Howard, Elston, 1929-1980
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Name (Latin)
Howard, Elston, 1929-1980
Other forms of name
Howard, Ellie, 1929-
Howard, Elston, b. 1930
Date of birth
1929-02-23
Date of death
1980-12-14
Associated country
United States
Occupation
African American baseball players
Authors
Baseball coaches
Baseball players
Catchers (Baseball)
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Sources of Information
- cf. Howard Elston (Catching (Baseball) by Elston Howard (Author). Viking Press, 1966 ( (Amazon.com, viewed July 5, 2016:) )
- Elston and me, 2001 :CIP t.p. (Elston Howard) galley (Ellie Howard; African American baseball player; has been dead for over twenty years)
- LC database, July 17, 2001:(hdg.: Howard, Elston, 1930-)
- cf. Elston Howard (Elston Gene "Ellie" Howard (February 23, 1929 - December 14, 1980) was an American professional baseball catcher, left fielder and coach. During a 14-year baseball career, he played in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball from 1948 through 1968, primarily for the New York Yankees. He also played for the Kansas City Monarchs and the Boston Red Sox. The first African American player on the Yankees roster...Howard was born in St. Louis, Missouri...After staying a week at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York City, Howard died of the heart ailment in 1980. ( (Wikipedia, viewed July 1, 2016:) )