Cum Posey of the Homestead Grays
A Biography of the Negro Leagues Owner and Hall of Famer
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2020
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-6394-4 (ISBN)
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-6394-4 (ISBN)
Cumberland Posey's life was an African American success story. In his athletic prime he was regarded as one of the best black baseball players in the East, organizer of a team that was the consensus national black champion for five years running. This book tells his story.
Cumberland Posey began his career in 1911 playing outfield for the Homestead Grays, a local black team in his Pennsylvania hometown. He soon became the squad's driving force as they dominated semi-pro ball in the Pittsburgh area. By the late 1930s the Grays were at the top of the Negro Leagues with nine straight pennant wins.
Posey was also a League officer; he served 13 years as the first black member of the Homestead school board; and he wrote an outspoken sports column for the African American weekly, the Pittsburgh Courier. He was regarded as one of the best black basketball players in the East; he was the organizer of a team that held the consensus national black championship five years running. Ten years after his induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, he became a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame--one of only two athletes to be honored by two pro sports halls.
Cumberland Posey began his career in 1911 playing outfield for the Homestead Grays, a local black team in his Pennsylvania hometown. He soon became the squad's driving force as they dominated semi-pro ball in the Pittsburgh area. By the late 1930s the Grays were at the top of the Negro Leagues with nine straight pennant wins.
Posey was also a League officer; he served 13 years as the first black member of the Homestead school board; and he wrote an outspoken sports column for the African American weekly, the Pittsburgh Courier. He was regarded as one of the best black basketball players in the East; he was the organizer of a team that held the consensus national black championship five years running. Ten years after his induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, he became a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame--one of only two athletes to be honored by two pro sports halls.
SABR member, James E. Overmyer writes and lectures on baseball history, primarily African-American. He lives in Tucson, Arizona.
Table of Contents
Preface
One. A Son of Old Pittsburgh, with a New Idea
Two. Shooting Baskets, Throwing Elbows, Winning It All
Three. “McGraw of the Sandlots”
Four. Posey: “Fans Love a Winner”
Five. Superb Teams, but a Failed League
Six. Who Owns Pittsburgh?
Seven. Posey in Homestead
Eight. The Championship Years
Nine. Executive Decisions
Ten. “Baseball Has Lost Its Greatest Name—Cum Posey!”
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 27.12.2018 |
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Zusatzinfo | 28 photos, notes, bibliography, index |
Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 381 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Sport ► Ballsport ► Basketball | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4766-6394-7 / 1476663947 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4766-6394-4 / 9781476663944 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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