Harry Williams (Negro leagues)

Harry Williams
Harry Williams
	Infielder
	Born: June 5, 1905; Sparks, Georgia
	Died: May, 1964
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
	1931, for the Indianapolis ABCs
Last appearance
	1946, for the New York Black Yankees
Teams
	Indianapolis ABCs (1931); Pittsburgh Crawfords (1931–1932, 1937-1938); New York Black Yankees (1932, 1941–1944, 1946); Homestead Grays (1932-1934, 1939); Baltimore Black Sox (1933); Baltimore Elite Giants (1935, 1945); Brooklyn/Newark Eagles (1935-1936); New York Cubans (1936, 1946); Harrisburg Stars (1943);

Harry Lovett Williams (June 5, 1905 – May, 1964) was an American Negro league baseball infielder and manager in the 1930s and 1940s.

A native of Sparks, Georgia, Williams made his Negro leagues debut in 1931 with the Indianapolis ABCs and Pittsburgh Crawfords.[1] He was a player-manager for the New York Black Yankees in 1944, and managed the team again in 1950. His brother Roy S. Williams also played in the Negro leagues.[2][3] Williams died in 1964 at age 58.

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