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Originally Posted by Chickazoola
Leonard (first name unknown) 1892
I've spent a lot of timing trying to track the case of Leonard. He was a Brooklyn semipro. My best guess is he was a man named Dr. Francis Ignatius Leonard of Brooklyn, who was a catcher for the Long Island College Hospital and the Utica semipro club in 1890, the Long Island Athletic club in 1891, had baseball connections and went by moniker of "Doc". There is another well-known player named Michael J. Leonard, who was playing in New Jersey at the time and went on to a minor league career, but he appears to have been playing for another club on game day.
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I just spent a brief bit of time on Doc Leonard to see what was out there, and I found a date of birth (Aug 27, 1869), but not a date of death. Have you found that information? I also found he was married to a well-known vaudeville actress, who had a tobacco card of her own, but I was not able to find when they separated, nor any photo of the two of them.
Would you be willing to share your info?