Hartog Hamburger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hartog Hamburger

Dutch baseball player

Date of Birth: 20-Mar-1887

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 10-Oct-1924

Profession: baseball player

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Hartog Hamburger (Amsterdam, March 20, 1887 - Amsterdam, October 10, 1924) was a Dutch diamond polisher and baseball player. Hamburger played as an infielder for OVVO in Amsterdam, which belonged to the highest division of Dutch baseball, the Hoofdklasse.
During a game on October 9, 1924 he was hit on the head by a line drive.
He became dizzy but seemed to recover.
However, the next day he died at his home as a result of the impact.
He is thought to be the only European baseball player who died as the result of playing a baseball game.
Hamburger's son, psychiatrist Max Hamburger, was a Jewish resistance fighter and Holocaust survivor.