Goose Curry
From The Right Wiki
Jump to navigationJump to search
Goose Curry | |
---|---|
File:Goose Curry.jpg | |
Outfielder | |
Born: Mexia, Texas, U.S. | May 19, 1905|
Died: March 30, 1974 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. | (aged 68)|
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
Negro league baseball debut | |
1928, for the Cleveland Tigers | |
Last appearance | |
1947, for the Philadelphia Stars | |
Teams | |
|
Homer Curry (May 19, 1905 – March 30, 1974), nicknamed "Goose", was an American Negro league outfielder and manager from the 1920s to the 1940s. A native of Mexia, Texas, Curry made his Negro leagues debut in 1928 with the Cleveland Tigers. He went on to have a 20-year Negro league playing career,[1] and also managed the Memphis Red Sox and Philadelphia Stars.[2] Curry died in Memphis, Tennessee in 1974 at age 68.
References
- ↑ "Goose Curry". seamheads.com. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
- ↑ "Goose Curry Manager Page". seamheads.com. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
External links
- Career statistics from MLB, or Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads
- Goose Curry managerial career statistics at Baseball-Reference.com
Categories:
- 1905 births
- 1974 deaths
- Baltimore Elite Giants players
- Cleveland Tigers (baseball) players
- Indianapolis Athletics players
- Kansas City Monarchs players
- Memphis Red Sox players
- Monroe Monarchs players
- Nashville Elite Giants players
- Negro league baseball managers
- New York Black Yankees players
- Philadelphia Stars players
- Washington Elite Giants players
- Baseball outfielders
- Baseball players from Limestone County, Texas
- People from Mexia, Texas
- 20th-century African-American sportsmen