[4] His father, Joseph "Joe" Hooper, was born in Morrell, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

[5] Joe was the fourth child and second boy born to English-born William Hooper, Harry's grandfather, and his Portuguese wife Louisa.

[11] Hooper was a pitcher when he signed with the Oakland Commuters in 1907 to begin his minor league career, but he converted to a position player role.

[17] Though Hooper was a hard competitor on the field, he became known for his likable personality and sense of humor, which contrasted with Speaker's tough exterior.

[15] Boston won the 1912 World Series, during which Hooper made a catch in the decisive 8th game that The Pittsburgh Press referred to as one of the finest plays in baseball history.

The catch robbed Larry Doyle of a home run in a game ultimately won by the Red Sox by a score of 3-2.

"[22] Red Sox pitcher Smokey Joe Wood described the catch as follows: "Larry Doyle hit a terrific drive to deep right center, and Harry ran back at full speed and dove over the railing and into the crowd and in some way, I'll never quite figure out how, he caught the ball — I think with his bare hand.

"[23]On May 30, 1913, Hooper became the first player to hit a home run to lead off both games of a doubleheader, a mark only matched by Rickey Henderson, Brady Anderson, and Ronald Acuña Jr. over 80 years later.

[26] Hooper talked Boston manager Ed Barrow into converting Babe Ruth from a pitcher to an outfielder.

[28] Since 1919, Red Sox owner Harry Frazee had been getting rid of expensive veteran players in what has been called a "fire-sale".

Hooper received a military draft exemption as a farmer in 1917, but his land was mostly maintained by his father or by foremen that he hired.

Over the years, he entered into several business opportunities that lost money, including investments in an insurance agency, in oil drilling, and in juice processing.

[34] Hooper married the former Esther Henchy in 1912 and they had three children, named John, Harry Jr, and Marie.

[20] His son John played minor league baseball under Lefty Gomez in Binghamton, New York.

He elected to leave the university when, in a cost-cutting measure prompted by the Great Depression, the administration proposed that his $5,000 annual salary be reduced by 40 percent.

[40] He remained active in later life, enjoying hunting, fishing and following the San Francisco Giants and the Red Sox.

[41] In the late 1960s and early 1970s, John Hooper spearheaded a letter-writing campaign to get his father inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame via the Veterans Committee.

He had been healthy enough to attend that summer's Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremonies and he had gone duck hunting less than a month before he died.

In 2014, the Capitola History Museum created an exhibit highlighting Hooper's importance in the development of the city.