Ernest Johnson/pagetext

From SABR Encyclopedia

Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 1.3 Outside of baseball 2 Sources

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

• Resided in Chicago, Illinois in 1955.
• Self-identified as African-American.
• Single in 1955.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Attended Du Sable High School in Chicago.
• Played basketball in high school.
• Before entering Organized Baseball he played for the famed Kansas City Monarchs.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Served in the U.S. Army for two years.

[edit] Sources

• 1955 Pioneer League Index (Fourth Edition).