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John Jordan " Buck " O'Neil Jr. (November 13, 1911 – October 6, 2006) was an American first baseman and manager in the Negro American League, mostly with the Kansas City Monarchs. After his playing days, he worked as a scout and became the first African American coach in Major League Baseball. [1]
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- November 13, 1911
1. Mai 2024 · Buck O’Neil (born November 13, 1911, Carrabelle, Florida, U.S.—died October 6, 2006, Kansas City, Missouri) was an American baseball player who was a player and manager in the Negro leagues. O’Neil was raised in Sarasota, Florida, and began playing baseball on a semiprofessional level at age 12.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Few people lived lives as fully devoted to baseball as Buck O'Neil did, and few had the breadth of experience that O'Neil had. He was a player, a manager, the first Black coach in AL/NL history, a scout and, above all, a tireless advocate for the game -- particularly for the importance of Negro Leagues history.
8. Dez. 2021 · Buck O'Neil played in the Negro Leagues and later became one of its greatest ambassadors. He's now been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame class of 2022. Here's reporter Greg Echlin in...
24. Juli 2022 · The founder and chairman of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, O’Neil dedicated the last 16 years of his life keeping Negro Leagues players alive through his gifted storytelling. That all led to Sunday when O’Neil, at long last, was inducted into the Hall of Fame, having been voted in by the Early Baseball Era Committee.
