Charlie Biot
Appearance
Charlie Biot | |
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Outfielder | |
Born: Orange, New Jersey | October 18, 1917|
Died: March 10, 2000 East Orange, New Jersey | (aged 82)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
Negro league baseball debut | |
1939, for the Newark Eagles | |
Last appearance | |
1941, for the Baltimore Elite Giants | |
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Charles Augustus Biot Jr. (October 18, 1917 – March 10, 2000) was an American Negro league outfielder from 1939 to 1941.
A native of Orange, New Jersey, Biot played baseball at East Orange High School,[1] and broke into the Negro leagues in 1939. He played for the Newark Eagles, New York Black Yankees, and Baltimore Elite Giants.[2]
Biot served in the United States Army during World War II, and was assigned to the Harlem Hellfighters, where he captained his division's baseball team.[1] He died in East Orange in 2000 at age 82.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Charlie Biot". njsports.com. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
- ^ "Charlie Biot". seamheads.com. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference and Seamheads
Categories:
- 1917 births
- 2000 deaths
- Baltimore Elite Giants players
- East Orange High School alumni
- New York Black Yankees players
- Newark Eagles players
- Sportspeople from East Orange, New Jersey
- Sportspeople from Orange, New Jersey
- Baseball players from Essex County, New Jersey
- African Americans in World War II
- United States Army personnel of World War II
- Baseball outfielders
- African-American United States Army personnel
- Negro league baseball outfielder stubs