Editing Harry Danning (section)

==Early and personal life==
Danning was born in [[Los Angeles]] to [[Jews|Jewish]] parents:<ref name="autogenerated1" /><ref>[[iarchive:ellisislandtoebb00levi/page/120|<!-- quote=harry danning jewish. --> Ellis Island to Ebbets Field: Sport and the American Jewish Experience - Peter Levine - Internet Archive]]</ref> his father, Robert Danning, was a Polish immigrant and owned a used-furniture store; his mother, Jennie Danning (née Goldberg), was a Latvian immigrant.  Danning was one of six children, including three sons; Robert Danning took his sons to see baseball games, including the Pacific Coast League and the Negro league games.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Harry Danning – Society for American Baseball Research|url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/harry-danning/|access-date=December 29, 2020|language=en-US}}</ref> Robert's love of baseball inspired both Harry and his older brother [[Ike Danning]], who played for the [[St. Louis Browns]] in {{baseball year|1928}}.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

Danning attended [[Los Angeles High School]] in Los Angeles.<ref name="autogenerated1" /> His father became ill and Harry started working at 13, including delivering ice.<ref name=":0" /> Danning also worked for a rug salesman after high school.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Slater|first=Robert|title=Great Jews in Sports|publisher=Jonathan David Publishers, Inc|year=2003|isbn=0824604539|location=New York|pages=64}}</ref> By that time, Danning's father had passed away, and the rug store job paid well&nbsp;— $90 a month&nbsp;— helping Danning support his family. He supplemented his income playing semipro baseball on Sundays, for $7.50 a week.<ref name=":0" />