Cadwallader "Cad" Coles (January 17, 1886 – June 30, 1942) was an American

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who played for the

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of the

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in . Coles was the first player sold from one Federal League team to another, having been sent from the

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to Kansas City before the start of the 1914 season. Coles grew up on a

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in South Carolina and attended

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where he played for Clemson's baseball team. He left his

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career to work on ships and spent years as a

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for the P & O Steamship Company before dying of a

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at his

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home in 1942 at the age of 56.

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1886 births 1942 deaths Major League Baseball outfielders Kansas City Packers players 20th-century American sportsmen Baseball players from York County, South Carolina Clemson Tigers baseball players Spartanburg Spartans players Augusta Tourists players Augusta Orphans players Binghamton Bingoes players Elmira Colonels players Baltimore Orioles (International League) players New Haven White Wings players Scranton Miners players Sportspeople from Rock Hill, South Carolina {{US-baseball-outfielder-1880s-stub