death_date death_place birth_place name birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name occupation alma_mater
february 7 , 1981 seminole , florida three rivers , michigan clarence eldridge june 24 , 1888 bertha bratzel clarence eldridge.jpg clarence eldridge
 clarence ernest eldridge umpire , advertising executive university of michigan
clarence eldridge

clarence ernest eldridge -lrb- june 24 , 1888 -- february 7 , 1981 -rrb- was a major league baseball umpire in the american league and an advertising executive .
eldridge was a newspaper writer in college , acquiring the nickname `` dope . ''
he practiced law before beginning his career in baseball umpiring .
eldridge umpired his first major league game on june 24 , , his only game in 1914 .
he returned the following year to umpire five games .
all six of his career major league games umpired were at first base .
following his umpiring career , he worked as an advertising manager for the reo motor car company , a vice president of young & rubicam , vice president in charge of marketing for general foods , and executive vice president of the campbell soup company .
he was inducted into the american advertising federation hall of fame .
