Sam Bankhead
| Sam Bankhead | |||
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| Infielder / Outfielder | |||
| Born: September 18, 1910 Sulligent, Alabama |
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| 1931, for the Birmingham Black Barons | |||
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| 1951, for the Farnham Pirates | |||
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| Batting average | .289 | ||
| Home runs | 8 | ||
| Runs scored | 231 | ||
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Samuel Howard Bankhead (September 18, 1910 – July 24, 1976) was an American baseball player in the Negro Leagues. He played from 1931 to 1951. He also played for the Dragones de Ciudad Trujillo along with Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson. In 1951, he became the first black coach in Minor League Baseball when he was a player-manager for the Farnham Pirates of the Provincial League.[2][3] He played in several East-West all-star games from 1933 to 1946.[4]
His brother Dan Bankhead played in the Major Leagues.
At age 26, Bankhead married Helen M. Hall on 25 February, 1937 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania.[5] He died in Allegheny in July 1976.[6]
See also
References
- ↑ "Greeley Advertisers Downed by Colored Club; Score 12-1" Negro Star, Wichita, Kansas, Friday, August 10, 1934, Page 3, Columns 1 to 6
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- ↑ http://www.nlbpa.com/the-athletes/bankhead-sammy
- ↑ "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KH6T-46J : accessed 24 Jan 2013), Samuel H Bankhead and Helen M Hall, 1937
- ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JP64-G23 : accessed 24 Jan 2013), Sam Bankhead, July 1976; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing)
External links
- Negro league baseball statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Negro leagues)
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Negro League Baseball Museum
- Mexican League statistics
- Venezuelan Professional Baseball League statistics
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