Homer Davidson
| Position: | Quarterback, Kicker |
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| Date of birth: | October 14, 1884 |
| Place of birth: | Cleveland, Ohio |
| Date of death: | July 26, 1948 (aged 63) |
| Place of death: | Detroit, Michigan |
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| College: | Pennsylvania |
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| Homer Davidson | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 25, 1908, for the Cleveland Naps | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| August 11, 1908, for the Cleveland Naps | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Games Played | 6 | ||
| FLD% | 1.000 | ||
| Runs | 2 | ||
| At Bats | 4 | ||
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Homer Hurd Davidson (October 14, 1884 – July 26, 1948) was a professional Major League Baseball player for the Cleveland Naps (later renamed the Cleveland Indians in 1914). Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he played only 6 games for the Naps during the 1908 season. Davidson was better known as a professional football player. He played in the Ohio League, which was the direct predecessor to the modern National Football League. One veteran Ohio sportswriter once rated Davidson to be the equal of Walter Eckersall, an infamous quarterback from the University of Chicago. He attended college at the University of Pennsylvania and played on the Penn Quakers baseball team.
Davidson began his professional football career in 1905, as the quarterback and kicker for the Shelby Blues. Davidson was considered the greatest professional kicker of his era. He continued to play for the Blues the next season in 1906. However, he was signed to play for Massillon Tigers in the Ohio League championship against the Canton Bulldogs in a two-game series. Massillon would go on to lose the first game of the series, 10–5, but won the second game by a score of 13–6 and clinched the 1906 league championship. However rumors of a betting fix tainted the championship. After the series, Davidson returned Shelby and played there in 1907. He chose to sit out the 1908 season because he was under contract to Cleveland Naps and did not want to risk injury.
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