| LC control no. | nr 95007262 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Flood, Curt, 1938-1997 |
| Variant(s) | Flood, Curtis Charles, 1938-1997 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1938-01-18 |
| Death date | 1997-01-20 |
| Place of birth | Houston (Tex.) |
| Place of death | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
| Affiliation | Cincinnati Reds (Baseball team) St. Louis Cardinals (Baseball team) |
| Profession or occupation | Baseball players |
| Found in | Philadelphia National League Club. Records, 1928-1973 (Curt Flood; Curtis Charles Flood; baseball player; b. 1938 at Houston, Tex.; with St. Louis Cardinals, 1958-69; Phila. Phillies, 1969-70; Washington Senators, 1971; in 1969-70 brought anti-trust suit that eventually led to free agency for baseball players) LC database, 2/24/95 (hdg.: Flood, Curt, 1938- ; usage: Curt Flood) Retrosheet, Jan. 15, 2007 (Curt Flood, b. Jan. 18, 1938; d. Jan. 20, 1997) African American National Biography, accessed January 20, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Flood, Curt; baseball player; born 18 January 1938 in Houston, Texas, United States; attended the Herbert Hoover High School in Oakland; signed by the Cincinnati Reds (1956); traded to the St. Louis Cardinals as a centerfielder, a position held for twelve years (1957); key player when the Cardinals won the World Series (1964, 1967); became famous for sueing Bowie K. Kuhn, Commissioner of Baseball, and the American and National Leagues over baseball's reserve clause, preventing individuals from negotiating with teams that desire their services; lost case but generated enormous publicity and discussion about the reserve clause and eventually baseball owners agreed to salary arbitration, the beginning of the end of the reserve clause (1972); died 20 January 1997 in Los Angeles, California, United States) |
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