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=== Personal === | === Personal === | ||
* Resided in Wichita, Kansas in 1952. | * Resided in Wichita, Kansas in 1952. | ||
| - | * Self-identified as African-American. | + | * Self-identified as being of African-American ancestry. |
* Was the first African-American to play for the San Francisco Seals. | * Was the first African-American to play for the San Francisco Seals. | ||
* Played with the Kansas City Monarchs for several years. | * Played with the Kansas City Monarchs for several years. | ||
* Hit a home run over the left field fence, the longest blow at Rupert Stadium in 20 years in his first game with Newark in 1949. | * Hit a home run over the left field fence, the longest blow at Rupert Stadium in 20 years in his first game with Newark in 1949. | ||
| - | * Hit three home runs over the center field stands in 1949 and only one person hit one over the barrier in the previous 50 years; two of his blows were between the 420 and 450 foot mark. | + | * Hit three home runs over the center field stands in 1949 and only one person hit one over the barrier in the previous 50 years; two of his blows were between the 420 and 450 foot mark. |
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=== Contract signing === | === Contract signing === | ||
* Was purchased from the Kansas City Monarchs by the New York Yankees. | * Was purchased from the Kansas City Monarchs by the New York Yankees. | ||
