Bruce Hocker | |
Position: | First baseman |
Birth Date: | 1894 8, mf=yes |
Birth Place: | Jeffersonville, Indiana, US |
Death Place: | Baltimore, Maryland, US |
Debutyear: | 1913 |
Debutteam: | West Baden Sprudels |
Finalyear: | 1920 |
Finalteam: | Dayton Marcos |
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Bruce William Hocker (August 6, 1894 – August 1, 1975) was a Negro leagues first baseman for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League.
Hocker registered for the World War I draft on June 5, 1917, showing his current occupation as a "musician" at the Kipps Parkway Hotel on "South Boulevard in Bronx Park." He is listed as single and no exemptions from the draft.[2]
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