Editing Dave Bancroft (section)

==Early life==
Bancroft was born on April 20, 1891, in [[Sioux City, Iowa]], the youngest of three children of Ella ([[Name at birth|née]] Gearhart) and Frank Bancroft. Frank worked as a news vendor on the [[Milwaukee Railroad]].<ref name=sabr>{{cite web|first=Trey|last=Strecker |url=http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/8822919c |title=Dave Bancroft |publisher=[[Society for American Baseball Research]]|access-date=April 27, 2012}}</ref><ref name=desmoines>{{cite news|url=http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/19540328/SPORTS11/50623012/Dave-Bancroft-Sioux-City-1954 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130121120231/http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/19540328/SPORTS11/50623012/Dave-Bancroft-Sioux-City-1954 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 21, 2013 |title=Dave Bancroft, Sioux City |first=Bert |last=McGrane |newspaper=The Des Moines Register |date=March 28, 1954 |access-date=October 10, 2012 }}</ref> Bancroft attended Hopkins Grade School and Sioux City High School.<ref name=sabr/>