| LC control no. | n 2001084531 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Howard, Elston, 1929-1980 |
| Variant(s) | Howard, Ellie, 1929- Howard, Elston, b. 1930 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1929-02-23 |
| Death date | 1980-12-14 |
| Place of birth | Saint Louis (Mo.) |
| Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
| Affiliation | New York Yankees (Baseball team) Kansas City Monarchs (Baseball team) Boston Red Sox (Baseball team) |
| Profession or occupation | Baseball players African American baseball players Catchers (Baseball) Baseball coaches Authors |
| Found in | Elston and me, 2001 : CIP t.p. (Elston Howard) galley (Ellie Howard; African American baseball player; has been dead for over twenty years) LC database, July 17, 2001: (hdg.: Howard, Elston, 1930-) Wikipedia, viewed July 1, 2016: cf. Elston Howard (Elston Gene "Ellie" Howard (February 23, 1929 - December 14, 1980) was an American professional baseball catcher, left fielder and coach. During a 14-year baseball career, he played in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball from 1948 through 1968, primarily for the New York Yankees. He also played for the Kansas City Monarchs and the Boston Red Sox. The first African American player on the Yankees roster...Howard was born in St. Louis, Missouri...After staying a week at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York City, Howard died of the heart ailment in 1980.) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elston_Howard> Amazon.com, viewed July 5, 2016: cf. Howard Elston (Catching (Baseball) by Elston Howard (Author). Viking Press, 1966) <https://www.amazon.com/Catching-Baseball-Elston-Howard/dp/0670206792/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1467719658&sr=1-2&keywords=howard+elston> |
| Associated language | eng |
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