Tuesday, November 20, 2007

LARRY DOBY

Lawrence Eugene ''Larry'' Doby was born on December 13, 1923 and died on June 18, 2003.
Doby was the first African American to play in the American Baseball League.
Doby was signed the Cleveland Indians in 1947, eleven weeks after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers in the National League.

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