Nat Strong

Nathaniel Calvin "Nat" Strong (January 4, 1874 – January 10, 1935)[1] was an American sports executive who was an officer and owner in Negro league baseball.

Nat Strong
Born
Nathaniel Calvin Strong

January 4, 1874
DiedJanuary 10, 1935 (aged 61)
EmployerNegro league baseball

In 1906 Strong became the Secretary for the National Association of Colored Baseball Clubs of the United States and Cuba, which began play in 1907.[2]

He served as a booking agent for East Coast teams, an officer with the New York Black Yankees, part owner of the Cuban Stars (East), and owner of the Brooklyn Royal Giants. Strong also worked for Spalding as a salesman, and owned the New York World Building some time after that paper's closing in 1931.[3]

References

  1. "Early Pioneers of the Negro Leagues Nat Strong" (PDF). Center for Negro League Baseball Research. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  2. "Colored Baseball Men Organize Association" The Anaconda Standard, Anaconda, MT, Sunday Morning, November 11, 1906, Page 2, Column 7
  3. Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.


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