Cum Posey of the Homestead Grays : a biography of the Negro League's owner and hall of famer / James E. Overmyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Overmyer, James, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Posey, Cum, 1890-1946.

Posey, Cum.

Homestead Grays (Baseball team)--History.

Homestead Grays (Baseball team).

Baseball players--United States--Biography.

Baseball players.

Baseball team owners--United States--Biography.

Baseball team owners.

Negro leagues--History.

Negro leagues.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2020]

Summary:

""Cumberland Posey began his career in 1911 playing outfield for the Homestead Grays, a local black team in his Pennsylvania hometown. He soon became the squad's driving force as they dominated semi-pro ball in the Pittsburgh area. By the late 1930s the Grays were at the top of the Negro Leagues with nine straight pennant wins. Posey was also a League officer; he served 13 years as the first black member of the Homestead school board; and he wrote an outspoken sports column for the African American weekly newspaper, the Pittsburgh Courier. He was also regarded as one of the best black basketball players in the East, organizer of a team that held the consensus national black championship five years running. Ten years after his induction into the baseball Hall of Fame, he became a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame-one of only two athletes to be honored by two pro sports halls."-Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4766-3484-X

9781476634845