Hartog Hamburger (

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, March 20, 1887 – Amsterdam, October 10, 1924) was a Dutch

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player. Hamburger played as an

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for OVVO in

, which belonged to the highest division of Dutch baseball, the

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. 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.Interview with Max Hamburger on site SVB
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