Hippo Galloway | |
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Outfielder / Second baseman | |
Born: William Hipple Galloway March 24, 1882 Buffalo, New York, U.S. | |
Died: February 17, 1943 Buffalo, New York, U.S. | (aged 60)|
Batted: Right Threw: Left | |
Negro league baseball debut | |
1900, for the Cuban X-Giants | |
Last appearance | |
1900, for the Cuban X-Giants | |
Teams | |
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Member of the Canadian | |
Baseball Hall of Fame | |
Induction | 2021 |
William Hipple Galloway (March 24, 1882 – February 17, 1943), [1] nicknamed "Hippo", was an American-Canadian professional baseball player. Born in Buffalo, New York, Galloway grew up in Dunnville, Ontario, and is considered "the first black Canadian to play organized baseball." [1]
Galloway grew up playing both baseball and ice hockey. In 1899, he played hockey for the Woodstock, Ontario, club in the Central Ontario Hockey Association, where he was known as a "cool and collected" player on the ice. [2] In the summer of 1899, he played minor league baseball for the Woodstock Bains of the Canadian League, [3] but was dismissed from the club when a white player objected to his presence. Galloway was the last black player in Canadian organized baseball until Jackie Robinson in 1946. [4] [5] Following his dismissal, Galloway left Canada to join the Cuban X-Giants of the Negro leagues for the 1900 season. [6]