE_Record_Book.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016.
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External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Boileryard Clarke's obit at thedeadballera.com
- Boileryard Clarke at Find a Grave
