{{Short description|American baseball player (1869–1961)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Harry Colliflower |image= |position=Pitcher |bats=Left |throws=Left |birth_date={{birth date|1869|3|11}} |birth_place=Petersville, Maryland, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1961|8|14|1869|3|11}} |death_place=Washington, D.C., U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=July 21 |debutyear=1899 |debutteam=Cleveland Spiders |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=October 12 |finalyear=1899 |finalteam=Cleveland Spiders |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Win–loss record |stat1value=1–11 |stat2label=Earned run average |stat2value=8.17 |stat3label=Strikeouts |stat3value=8 |teams= * Cleveland Spiders ({{mlby|1899}}) }}
'''James Harry Colliflower''' (March 11, 1869 – August 14, 1961),<ref name="baseref">{{cite web | url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/colliha01.shtml | title = Harry Colliflower Statistics – Baseballreference.com}}</ref> nicknamed "Collie", was an American Major League Baseball player during the 1899 season. As a 30-year-old rookie southpaw pitcher for the Cleveland Spiders, Colliflower won his debut game on July 21 giving up only 3 runs on 6 hits in a 5–3 victory against his hometown Washington Senators in the first half of a double header.<ref name="Schuler">{{cite web | url=https://rsparlourtricks.blogspot.com/2006/03/harry-colliflower-and-1899-cleveland.html | title =Harry Colliflower and the 1899 Cleveland Spiders}}</ref> Colliflower then lost his next 11 decisions, compiling an 8.17 earned run average, and a .303 batting average as a substitute outfielder.<ref name="baseref"/>
In 1905, he coached Georgetown University's baseball team before becoming a minor league umpire for a couple of seasons.<ref name="Schuler"/> He umpired in the American League during the 1910 season.<ref name="Ump Almanac">{{cite web | url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/umpires/umpires-ad.shtml | title = Major League Umpire Rosters (A - D)}}</ref><ref name="Ump Roster">{{cite web | url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/umpires/all_time_roster.jsp#C | title = Major League Umpires All-time Roster}}</ref> Colliflower umpired in the Southern League in 1911, and the Departmental League in Washington D.C. in 1912.<ref name="Schuler" /> After retiring from umpiring Colliflower worked as a clerk for his nephew's fuel and oil company.<ref name="Schuler" />
==Family== Colliflower's nephew, James E. Colliflower, earned a bachelor's degree and three law degrees from Georgetown.<ref name="Head Coaches">{{cite web | url=http://www.hoyabasketball.com/coaches/bb-coach.htm | title=Georgetown Basketball History: Head Coaches | access-date=2011-11-02 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170527235527/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/coaches/bb-coach.htm | archive-date=2017-05-27 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Player Directory">{{cite web | url=http://www.hoyabasketball.com/players/alltime-c.htm#jamescolliflower | title=Georgetown Basketball History: Player Directory | access-date=2011-11-02 | archive-date=2012-04-03 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403123449/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/players/alltime-c.htm#jamescolliflower | url-status=dead }}</ref> He is enshrined in the Georgetown Athletics Hall of Fame as a coach<ref name="Athletic Hall of Fame">{{cite web | url=http://guhoyas.cstv.com/hallfame/gu-hallfame-list.html | title = Georgetown University: Athletic Hall of Fame}}</ref> of the varsity men's basketball squad from 1911 to 1914 and 1921–1922.<ref name="Head Coaches"/><ref name="Player Directory"/> James' brother George was also a college basketball coach, for George Washington University.<ref>{{cite news|title=Brothers to see their teams play |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/79872868/?terms=%22George%2BColliflower%22%2Blaw%2Bschool |newspaper=The Washington Times |date= January 3, 1917|page=10|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = June 24, 2017}} {{Open access}}</ref>
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==External links== {{Baseballstats|br=c/colliha01|brm=collif001har|retro=C/Pcollh101}} *[https://rsparlourtricks.blogspot.com/2006/03/harry-colliflower-and-1899-cleveland.html Harry Colliflower and the 1899 Cleveland Spiders]
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