| LC control no. | n 87853417 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Doby, Larry |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1923 |
| Death date | 2003 |
| Place of birth | Camden (S.C.) |
| Place of death | Montclair (N.J.) |
| Affiliation | Cleveland Indians (Baseball team) Chicago White Sox (Baseball team) Detroit Tigers (Baseball team) New Jersey Nets (Basketball team) |
| Profession or occupation | Baseball players Basketball players Coaches (Athletics) |
| Found in | Moore, J.T. Pride against prejudice, c1988: CIP t.p. (Larry Doby) galley (formerly, professional baseball player) African American National Biography, accessed January 14, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Doby, Larry; Lawrence Eugene Doby; Bubba Brooks; baseball player, athletic coach / manager, Hall of Fame athlete; born 1923 in Camden, South Carolina, United States; admitted to Long Island University on a basketball scholarship, transferred to Virginia Union; joined the U.S. Navy (1943); played baseball for the Newark Eagles; the first African American in the American League; had a distinguished thirteen-year career with the Indians and, briefly, the White Sox and Tigers; appointed as manager of the Chicago White Sox (1978); left baseball in 1979; moved into pro basketball, serving as director of community relations for the New Jersey Nets; honored at long last by the Baseball Hall of Fame (1998); died 2003 in Montclair, New Jersey, United States) |
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