Background
Cronin was born in San Francisco in 1898 and worked in the city"s Park and Recreation Department where as a youth he taught baseball to his cousin Joe Cronin of later Boston Red Sox fame.
Cronin was born in San Francisco in 1898 and worked in the city"s Park and Recreation Department where as a youth he taught baseball to his cousin Joe Cronin of later Boston Red Sox fame.
During World War I he served in the United States Army. He died in San Francisco County in 1977.
He was later a member of the California legislature, but resigned from the California State Assembly on January 4, 1942. In 1953-1954, he was a Judge of the California Superior Court and a member of the California Judicial Council.
