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Thorpe, Francis

Date of Birth:  2/7/1876 Place of Birth:  Marshalltown, IA Date of Death:  9/21/1957 Place of Death:  Benton Harbor, MI Year Position Team 1912 MGR. HOD 1913 MGR. HOD 1914 MGR. HOD 1915 MGR. HOD 1916 MGR. HOD 1917 MGR. HOD 1918 MGR. HOD 1919 MGR. HOD 1920 MGR. HOD 1921 MGR. HOD 1922 MGR. HOD 1923 MGR. HOD 1924 MGR. HOD 1925 MGR. HOD 1926 MGR. HOD 1927 MGR. HOD 1928 1B HOD 1928 MGR. HOD 1929 MGR. COD 1930 MGR. COD 1931 MGR. COD 1932 MGR. COD 1933 MGR. COD 1934 MGR. COD Notes Died of Gallbladder ailment due to diabetes Lost leg from diabetes in 1952 Arrived 12/7/1904 From Marshalltown IA Created Michigan Midgets in 1928, lasted until 1929 Started team around 1912 and managed until 8/2/1934 Attended Lombard College in Galesburg, IL, with Carl Sandburg Played football in college Started in colony as proof reader and moved up to Colony Secretary and "Pillar"