Al Thake
Baseball Player
1849 – 1872
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Who was Al Thake?
Albert Thake was an English professional baseball player who played left field for the 1872 Brooklyn Atlantics team of the NAPBBP.
Thake died on September 1, 1872, when he drowned off the coast of Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, New York while fishing. Teammate and Manager Bob Ferguson arranged a benefit game that day in his memory. The old Brooklyn Atlantics and Members of the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings played against each other in the game.
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- Born
- Sep 21, 1849
Wymondham - Lived in
- Wymondham
- Died
- Sep 1, 1872
Fort Hamilton
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on July 23, 2013
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