Wallace Gordon Explained

Wallace Clifford Gordon
Position:	Utility player
Bats:	Unknown
Throws:	Right
Birth Date:	1881 4, mf=yes
Birth Place:	Greenville, Pennsylvania
Death Place:	Painesville, Ohio
Debutyear:	1907
Debutteam:	Cuban Giants
Finalyear:	1915
Finalteam:	Chicago Black Sox
Teams:	Cuban Giants (–,,)^[1] New York Black Sox New York Lincoln Giants Cuban Giants of Buffalo Brooklyn All Stars Indianapolis ABCs (–)^[2] Chicago Black Sox

Wallace Clifford Gordon (April 21, 1881 - November 5, 1955) was a Negro leagues Utility player for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League.

Sportswriter Harry Daniels named Gordon to his 1909 "All American Team" saying he is "the best man ever to play third base in colored base ball." Daniels added that Gordon was "the peer of base-stealers."^[3]

Gordon played for many different teams, and played with some of the top pre-Negro leagues players, such as Dizzy Dismukes, Bingo DeMoss, Oscar Charleston, and Ben Taylor.

Notes and References

1. https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1Wcncq5-bHdVUtxNE8zTTR3aXc "Cuban Giants Won Out 5 to 1" Bridgeton Evening News, Bridgeton, New Jersey, Thursday, July 25, 1907, Page 2, Column 6
2. https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1Wcncq5-bHdTlRXOHl5bFRhSzQ "A.B.C.'s Trim Gunthers" Indianapolis Freeman, Indianapolis, IN, Saturday, July 17, 1915, Page 4, Column 4
3. http://negroleagues.bravehost.com/pdf/001968.pdf "The Base Ball Spirit In The East." Indianapolis Freeman, Indianapolis, Indiana, Saturday, December 25, 1909, Page 7, Columns 1 and 2