Curtis Henderson (baseball)
Appearance
Curtis Henderson | |
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Shortstop | |
Born: Shreveport, Louisiana | November 12, 1911|
Died: January 12, 1982 New York, New York | (aged 70)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
Negro league baseball debut | |
1936, for the Homestead Grays | |
Last appearance | |
1946, for the New York Black Yankees | |
Stats at Baseball Reference | |
Teams | |
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Curtis Henderson (November 12, 1911 – January 12, 1982) was an American Negro league shortstop in the 1930s and 1940s.
A native of Shreveport, Louisiana, Henderson made his Negro leagues debut in 1936 with the Homestead Grays and Brooklyn Royal Giants. He went on to play with several teams, and was selected to the 1940 East–West All-Star Game. Henderson served in the US Army during World War II,[1] and returned to finish his professional career in 1946 with the New York Black Yankees.[2][3] He died in New York, New York in 1982 at age 70.
References
[edit]- ^ "Negro Leaguers Who Served With The Armed Forces in WWII". baseballinwartime.com. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
- ^ "Curtis Henderson". seamheads.com. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
- ^ "Curtis Henderson". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads
Categories:
- 1911 births
- 1982 deaths
- Brooklyn Royal Giants players
- Chicago American Giants players
- Homestead Grays players
- New York Black Yankees players
- Philadelphia Stars players
- Toledo Crawfords players
- Washington Black Senators players
- 20th-century African-American sportsmen
- United States Army personnel of World War II
- African Americans in World War II
- African-American United States Army personnel
- Burials at Long Island National Cemetery
- Negro league baseball biography stubs