Walter Hamilton Clarkson (November 3, 1878 – October 10, 1946) was a
pitcher
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in
Major League Baseball
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. He played for the
New York Highlanders
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from 1904 to 1907 and the
Cleveland Naps
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from 1907 to 1908.
Clarkson attended
Harvard University
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, where he played
college baseball
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for the Crimson from 1898 to 1903.
He was a younger brother of fellow baseball players
John
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and
Dad Clarkson, as well as of golf and billiards player
T. Henry Clarkson.
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1878 births
1946 deaths
Major League Baseball pitchers
New York Highlanders players
Cleveland Naps players
Jersey City Skeeters players
Army Black Knights baseball coaches
Harvard Crimson baseball players
Baseball players from Cambridge, Massachusetts
Baseball coaches from Massachusetts
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