Nat Trammell | |
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First baseman | |
Born: Key West, Florida, U.S. | August 8, 1903|
Died:
c. March 1973 (aged 69) Queens, New York, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
Negro league baseball debut | |
1930, for the Birmingham Black Barons | |
Last appearance | |
1930, for the Birmingham Black Barons | |
Teams | |
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Nathaniel Elmer Trammell (August 8, 1903 – March, 1973) was an American Negro league first baseman and sports journalist.
A native of Key West, Florida, Trammell attended Cookman Institute and Clark College. [1] He spent one season in the Negro leagues, playing for the Birmingham Black Barons in 1930. [2]
Trammell went on to become the editor of Colored Baseball & Sports Monthly, a "well-edited" periodical that "not only carried current baseball and sports information, but also tried to document the history of black sports." [3] His 1934 article "Will Colored Players enter the Major Leagues?" was an early plea advocating for the abolishment of baseball's color line. [4]
Trammell died in Queens, New York in 1973 at age 69.
Nat Trammell | |
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First baseman | |
Born: Key West, Florida, U.S. | August 8, 1903|
Died:
c. March 1973 (aged 69) Queens, New York, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
Negro league baseball debut | |
1930, for the Birmingham Black Barons | |
Last appearance | |
1930, for the Birmingham Black Barons | |
Teams | |
|
Nathaniel Elmer Trammell (August 8, 1903 – March, 1973) was an American Negro league first baseman and sports journalist.
A native of Key West, Florida, Trammell attended Cookman Institute and Clark College. [1] He spent one season in the Negro leagues, playing for the Birmingham Black Barons in 1930. [2]
Trammell went on to become the editor of Colored Baseball & Sports Monthly, a "well-edited" periodical that "not only carried current baseball and sports information, but also tried to document the history of black sports." [3] His 1934 article "Will Colored Players enter the Major Leagues?" was an early plea advocating for the abolishment of baseball's color line. [4]
Trammell died in Queens, New York in 1973 at age 69.