Ulysses Brown

Ulysses Brown
Catcher
Born: 1920
Died: September 7, 1942
Geneva, Ohio
Batted: Right Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
1937, for the Newark Eagles
Last appearance
1942, for the Cincinnati Clowns
Teams

Ulysses "Joe" "Buster" Brown (1920 - September 7, 1942) was an American baseball catcher in the Negro Leagues. He played from 1937 to 1942 with the Newark Eagles, Chicago American Giants, and the Cincinnati Clowns. Brown died in a car accident on September 7, 1942. Smoky Owens also died, while Eugene Bremmer, Herman Watts, Alonzo Boone, and Wilbur Hayes were also injured.[1]

References

  1. Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.


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