Earl Flat Chase

Earl "Flat" Chase (16 August 1910 – 5 May 1954) (The University of Windsor's internet content about the Chatham Coloured All-Stars lists Chase's birth date as 16 August 1913.)

Biography Chase was born in North Buxton, Ontario, to George Chase and Elva Gambril. He had eight siblings. When he moved to Windsor, Ontario, in the 1920s, his home was located across the street from a ballpark where he spent majority of his free time. His nickname is attributed to him having flat feet.

By the age of 15, Chase played on baseball teams through churches such as the Second Baptist Church and the Detroit Church League Champs.

Much like teammate Wilfred "Boomer" Harding, it was said that the one factor that might have kept Chase out of the major leagues in the 1930s was the colour of his skin. He married Julia Ethel Black in 1934. They had four children: Earl Jr., Horace, Marilyn, and Gladys. which was later determined to have been a case of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Chase was inducted to the Chatham Sports Hall of Fame in 2001.

Chase, alongside his Chatham Coloured All-Stars teammates, was awarded the Order of Sport, marking induction into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 2022.