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Marvin Price

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Marvin Price
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Born: (1932-04-05)April 5, 1932
Chicago, Illinois
Died: July 21, 2013(2013-07-21) (aged 81)
Chicago, Illinois
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Marvin D. Price (April 5, 1932 - July 21, 2013) was a Negro league baseball player. He was one of the youngest players in Negro league history, suiting up for the Chicago American Giants at just 14 years old in 1946. He later played for the Cleveland Buckeyes and Newark Eagles from 1949 to 1952.[1]

He later served in the Coast Guard and worked for the United States Postal Service.

He was born in, and died in, Chicago, Illinois. He was nicknamed "Thumper."[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Negro League eMuseum". Archived from the original on 2014-08-27. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
  2. ^ Chicago Sun-Times Archived 2013-09-02 at the Wayback Machine