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Baseball player
Leamon Walter Johnson (August 5, 1916 – death date unknown) was an
American
baseball
shortstop in the
Negro leagues . He played from 1941 to 1950 with the
Newark Eagles ,
New York Black Yankees ,
Birmingham Black Barons ,
[1]
St. Louis Stars ,
[2]
Harlem Globetrotters ,
[3]
[4]
Memphis Red Sox ,
[1]
Los Angeles White Sox ,
[5]
Detroit Senators
[6] and
Cincinnati Crescents .
[7]
References
^
a
b Riley, James A. (1994).
The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues . New York: Carroll & Graf.
ISBN
0-7867-0959-6 .
^ Journal staff (May 11, 1944).
"Negro Champions Play Tonight at Ball Park" . The Knoxville Journal . p. 10. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
^ Time-News staff (August 8, 1944).
"Record Crowd Seen for Game Globe Trotter-David game" . The Twin Falls Times-News . p. 8. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
^ Tribune staff (June 18, 1950).
"La Crosse All-Stars Squeeze Past Globetrotters, 5-4" . The La Crosse Tribune . p. 18. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
^ Bee staff (May 16, 1946). "Negro ball Clubs Will Perform in Capital Tonight; One Armed Star;
Balanced Team" . The Sacramento Bee . p. 22. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
^ Star staff (June 13, 1947).
"Detroit, Atlanta Nines Play Here Tomorrow" . The Indianapolis Star . p. 29. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
^ Pantagraph staff (June 23, 1948).
"Cincinnati Club Meets Stars Friday Night" . The Bloomington Pantagraph . p. 13. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
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