Hank Utley

Robert Gerald Utley

• School North Carolina State University
• High School Concord High School
• Born March 24, 1924 in Concord, NC USA
• Died March 19, 2014 in High Point, NC USA

Biographical Information

Hank Utley was an author and historian. A member of the Society for American Baseball Research, Utley possessed a nationally known collection of Hank Greenberg photographs and memorabilia.

He served with the U.S. Army Air Corp during World War II as a 2nd Lieutenant Bombardier. He was also executive director of the Boys Club in the 1970s and 1980s and was at the helm when the institution allowed girls to join.

Books authored

• Independent Carolina Baseball League, 1936-1938, with Scott Verner, 1999
• Outlaw Ballplayers, with Tim Peeler and Aaron Peeler, 2006