Wallace Gordon
| Wallace Clifford Gordon | |
|---|---|
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| Utility player | |
| Born: April 21, 1881 Greenville, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |
| Died: November 5, 1955 Painesville, Ohio, U.S. | |
Batted: Unknown Threw: Right | |
| debut | |
| 1907, for the Cuban Giants | |
| Last appearance | |
| 1915, for the Chicago Black Sox | |
| Teams | |
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Wallace Clifford Gordon (April 21, 1881 - November 5, 1955) was an American Negro leagues utility player for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League.
Sportswriter Harry Daniels named Gordon to his 1909 "All American Team" saying he is "the best man ever to play third base in colored base ball." Daniels added that Gordon was "the peer of base-stealers."[3]
Gordon played for many different teams, and played with some of the top pre-Negro leagues players, such as Dizzy Dismukes, Bingo DeMoss, Oscar Charleston, and Ben Taylor.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Cuban Giants Won Out 5 to 1" Bridgeton Evening News, Bridgeton, New Jersey, Thursday, July 25, 1907, Page 2, Column 6
- 1 2 "A.B.C.'s Trim Gunthers" Indianapolis Freeman, Indianapolis, IN, Saturday, July 17, 1915, Page 4, Column 4
- ↑ "The Base Ball Spirit In The East." Indianapolis Freeman, Indianapolis, Indiana, Saturday, December 25, 1909, Page 7, Columns 1 and 2
External links
[edit]- Negro league and Cuban League statistics and player information from Seamheads.com, or Baseball Reference (Negro leagues)
Categories:
- Negro league baseball managers
- Indianapolis ABCs players
- 1881 births
- 1955 deaths
- People from Greenville, Pennsylvania
- Baseball players from Mercer County, Pennsylvania
- Sportspeople from Painesville, Ohio
- 20th-century African-American sportsmen
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- Baseball players from Lake County, Ohio