Ed Sherling, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ed Sherling

American football and baseball player

Date of Birth: 18-Jul-1897

Place of Birth: Coalburg, Alabama, Alabama, United States

Date of Death: 16-Nov-1965

Profession: baseball player, American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Edward Creech "Ed" Sherling (July 18, 1897 – November 16, 1965) was a Major League Baseball pinch hitter and pinch runner who played in 1924 with the Philadelphia Athletics.
He batted left and threw right-handed.
He attended college at Auburn University playing for the baseball and the football teams. In December 1921 a fire broke out at the Stabler Hospital in Greenville, Alabama.
Sherling happened to be passing by, and saved several people by carrying them to safety.
Three corpses were pulled from the ruins after the blaze.