Herbert Hoover

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Herbert Clark Hoover

Born August 10, 1874 in West Branch, IA USA
Died October 20, 1964 in New York, NY USA

"I had a better year than he did." - Babe Ruth's famous quote regarding why he was asking for more money in 1931 than President Herbert Hoover earned

Herbert Hoover was a tremendously-famous humanitarian before he became a politician. He was a big baseball fan and threw out the first pitch at the 1929, 1930, and 1931 World Series openers. It is said he played shortstop as a youngster.

He was in the first class at the new Stanford University, graduating in 1895 before the first major leaguer from Stanford, Charlie Swindells, attended there. He was shortstop on the freshman baseball team at Stanford before a finger injury ended his college career.

Babe Ruth was sometimes active in presidential campaigns, and campaigned against Hoover in 1928. In spite of that, he was photographed with Hoover in 1933 after Hoover left office (see below).