Edward Victor Cicotte (1884 - 1969)

Born 19 Jun 1884 in Springwells, Wayne, Michigan, United States

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Died 5 May 1969 at age 84 in Livonia, Wayne, Michigan, United States

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Biography

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Eddie was born in Springwells, Michigan on June 19, 1884, the son of Alva Cicotte and Archange Drouillard. He passed away on May 5, 1969 in Livonia, Michigan.

Edward Victor Cicotte ( June 19, 1884 – May 5, 1969), nicknamed "Knuckles", was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Tigers, Red Sox and White Sox. He's best known for his time with Chicago. He was one of eight players permanently ineligible for professional baseball for his alleged participation in the Black Sox scandal in the 1919 World Series, in which the favored White Sox lost to the Cincinnati Reds in eight games. The "fixing" of the 1919 World Series is the only recognized gambling scandal to tarnish a World Series.

Cicotte was the son of Ambrose Cicotte (1843–1894) and Archange Mary Drouillard (1843–1909), both of mainly French-Canadian extraction. His father's early death is said to have pushed Cicotte to excel and be very protective of his family. He married Rose Ellen Freer (1885–1958), daughter of Russell John Freer (1852–1932) and Annie Cecile Thornton (1863–1928), both of whom would later live with the Cicottes. They had two daughters, Rose (1906–1975) and Virginia (1916–1992), and one son, Edward Jr. (1919–1992).

Sources

• Wikipedia ; Eddie Cicotte : LINK

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4M-S9T : accessed 8 January 2019), Edward Cicotte, Detroit Ward 18, Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing ED 570, sheet 1A, line 33, family 11, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 817; FHL microfilm 1,820,817.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7S4-JYG : accessed 8 January 2019), Edward V Cicotte, Detroit (Districts 0501-0750), Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 619, sheet 8A, line 1, family 1, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1057; FHL microfilm 2,340,792.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHM3-WKR : 15 March 2018), Edward Cicotte, Tract 806, Ecorse, Ecorse Township, Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 82-51, sheet 14A, line 3, family 274, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1827.

• Find A Grave ; Eddie Cicotte : LINK