Harold Bell Elliott owdy(July 8, 1890 – February 12, 1934) was a

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who played for the

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and

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in parts of five seasons spanning 1910–1920. Listed at 5' 9", 160 lb., Elliott batted and threw right handed. He was born in

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. Elliott spent 23 years in baseball between 1907 and 1929, which included his five in the majors and 20 in the

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, while losing most of 1918 when he joined the United States Navy during World War I. On February 23, 1920, Elliott married Helena McKerman, a native of

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, in

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. He died at the age of 43 at Harbor Hospital in

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from injuries received in a fall from an apartment house window. The circumstances of his death are still a mystery.

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