[Player file : Doby, Lawrence Eugene, 1942- / compiled by the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown, N.Y.].

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[Player file : Doby, Lawrence Eugene, 1942- / compiled by the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown, N.Y.].

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Player file includes material documenting his baseball career and personal life. These items may include newspaper and magazine articles, biographical material, press releases, copies of original documents and other sundry items. Some files may not contain any material due to the brevity of his career and/or the time period in which he played. File contents: folder 1 (1942- ).

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Doby, Larry, 1923-2003

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Lawrence Eugene Doby (December 13, 1923 – June 18, 2003) was an American professional baseball player in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball (MLB) who was the second black player to break baseball's color barrier and the first black player in the American League. A native of Camden, South Carolina and three-sport all-state athlete while in high school in Paterson, New Jersey, Doby accepted a basketball scholarship from Long Island University. At 17 years of age, he began his professional...

Negro National League

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