Emmett Wilson (baseball)
| Emmett Wilson | |
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| Outfielder | |
| Born: January 10, 1913 Yazoo City, Mississippi, US | |
| Died: February 26, 1991 (aged 78) St. Louis, Missouri, US | |
Batted: Both Threw: Right | |
| Negro league baseball debut | |
| 1936, for the Pittsburgh Crawfords | |
| Last appearance | |
| 1943, for the Memphis Red Sox | |
| Teams | |
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Emmett Dabney Wilson Sr. (January 10, 1913 – February 26, 1991) was an American Negro league outfielder in the 1930s and 1940s.
A native of Yazoo City, Mississippi, Wilson was the brother of fellow Negro leaguer Dan Wilson.[1] 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,[1][2] and served in the United States Army in World War II.[3] Wilson died in St. Louis, Missouri in 1991 at age 78.
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads
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- 1913 births
- 1991 deaths
- Cincinnati/Cleveland Buckeyes players
- Memphis Red Sox players
- Pittsburgh Crawfords players
- United States Army personnel of World War II
- African Americans in World War II
- Baseball outfielders
- People from Yazoo City, Mississippi
- African-American United States Army personnel
- Negro league baseball outfielder stubs