Cuban baseball player
In this
Spanish name, the first or paternal
surname is
Varona and the second or maternal family name is
Fleitas.
Baseball player
Orlando Clemente Varona Fleitas (December 8, 1925 – March 2, 1977) was a Cuban shortstop for the Negro league Memphis Red Sox from 1948 to 1950.
A native of Havana, Cuba, Varona was selected to represent Memphis in the annual East–West All-Star Game in 1949.[1] He died in New York, New York in 1977 at age 51.
References
- ^ Lester, Larry (2001). Black Baseball's National Showcase: The East-West All-Star Game, 1933-1953. University of Nebraska Press. p. 436. ISBN 9780803280007.
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