About Walter Schlichter
Lived 1866 – 1944 (aged 77). Walter Schlichter was an American boxing referee, journalist and sports journalist.
Henry Walter "Slick" Schlichter (March 1, 1866 – January 15, 1944) was an American sports executive, sportswriter, and boxing referee.
Career Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Schlichter wrote for the Philadelphia Item, a daily newspaper. Along with National Baseball Hall of Famer Sol White and Philadelphia Tribune baseball writer Harry A. Smith, Schlichter co-founded the Philadelphia Giants Negro league baseball team. He owned the Giants until he disbanded the team in 1911. He also co-founded an early all-black baseball league, the National Association of Colored Baseball Clubs of the United States and Cuba, and served as its president from 1906 to 1909.
Schlichter worked as a boxing referee from 1893 to 1910. He appears as the referee in Thomas Eakins' 1898 painting Taking the Count.
He died on January 15, 1945, and was interred at West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.
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Who was Walter Schlichter?
American baseball executive (1866–1944)
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Walter Schlichter was born on 1 March 1866 in Philadelphia.
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Walter Schlichter died on 15 January 1944.
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Walter Schlichter was a boxing referee, journalist and sports journalist.
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Walter Schlichter was American.
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