Cecil Johnson | |
Position: | Infielder |
Birth Date: | February 9, 1893 |
Birth Place: | Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. |
Death Place: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Throws: | Right |
Debutleague: | Negro league baseball |
Debutyear: | 1918 |
Debutteam: | Bacharach Giants |
Finalyear: | 1928 |
Finalteam: | Philadelphia Tigers |
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Cecil Leon Johnson (February 9, 1893 – March 3, 1977) was an American Negro league infielder in the 1910s and 1920s.
A native of Wilmington, Delaware, Johnson made his Negro leagues debut in 1918 with the Bacharach Giants and the Hilldale Club. He went on to play for the Philadelphia Royal Stars and the Philadelphia Tigers. Johnson died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1977 at age 84.[1] [2]
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