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- January 31, 1926 – December 30, 1993
Born Greensboro, North Carolina
Played for the Indian Head Rockets and later for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1954 to 1957, the first African-American to do so.
Died Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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Indian Head Rockets (Baseball)
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- Early 1950's
The Indian Head Rockets engaged young black American players in the early 1950s, as did other western Canadian towns (Medicine Hat, Lethbridge, Regina, Delisle, Brandon, etc) to create a competitive and entertaining league.