Cyrus Alban Allen (October 2, 1855 – April 21, 1915) was an

American American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, p ...

professional

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ...

player who played

third base A third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in baseball or softball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base — the third of four bases a baserunner must touch in succession to score a run. In the scoring system us ...

in 1879. He played collegiate ball at

Western Reserve University Western may refer to: Places *Western, Nebraska, a village in the US * Western, New York, a town in the US * Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia * Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western world, countries that ...

and later got a dental degree at

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. One of nine colonial colleges, it was chartered in 1755 through the efforts of f ...

References

External links

Baseball players from McHenry County, Illinois Syracuse Stars (NL) players Cleveland Blues (NL) players 19th-century baseball players 19th-century American sportsmen 1855 births 1915 deaths Major League Baseball third basemen Case Western Reserve Spartans baseball players Sportspeople from Woodstock, Illinois Lynn Live Oaks players Buffalo (minor league baseball) players University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine alumni {{US-baseball-third-baseman-stub