| Hippo Galloway | |
| Position: | Outfielder / Second baseman |
| Birth Name: | William Hipple Galloway |
| Birth Date: | 24 March 1882 |
| Birth Place: | Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
| Bats: | Right |
| Throws: | Left |
| Debutleague: | Negro league baseball |
| Debutyear: | 1900 |
| Debutteam: | Cuban X-Giants |
| Finalyear: | 1900 |
| Finalteam: | Cuban X-Giants |
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| Hoflink: | Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame |
| Hoftype: | Canadian |
| Hofdate: | 2021 |
William Hipple Galloway (March 24, 1882 - February 17, 1943), nicknamed "Hippo", was an American-Canadian professional baseball player. Born in Buffalo, New York, Galloway grew up in Dunnville, Ontario, and is considered "the first black Canadian to play organized baseball."[1]
Galloway grew up playing both baseball and ice hockey. In 1899, he played hockey for the Woodstock, Ontario, club in the Central Ontario Hockey Association, where he was known as a "cool and collected" player on the ice.[2] In the summer of 1899, he played minor league baseball for the Woodstock Bains of the Canadian League,[3] but was dismissed from the club when a white player objected to his presence. Galloway was the last black player in Canadian organized baseball until Jackie Robinson in 1946.[4] [5] Following his dismissal, Galloway left Canada to join the Cuban X-Giants of the Negro leagues for the 1900 season.[6]