Sam Bankhead
American baseball player (1910-1976)
Samuel Howard Bankhead (September 18, 1910, July 24, 1976) was an American professional baseball player in the Negro leagues. He played from 1931 to 1951. He also played for the Dragones de Ciudad Trujillo along with Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson. In 1951, he became the first black coach in Minor League Baseball when he was a player-manager for the Farnham Pirates of the Provincial League. He played in several East-West all-star games from 1933 to 1946.
At age 26, Bankhead married Helen M. Hall on February 25, 1937, in Allegheny, Pennsylvania. He died in Pittsburgh on July 24, 1976.
His brothers Joe, Fred, and Garnett all also played in the Negro leagues, and his brother Dan played Major League Baseball.
01Teams
Complete list:
- Birmingham Black Barons (1929, 1931-1932, 1938)
- Nashville Elite Giants (1930, 1932-1934)
- Louisville Black Caps (1932)
- Kansas City Monarchs (1934)
- Pittsburgh Crawfords (1935-1936, 1938)
- Santo Domingo (1937)
- Memphis Red Sox (1938)
- Toledo Crawfords (1939)
- Homestead Grays (1939, 1942-1950)
- Mexican League (1940-1941)
- Canadian League (1951)
Sources and credits
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