Clarence Dickson "Lefty" Russell (July 8, 1890 – January 22, 1962) was an American professional baseball player who played three seasons for the

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from through . He was on Athletics teams that won two World Series in

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and

1911 A notable ongoing event was the Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions, race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory ...

, although according to the 1912 Reach guide he was "no use at all, owing to a bad arm" in 1911. He was born in

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, Maryland and died there at the age of 71.

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