Sam Bankhead

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Sam Bankhead
Infielder / Outfielder
Born: (1910-09-18)September 18, 1910 Sulligent, Alabama
Died: July 24, 1976(1976-07-24) (aged 65) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
Professional debut
1931 for the Birmingham Black Barons
Last professional appearance
1951 for the Farnham Pirates
Negro league statistics
Batting average	.289
Home runs	8
Runs scored	231
Teams
Birmingham Black Barons (1931–1932) Louisville Black Caps (1932) Nashville Elite Giants (1932–1934) Kansas City Monarchs (1934)^[1] Pittsburgh Crawfords (1935–1938) Homestead Grays (1939, 1942–1948) Monterrey Industriales (1940–1941) Farnham Pirates (1951)
Career highlights and awards
7× All-Star

Samuel Howard Bankhead (September 18, 1910 – July 24, 1976) was an American baseball player in the Negro Leagues. He played from 1931 to 1951. He also played for the Dragones de Ciudad Trujillo along with Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson. In 1951, he became the first black coach in Minor League Baseball when he was a player-manager for the Farnham Pirates of the Provincial League.^[2]^[3]

His brother Dan Bankhead played in the Major Leagues.

At the age of 26, Bankhead married Helen M Hall on the 25th of February, 1976 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania. ^[4] Social Security records show he died in July of 1976 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania. ^[5]

References

↑ "Greeley Advertisers Downed by Colored Club; Score 12-1" Negro Star, Wichita, Kansas, Friday, August 10, 1934, Page 3, Columns 1 to 6
↑ Bjarkman, Peter C. (2005). Diamonds Around The Globe: The Encyclopedia Of International Baseball. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0313322686.
↑ "Sam Bankhead". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2013-02-12.
↑ "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KH6T-46J : accessed 24 Jan 2013), Samuel H Bankhead and Helen M Hall, 1937
↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JP64-G23 : accessed 24 Jan 2013), Sam Bankhead, July 1976; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing)

Negro League Baseball Museum

External links

Negro league baseball statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Negro leagues)

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Mexican League statistics
Venezuelan Professional Baseball League statistics

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v t e Homestead Grays 1948 Negro World Series Champions

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Persondata
Name	Bankhead, Sam
Alternative names
Short description	American baseball player
Date of birth	September 18, 1910
Place of birth	Sulligent, Alabama
Date of death	July 24, 1976
Place of death	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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