Inglewood Park Cemetery, in Inglewood,California,was founded in 1905. A number of notable people,including entertainment and sports personalities,have been interred or entombed there.
Grover Cleveland Alexander,nicknamed "Old Pete",was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played from 1911 through 1930 for the Philadelphia Phillies,Chicago Cubs,and St. Louis Cardinals. He was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1938.
Charles Herbert Klein,nicknamed the "Hoosier Hammer",was an American professional baseball outfielder. Klein played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies,Chicago Cubs (1934–1936),and Pittsburgh Pirates (1939).
George Edward "Duffy" Lewis was an American professional baseball left fielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox,the New York Yankees,and the Washington Senators from 1910 to 1921.
Harry Danning was an American professional baseball player. He played his entire Major League Baseball career as a catcher for the New York Giants,and was considered to be both an excellent hitter and one of the top defensive catchers of his era. He batted and threw right-handed,and was a member of the National League All-Star team for four consecutive years,1938-41.
Walter George "Jumbo" Brown was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs,Cleveland Indians,New York Yankees,Cincinnati Reds,and New York Giants. His professional career spanned from 1925 to 1941.
Frank Peter Joseph Crosetti was an American baseball shortstop. Nicknamed "The Crow",he spent his entire seventeen-year Major League Baseball playing career with the New York Yankees before becoming a coach with the franchise for an additional twenty seasons. As a player and third base coach for the Yankees,Crosetti was part of seventeen World Championship teams and 23 World Series participants overall (1932–1964),the most of any individual.
This is a list of award winners and league leaders for the Cleveland Guardians of Major League Baseball.
Kenneth Stanley Washington was an American professional football player who was the first African-American to sign a contract with a National Football League (NFL) team in the modern era. He played college football for the UCLA Bruins.
Van Lingle Mungo was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher from 1931 to 1945 for the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants. The five-time All-Star was the National League strikeout leader in 1936. Mungo was a colorful personality known for his off-field antics as well as his erratic fastball.
Frank Andrew McCormick was an American baseball first baseman who played fifteen seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). Nicknamed "Buck" in honor of Frank Buck,he played for the Cincinnati Reds,Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Braves from 1934 to 1948. He batted and threw right-handed and was listed at 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) and 205 pounds (93 kg).
Morris Arnovich nicknamed "Snooker",was an American baseball player. Arnovich played in Major League Baseball between 1936 and 1946 and played in the World Series winning team in 1940 as a part of the Cincinnati Reds. Playing as a line drive hitter,and fielding as an outfielder he began in MLB for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1936 where he played four seasons before joining the Reds for a season. After his time in Cincinnati,he joined the New York Giants for the 1941 season,and again for one game in 1946 after joining the United States Army.
Frank Mills Dobson was an American football,basketball,and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Georgia,Clemson University (1910–1912),the University of Richmond,the University of South Carolina (1918),the University of Maryland (1936–1939),and The Apprentice School (1940–1948),compiling a career record of 137–142–24. Dobson was also the head basketball coach at Clemson (1911–1913) and Richmond and the head baseball coach at Clemson (1911–1913) and Richmond (1915–1933).
Linus Reinhard Frey was an American infielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1933 through 1948 for the Brooklyn Dodgers (1933–1936),Chicago Cubs,Cincinnati Reds,New York Yankees (1947–1948),and New York Giants (1948). He was born in Saint Louis,Missouri,and was listed as 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall and 160 pounds (73 kg).
Henry Edward Leiber was an American professional baseball player. He played as an outfielder in Major League Baseball from 1933 to 1942 with the New York Giants and Chicago Cubs.
The Wisconsin State League was a class D level baseball league that began in 1905,changing its name to the Wisconsin–Illinois League in 1908 and operating through 1914. The league re–organized under that name in 1926. Another Wisconsin State League began in 1940,shut down during World War II from 1943 through 1945,then operated from 1946 through 1953.
Frank Bernard Reiber,nicknamed "Tubby," was an American baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers in 1933,1935 and 1936. He also played 11 years in the minor leagues,including stints with the Evansville Hubs (1930–1931),Beaumont Exporters (1932),Toledo Mud Hens,Montreal Royals,Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–1939),and Portland Beavers (1940–1941).
James Albert Ripple was an American professional baseball player who played as an outfielder in Major League Baseball for seven seasons,from 1936 to 1943. Ripple appeared for the New York Giants (1936–1939),Brooklyn Dodgers (1939–1940),Cincinnati Reds (1940–1941) and Philadelphia Athletics (1943). He had a .282 career batting average,with 28 home runs and 251 RBIs in 554 games played. He played in three World Series,two with the Giants (1936–1937),and one with the Reds in 1940,the last of which won the championship.
Edgar Hughes "Blue" Washington was an American actor and baseball player who played in the Negro leagues from 1915 to 1920 as a pitcher and first baseman.
