Rex Dawson

{{short description|American baseball player (1889-1958)}}

{{About|American baseball player|British biochemist|Rex Malcolm Chaplin Dawson}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Rex Dawson

|position=Pitcher

|image=Rex Dawson 1919.jpeg

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1889|2|10}}

|birth_place=Skagit County, Washington

|death_date={{death date and age|1958|10|20|1889|2|10}}

|death_place=Indianapolis, Indiana

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=October 3

|debutyear=1913

|debutteam=Washington Senators

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 3

|finalyear=1913

|finalteam=Washington Senators

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=0–0

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=0.00

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=1

|teams=

• Washington Senators (1913)

}}

Rexford Paul Dawson (born February 10, 1888 – October 20, 1958) was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Washington Senators. He played his only major league game on October 3, 1913. He was born in Mount Vernon, Washington,Rex Dawson | Society for American Baseball Research Retrieved 2018-12-16.{{cite web |url=https://www.diamondsinthedusk.com/uploads/articles/440-DAWSON_Rex.pdf |title=Cups of Coffee: Rex Dawson Rex Dawson |publisher=Diamonds in the Dusk |accessdate=2024-08-06}} and grew up in North Vancouver, British Columbia.[http://www.bclocalnews.com/greater_vancouver/northshoreoutlook/sports/41450577.html North Shore Outlook - Instant Replay: Claiming Blake Hawksworth]{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

His brother Joe also played in the Majors.