Oscar Givens | |
Position: | Infielder |
Birth Date: | July 5, 1922 |
Birth Place: | Elizabeth, New Jersey |
Death Place: | Lyons, New Jersey |
Bats: | Right |
Throws: | Right |
Debutleague: | Negro league baseball |
Debutyear: | 1946 |
Debutteam: | Newark Eagles |
Finalyear: | 1948 |
Finalteam: | Newark Eagles |
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Oscar Cornelius Givens (July 5, 1922 - October 22, 1967), nicknamed "Gibby", was an American Negro league infielder in the 1940s.
A native of Elizabeth, New Jersey, Givens attended Linden High School and Morgan State College.[1] He played for the Newark Eagles during their 1946 Negro World Series championship season,[2] and played for the club again in 1948.[3] Givens died in Lyons, New Jersey in 1967 at age 45.
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