Eddie Dwight
| Eddie Dwight | |||
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| Utility player | |||
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Born: February 25, 1905 Dalton, Georgia | |||
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Died: November 27, 1975 (aged 70) Kansas City, Kansas | |||
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| debut | |||
| 1925, for the Indianapolis ABCs | |||
| Last appearance | |||
| 1937, for the Kansas City Monarchs | |||
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Edward Joseph "Eddie" Dwight Sr. ( February 25, 1905 - November 27, 1975) was a Utility player in the Negro Leagues. He played mostly for the Kansas City Monarchs.
According to Dwight's wife, in taped interviews by Janet Bruce, Eddie Dwight worked as a bus driver for the Kansas City Monarchs into the team's later years, and continued to appear as a player.[3]
In 1962, Dwight's son Eddie Dwight Jr. became the first black American selected for training as an astronaut by NASA. He would later go on to become a sculptor. Some of his subjects have included Negro League baseball players.
Dwight died at the age of 70 in Kansas City, Kansas.
References
- ↑ "Gilkerson Union Giants Swamp Knights of Columbus Nine 11 to 4" Davenport Democrat and Leader, Davenport, IA, Monday Evening, June 21, 1926, Page 7, Columns 1 and 2
- ↑ "Greeley Advertisers Downed by Colored Club; Score 12-1" Negro Star, Wichita, Kansas, Friday, August 10, 1934, Page 3, Columns 1 to 6
- ↑ "Inventory of Janet Bruce Negro Leagues Interviews"
External links
- Negro league baseball statistics and player information from Seamheads.com, or Baseball-Reference (Negro leagues)
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