Earl Richardson (baseball)
Appearance
Earl Richardson | |
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Shortstop | |
Born: Montclair, New Jersey | November 22, 1924|
Died: April 9, 2003 Parsippany, New Jersey | (aged 78)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
Negro league baseball debut | |
1943, for the Newark Eagles | |
Last appearance | |
1943, for the Newark Eagles | |
Teams | |
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Earl Allen Richardson (November 22, 1924 – April 9, 2003) was an American baseball shortstop in the Negro leagues.
A native of Montclair, New Jersey, Richardson attended Montclair High School. He played with the Newark Eagles as a teenager in 1943,[1][2] and served in the US Navy during World War II.[3] Richardson died in Parsippany, New Jersey in 2003 at age 78.
References
[edit]- ^ "Earl Richardson Seamheads Profile". seamheads.com. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
- ^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
- ^ "Negro Leaguers Who Served With The Armed Forces in WWII". baseballinwartime.com. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference and Seamheads
Categories:
- 1924 births
- 2003 deaths
- Baseball shortstops
- Newark Eagles players
- Montclair High School (New Jersey) alumni
- Sportspeople from Montclair, New Jersey
- Baseball players from Essex County, New Jersey
- 20th-century African-American sportsmen
- 21st-century African-American sportsmen
- Negro league baseball infielder stubs