Clyde Spearman
Appearance
Clyde Spearman | |
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Outfielder | |
Born: Arkadelphia, Arkansas | July 23, 1912|
Died: February 13, 1955 New York City, New York | (aged 42)|
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
Negro league baseball debut | |
1932, for the Pittsburgh Crawfords | |
Last appearance | |
1946, for the New York Black Yankees | |
Teams | |
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Clyde "Big Splo" Spearman (July 23, 1912 – February 13, 1955) was an American baseball outfielder in the Negro leagues. He played from 1932 to 1946 with several teams.[1] Four of his brothers, Charles, Henry, Willie, and Codie, and his nephew Fred also played in the Negro leagues.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
- ^ "Clyde Spearman Seamheads Profile". seamheads.com. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads
Categories:
- Birmingham Black Barons players
- Philadelphia Stars players
- New York Black Yankees players
- Pittsburgh Crawfords players
- New York Cubans players
- Chicago American Giants players
- Baseball players from Arkansas
- People from Arkadelphia, Arkansas
- 1912 births
- 1955 deaths
- 20th-century African-American sportspeople
- Baseball outfielders
- Burials at Long Island National Cemetery
- American baseball outfielder, 1910s birth stubs
- Negro league baseball outfielder stubs