Hank Helf, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 26-Aug-1913
Place of Birth: Austin, Texas, United States
Date of Death: 27-Oct-1984
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Hank Helf
- Henry Hartz Helf (August 26, 1913 – October 27, 1984) was an American professional baseball player.
- He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians in 1938 and 1940 and the St.
- Louis Browns in 1946.
- From 1944 to 1945, Helf served in the military during World War II.On August 20, 1938, as part of a publicity stunt by the Come to Cleveland Committee, Helf, along with Indians' catcher, Frankie Pytlak, caught baseballs dropped from Cleveland's 708-foot-tall (216 m) Terminal Tower by Indians' third baseman Ken Keltner.
- The 708-foot (216 m) drop broke the 555-foot, 30-year-old record set by Washington Senator catcher Gabby Street at the Washington Monument.
- The baseballs were estimated to have been traveling at 138 miles per hour when caught.
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