Jackie Robinson

Jackie Robinson

male, deceased (1972)
African Americans' rights activist, baseball player, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, Star, Country star, athletic…Baseballcolorline, Major League Baseball All-Star Game, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, baseball hall of fame, Major League Baseball
Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson became the first African-American professional baseball player of the modern era in 1947. While not the first...
Branch Rickey

Branch Rickey

male, deceased (1965)
pittsburgh pirate, mahatma, Brooklyn Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinal, hispanic, Major league catcher…baseball executive, Baseball manager, Major League Baseball general manager, baseball hall of fame, minor league baseball
Wesley Branch Rickey (December 20 1881 - December 9 1965) was an innovative Major League Baseball executive best known for two things: breaking...
Larry Doby

Larry Doby

male, deceased (2003)
Star, athletic, color barrier, from Chicago, From Cleveland, all-star…baseball hall of fame, Negro League baseball player, baseball, negro league baseball, Major League Baseball
Lawrence Eugene "Larry" Doby was an American professional baseball player in the Negro Leagues and Major League Baseball. A native of Camden, South...
Roy Campanella

Roy Campanella

male, deceased (1993)
Star, athletic, baseball, buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, campy, from New York City…color barrier, Baseballcolorline, baseball player, Negro League baseball player, baseball hall of fame
Roy Campanella, nicknamed "Campy", was an American baseball player - primarily at the position of catcher - in the Negro Leagues and Major League...
Josh Gibson

Josh Gibson

male, deceased (1947)
death by stroke, From Georgia, Negro League baseball player, catcher, African-American, baseball…negro league baseball, baseball hall of fame, Major League Baseball, Baseballcolorline
Joshua Gibson (December 21, 1911 in Buena Vista, Georgia - January 20, 1947 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) was a catcher in baseball's Negro Leagues....
Monte Irvin

Monte Irvin

male, 90 years old
From Manhattan, from Essex County, New Jersey, from New York City, most valuable player, National League, Mexican League…baseball player, Color Line, Baseballcolorline, Major League Baseball, New York Giants baseball player
Montford Merrill "Monte" Irvin (born February 25 1919 in Columbia, Alabama) is a former left fielder and right-handed batter in the Negro Leagues...
Ford Frick

Ford Frick

male, deceased (1978)
Vaudeville performer, sportswriter, baseball hall of fame, depauw university, American, Phi Kappa Psi…Baseball commissioner, Baseballcolorline, color barrier
Ford Christopher Frick (December 19, 1894 - April 8, 1978) was an American sportswriter and executive who served as president of the National...
Pumpsie Green

Pumpsie Green

male, 76 years old
Cornell Green, Elijah Jerry "Pumpsie" Green, Major league infielder, baseball player, infielder, switch-hitter…Baseballcolorline, Major League Baseball
Elijah Jerry "Pumpsie" Green (born October 27, 1933 in Oakland, California) is a former Major League Baseball backup infielder who played with the...
Ray Dandridge

Ray Dandridge

male, deceased (1994)
from Virginia, minor league baseball, baseball hall of fame, Sports Hall of Fame of New Jersey, Negro League baseball player, baseball…negro league baseball, Baseballcolorline, Triple-A baseball
Raymond Emmitt Dandridge (August 31 1913 - February 12 1994) was an American third baseman in baseball's Negro leagues. He was born in Richmond,...

Hank Thompson

male, deceased (1969)
baseball player, Major League Baseball, New York Giants baseball player, Major league outfielder, New York Giants, Negro League baseball player…negro league baseball, Color Line, Baseballcolorline
Henry Curtis Thompson (December 8, 1925 - September 30, 1969), best known as Hank Thompson, was an American player in the Negro Leagues and Major...