Harry Glenn

Who was Harry Glenn?

Harry Melville "Husky" Glenn was a professional baseball player from 1910 to 1918. He played a portion of the 1915 season in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals. He also played eight seasons in the minor leagues including five seasons with the St. Paul Saints from 1914 to 1918.

Glenn was born in Shelburn, Indiana, in 1890. He was drafted to serve in the military in August 1918. He served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps where he began training as an aviation mechanic in St. Paul, Minnesota. He developed pneumonia and died in a St. Paul Hospital in October 1918.

Glenn was one of eight Major League Baseball players known either to have been killed or died from illness while serving in the armed forces during World War I. The others were Alex Burr‚ Harry Chapman, Larry Chappell‚ Eddie Grant‚ Newt Halliday, Ralph Sharman and Bun Troy.