Henry "Percy" Dawson served in many roles in professional baseball.
He was a minor league baseball team owner, heading the Richmond Colts and Portsmouth Truckers,[1] and scout for the New York Yankees, signing – among others – pitcher Jim Coates.
While owner of Portsmouth, Dawson was involved in a dispute with the Boston Red Sox over future Hall of Fame third baseman Pie Traynor.
Washington Senators owner Clark Griffith, too, was unhappy, claiming he thought his team would gain access to Traynor.
[3] In July 1934, while business and general manager of the Norfolk Tars, Dawson was arrested, along with team manager Bill Skiff and pitcher Ray White, for striking a police officer and resisting arrest during a squabble over a disputed home run call.