Wallace Gordon

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.

Wallace Clifford Gordon
Utility player
Born: April 21, 1881 Greenville, Pennsylvania
Died: November 5, 1955 Painesville, Ohio
Batted: Unknown Threw: Right
debut
1907, for the Cuban Giants
Last appearance
1915, for the Chicago Black Sox
Teams
Cuban Giants (1907–1909, 1911, 1913)[1] New York Black Sox (1910) New York Lincoln Giants (1911) Cuban Giants of Buffalo (1913) Brooklyn All Stars (1914) [2] Indianapolis ABCs (1914–1915)[2] Chicago Black Sox (1915)

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 Daniels 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.

References

1. "Cuban Giants Won Out 5 to 1" Bridgeton Evening News, Bridgeton, New Jersey, Thursday, July 25, 1907, Page 2, Column 6
2. "A.B.C.'s Trim Gunthers" Indianapolis Freeman, Indianapolis, IN, Saturday, July 17, 1915, Page 4, Column 4
3. "The Base Ball Spirit In The East." Indianapolis Freeman, Indianapolis, Indiana, Saturday, December 25, 1909, Page 7, Columns 1 and 2

External links

• Negro league and Cuban League statistics and player information from Seamheads.com, or Baseball-Reference (Negro leagues)