Bill Jackman, the Glossary
William "Cannonball" Jackman (October 7, 1897 – September 9, 1972) was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues.[1]
Table of Contents
12 relations: Baseball, Boston Royal Giants, Brooklyn Royal Giants, Carta Valley, Texas, Hank Greenberg, Marion, Massachusetts, Negro league baseball, New York Lincoln Giants, Newark Eagles, Philadelphia Tigers, Pitcher, Pittsburgh Courier.
- Brooklyn Eagles players
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding.
Boston Royal Giants
The Boston Royal Giants were a Negro league baseball team in Boston.
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Brooklyn Royal Giants
The Brooklyn Royal Giants were a professional Negro league baseball team based in Brooklyn, New York.
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Carta Valley, Texas
Carta Valley is a small unincorporated community in southwestern Edwards County, Texas, United States, in the western part of the state.
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Hank Greenberg
Henry Benjamin Greenberg (January 1, 1911 – September 4, 1986), nicknamed "Hammerin' Hank", "Hankus Pankus", and "the Hebrew Hammer", was an American professional baseball player and team executive.
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Marion, Massachusetts
Marion is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.
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Negro league baseball
The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Americans.
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New York Lincoln Giants
The New York Lincoln Giants were a Negro league baseball team based in New York City from 1911 through 1930.
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Newark Eagles
The Newark Eagles were a professional Negro league baseball team which played in the Negro National League from 1936 to 1948.
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Philadelphia Tigers
The Philadelphia Tigers were a Negro league baseball team that played briefly in the 1928 Eastern Colored League (ECL) before the circuit disbanded in early June.
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Pitcher
In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk.
Pittsburgh Courier
The Pittsburgh Courier was an African American weekly newspaper published in Pittsburgh from 1907 until October 22, 1966.
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See also
Brooklyn Eagles players
- Bill Jackman
- Bill Yancey
- Billy Nicholas
- Bubby Sadler
- Bun Hayes
- Carl Howard (baseball)
- Clarence Griffin (baseball)
- Clarence Palm
- Crush Holloway
- Dennis Gilchrist
- Ed Stone (baseball)
- Elbert Williams (baseball)
- Eugene White
- Fats Jenkins
- George Giles (baseball)
- Harry Williams (infielder)
- Javier Pérez (baseball)
- Jim Williams (outfielder, born 1906)
- Jimmy Reese
- Leon Day
- Leon Ruffin
- Newark Eagles all-time roster
- Otis Starks
- Pepper Daniels
- Rap Dixon
- Roy Williams (baseball)
- Ted Radcliffe
- Terris McDuffie
- Tex Burnett
- Willie Ward
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Jackman
Also known as Cannonball Jackman, Jackman, Bill, Will Jackman.