Emmett Wilson (baseball)

Emmett Wilson
Emmett Wilson
	Outfielder
	Born: January 10, 1913; Yazoo City, Mississippi
	Died: February 26, 1991 (aged 78); St. Louis, Missouri
	Batted: Both Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
	1936, for the Pittsburgh Crawfords
Last appearance
	1943, for the Memphis Red Sox
Teams
	Pittsburgh Crawfords (1936–1938); Cincinnati Buckeyes (1942); Memphis Red Sox (1943);

Emmett Dabney Wilson Sr. (January 10, 1913 – February 26, 1991) was an American Negro league outfielder in the 1930s and 1940s.^[1]

A native of Yazoo City, Mississippi, Wilson was the brother of fellow Negro leaguer Dan Wilson.^[2] Older brother Emmett made his Negro leagues debut for the Pittsburgh Crawfords in 1936, and played for Pittsburgh through 1938. He went on to play for the Cincinnati Buckeyes and Memphis Red Sox,^[2]^[3] and served in the United States Army in World War II.^[4] Wilson died in St. Louis, Missouri in 1991 at age 78.^[5]

References

^ "Emmett Dabney Wilson Sr. (1913-1991) - Find A". Find a Grave.
^ ^a ^b "Emmett Wilson". seamheads.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
^ "Emmett Wilson". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
^ "Negro Leaguers Who Served With The Armed Forces in WWII". baseballinwartime.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
^ "Emmett Dabney Wilson Sr". findagrave.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.

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