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Henry Seymour Courtney (born November 19, 1898 – December 11, 1954), was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from – for the Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox. He also played for the Washington Senators of the American Professional Football Association in 1921. That season signed with the football Senators for their November 20 against a team from Clarksburg, West Virginia. However Clark Griffith, the owner of the baseball Senators, found out about his Courtney moonlighting as a football player. Griffith ordered Courtney to stop playing football or risk finding himself without a job in baseball. Courtney gave up his football career and continued to focus only on baseball. He was born in Asheville, North Carolina and died in Lyme, Connecticut. ==External links== * * GRIFF ORDERS COURTNEY TO CUT OUT FOOTBALL. (1921, November 27). The Washington Post (1877–1954),p. 22. Retrieved October 28, 2007, from ProQuest Historical Newspapers The Washington Post (1877–1991) database. (Document ID: 284298722). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Harry Courtney」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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