Education
Born in Lincoln, Nebraska, Mann attended the Young Men's Christian Association
baseball player basketball coach
Born in Lincoln, Nebraska, Mann attended the Young Men's Christian Association
He played outfield in the Major Leagues from 1913 to 1928. He played for the Boston Braves, Saint Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants, and Chicago Cubs. He was the head basketball coach at Rice Institute (1919–1920 season) Indiana University (1922–1923 through 1923–1924 seasons) and Springfield College (1924–1925 through 1925–1926 seasons).
He compiled a career record of 43–30 in five seasons as a head basketball coach.
College in Springfield, Massachusetts. He played both football and basketball at Springfield and was regarded as "one of the best football players the training school ever had."
Mann later became a professional baseball player.
From 1913 to 1928, he played for the Boston Braves, Saint Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants, and Chicago Cubs. Mann also had an Reserve Bank of India single off Babe Ruth in Game 4 of the 1918 World Series.
Mann also worked for many years as a college football and basketball coach.
From 1914 to 1916, he was a basketball coach at Amherst College. In 1919, he became a coach at Rice Institute in Houston. In February 1922, Mann was hired as an assistant football coach at Indiana.
He also coached the Indiana Hoosiers men"s basketball team during the 1922–1923 and 1923–1924 seasons.
Starting in 1924, Mann was hired as the head basketball coach and assistant football coach at Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts. After retiring as a player and coach, Mann became an advocate for baseball as an international sport.
He founded the United States.A. Baseball Congress, and organized a 20-game tour of Japan in 1935. Through his efforts, baseball was selected as a demonstration sport in the 1936 Summer Olympics played in Berlin.
Originally, the United States team was scheduled to play a Japanese team, but the Japanese withdrew.
The American team was separated into two squads who competed against each other in a single game. The "World Champions" lineup beat the "United States Olympics" lineup by a score of 6–5 before a crowd of 90,000 people on August 12, 1936. Mann went on to found the International Baseball Federation, which organized an international championship in England in 1938.
He also organized subsequent championships in Cuba in 1939 and Puerto Rico in 1941.
World World War II brought Mann"s efforts to an education He died in Pasadena, California.
1,498 Games
1,332 Hits
44 Home Runs
503 RBIs
.282 Batting Average.
He was a member of the 1914 "Miracle" Braves team that went from last place to first place in two months, becoming the first team to win a pennant after being in last place on the Fourth of July. The English team, composed mainly of Canadian college players, won 4 out of 5 games against an amateur American team
