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Maximilian Frederick “Max” Nirdlinger

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Maximilian Frederick “Max” Nirdlinger

Birth
Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, USA
Death
2 Mar 1902 (aged 55)
St. Louis City, Missouri, USA
Burial
Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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D, Lot 6
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age 56; cause of death: consumption of the bowels

Clothing Merchant, Baseball Team Owner. Max was the son of Frederick Nirdlinger who owned clothing stores in Fort Wayne starting in the late 1840s, his "Palace of Fashion" was one of largest outlets in Indiana by the 1860s. Max worked as a manager there but his local fame came in assembling and providing Fort Wayne with one of the original National Association of Pro Baseball Players franchises in 1871. Playing against the big city clubs from New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and Boston, the Fort Wayne Kekiongas did not fare that well but they did play the first game in pro history on May 4. Bobby Mathews pitched a 2 to 0 win at Kekionga Ballpark over the Cleveland Forest Citys and Al Pratt. In the 1880s he owned a baseball bat making company in Fort Wayne before he left for Philadelphia and more business ventures. The Nirdlinger family was large (10 children) and his father was a leader in the business community and the Jewish community. (Source: Find A Grave contributor rbdixtour in Dec. 2015)
age 56; cause of death: consumption of the bowels

Clothing Merchant, Baseball Team Owner. Max was the son of Frederick Nirdlinger who owned clothing stores in Fort Wayne starting in the late 1840s, his "Palace of Fashion" was one of largest outlets in Indiana by the 1860s. Max worked as a manager there but his local fame came in assembling and providing Fort Wayne with one of the original National Association of Pro Baseball Players franchises in 1871. Playing against the big city clubs from New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and Boston, the Fort Wayne Kekiongas did not fare that well but they did play the first game in pro history on May 4. Bobby Mathews pitched a 2 to 0 win at Kekionga Ballpark over the Cleveland Forest Citys and Al Pratt. In the 1880s he owned a baseball bat making company in Fort Wayne before he left for Philadelphia and more business ventures. The Nirdlinger family was large (10 children) and his father was a leader in the business community and the Jewish community. (Source: Find A Grave contributor rbdixtour in Dec. 2015)

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