Professional Baseball Player. Born in Bristol, Connecticut, he played Major League baseball for 10 seasons and was known as Larry. He was considered an excellent fielder with a weak bat and mostly played at shortstop, but also played several games at second base and third base. Kopf began playing professional baseball in the minor leagues in 1910 with Akron while attending Fordham University in New York. He played under an alias as Fred Brady so he could continue playing college baseball. In 1911, he played with minor league teams at New Haven and Fall River. After being released by San Antonio in 1912, he signed on to play with Toledo and finally broke into the Majors with Cleveland in 1913. Kopf was signed by the Philadelphia Athletics in 1914 and his contract was purchased by the Cincinnati Reds in 1916. One of his greatest moments as a baseball player came on May 2, 1917 when he broke up Jim Vaughn's no-hitter in the 10th inning of a game against the Cubs and scored the winning run on a base hit by Jim Thorpe. After the United States entered World War I, Kopf applied unsuccessfully for the Aviation Service and wound up working in a munitions factory for a short while to support the war effort missing the entire 1918 season. Determined to be accepted into the military, he passed an entrance examination for an officer's candidate school but the war ended before he received a commission in the U.S. Army and he returned to baseball. His best season came the following year as the starting shortstop for the Reds when he hit .270 and played in the famous 1919 World Series. He played in every game during the series and hit a two run triple in Game Two and had the game winning RBI in Game Four. In 1921, he ventured into business and was the owner of several gas stations. He finished his baseball career with the Boston Braves in 1922 and 1923 and retired to devote his time to business. He continued to play baseball with semi-pro teams and, in 1927, played professional ball again with Indianapolis in the minor leagues. He played in a total of 853 Major League baseball games, collected 750 hits, hit 5 homeruns, and carried a lifetime batting average of .249. Kopf was elected to the Reds Hall of Fame in 1965 and lived the rest of his life in the Cincinnati area. He died in Anderson Township.