American baseball player (1910–1976)
Baseball player
Samuel Howard Bankhead (September 18, 1910 – July 24, 1976) was an American baseball player in the Negro leagues . He played from 1931 to 1951. He also played for the Dragones de Ciudad Trujillo along with Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson . In 1951, he became the first black coach in Minor League Baseball when he was a player-manager for the Farnham Pirates of the Provincial League .[ 3] [ 4] East-West all-star games from 1933 to 1946.[ 5]
At age 26, Bankhead married Helen M. Hall on February 25, 1937, in Allegheny, Pennsylvania .[ 6] [ 7]
His brothers Joe , Fred , and Garnett all also played in the Negro leagues, and his brother Dan played Major League Baseball .
Teams
Complete list:[ 8]
Notes
^ On December 16, 2020, Major League Baseball declared the Negro leagues, from the span of 1920–1948, to be a "Major League".[ 1]
References
^ "MLB officially designates the Negro Leagues as 'Major League' . MLB.com . December 16, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2024 .^ " (PDF) . Retrieved Apr 23, 2019 .^ Bjarkman, Peter C. (2005). Diamonds Around The Globe: The Encyclopedia Of International Baseball . Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0313322686 ^ "Sam Bankhead" . Baseball Reference . Baseball-Reference.com . Archived from the original on April 4, 2023. Retrieved 2013-02-12 .^ "Sammy Bankhead" . www.nlbpa.com . Archived from the original on October 20, 2021. Retrieved Apr 23, 2019 .^ "1937SamuelHBankheadMarrCert.pdf" . Google Docs . Retrieved Apr 23, 2019 .^ "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JP64-G23 : accessed 24 January 2013), Sam Bankhead, July 1976; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing)
^ "Negro Leagues Baseball eMuseum: Personal Profiles: Sam Bankhead" . nlbemuseum.com . Retrieved 2024-11-16 .
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