Charlie Dexter


Charles Dana Dexter was a Major League Baseball outfielder from to.

Professional Career

An alumnus of the, Dexter played for the Louisville Colonels, Boston Braves, and Chicago Cubs organizations.

Iroquois Theatre Fire

On December 30, 1903 Charlie Dexter and fellow player John Franklin Houseman were in a box watching a show at the Iroquois Theatre in Chicago when the Iroquois Theatre fire broke out; they were credited with breaking down a locked door and rescuing a number of people.

Personal life

In 1934, Dexter shot himself to death in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.