Paige, Satchel (1899?-1982)
In an era when American major league sports were a white man's game, African American Leroy "Satchel" Paige achieved legendary fame as Negro League bas...
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Satchel Paige
Born July 7, 1906 (Mobile, Alabama)Died June 5, 1982 (Kansas City, Missouri)
Baseball player
During the prosperous Roaring Twenties, more U.S. citizens than ever before had extra income ...
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Long before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier of "organized baseball," Satchel Paige (1906-1982) was a name well known to the general sports public. As an outstanding performer in "Negro basebal...
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Paige, Satchel (1899?-1982)
Paige, Satchel
Satchel Paige