Goose Tatum American Athelete

Goose Tatum American Athelete

Goose Tatum African American professional basketball and baseball player; Negro League Baseball player Reece “Goose”[1] Tatum (May 31, 1921 – January 18, 1967) was an African American multi-sport athlete. Born in El Dorado, Arkansas, Tatum played Negro...
Cumberland Posey Baseball Player and Team Owner

Cumberland Posey Baseball Player and Team Owner

Cumberland Posey American basketball player Cumberland Willis Posey, Jr. (June 20, 1890 – March 28, 1946) was an American baseball player, manager, and team owner in the Negro leagues, as well as a professional basketball player and team owner. Posey was the best...
Minnie Minoso Negro Baseball League Player

Minnie Minoso Negro Baseball League Player

Minnie Miñoso Cuban baseball player Orestes “Minnie” Miñoso (born Saturnino Orestes Armas Miñoso Arrieta, /mɪˈnoÊŠsoÊŠ/; Spanish pronunciation: [miˈɲoso], November 29, 1925 – March 1, 2015), nicknamed “The Cuban Comet” and “Mr. White...
Martin Dihigo

Martin Dihigo

Martín Dihigo Cuban baseball player Martín Magdaleno Dihigo Llanos (May 25, 1906[1] – May 20, 1971) was a Cuban player in baseball’s Negro leagues and Latin American leagues who excelled at several positions, primarily as a pitcher and second baseman. He was...