Allen Bryant | |
Position: | Pitcher |
Birth Date: | March 29, 1918 |
Birth Place: | Chicago, Illinois |
Death Place: | Kansas City, Missouri |
Bats: | Left |
Throws: | Left |
Debutleague: | Negro league baseball |
Debutyear: | 1937 |
Debutteam: | Memphis Red Sox |
Finalyear: | 1946 |
Finalteam: | Memphis Red Sox |
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Allen Bryant Jr. (March 29, 1918 - March 22, 1992), nicknamed "Lefty", was an American Negro league pitcher who played between 1937 and 1946.
A native of Chicago, Illinois, Bryant attended Lincoln High School in Kansas City, Missouri.[1] He made his Negro league debut in 1937 for the Memphis Red Sox, and went on to play for the Kansas City Monarchs in 1940 and 1941.
Bryant served as a sergeant in the US Army in World War II.[2] After returning from his service, he again twirled for both Memphis and Kansas City in 1946, and later played minor league baseball in Canada.[3] Bryant died in Kansas City in 1992 at age 73.
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