Harold Philip "Steve" Partenheimer (August 30, 1891 – June 16, 1971) was an American baseball player and rubber industry executive and innovator.
He later spent more than 50 years working in the rubber industry and was credited with developing a "run flat" tire used on American military vehicles.
[3] On June 20, 1913, Frank Navin, owner of the Detroit Tigers, announced that he had signed Amherst third baseman Partenheimer who would report shortly for a tryout.
[6][7] Partenheimer also remained active in baseball, having affiliations with Mansfield Little League, the Gordon Drug Aces, the Akron Jays, Sohio Athletic Club and the Killian Celtics.
[6] He was buried at Green River Cemetery in Greenfield, Massachusetts,[1] and was posthumously inducted into the Greater Akron Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991.