Charles Albert "Chief" Bender

Charles Albert "Chief" Bender is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Carlisle, Cumberland County, dedicated 2003.

Indian Field, Carlisle Barracks, off U.S. 11, Carlisle

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One of baseball's great pitchers. Bender played for the Philadelphia Athletics from 1903-14, helping them to win 5 pennants and 3 world championships. After winning 212 games over 16 seasons and becoming one of the first World Series stars, he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1954. His mother was one-half Chippewa, and he attended Carlisle Indian Industrial School on this site from 1898-1901.

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Historical maps covering this location

1871 · Plate H. South Central Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1889 · Composite: Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1891 · Map of Pennsylvania. 93 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1895 · Route, Gettysburg campaign. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1904 · Carlisle, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Plate H. South Central Pennsylvania, 1871, covering the location of Charles Albert "Chief" Bender, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Plate H. South Central Pennsylvania, 1871, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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