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Gibson, Josh (Joshua) (1911–1947)

US baseball player. As a catcher for the Pittsburgh Crawfords and Homestead Grays of the 1930s and 1940s black baseball leagues, he was known as ‘the black Babe Ruth’. One of the most powerful homerun hitters in the game's history (he is unofficially credited with almost 800), he was elected to baseball's Hall of Fame in 1972. He was born in Buena Vista, Georgia.
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Rangers found their feet after seeing off some early pressure with some fantastic defending by James Graham, Jack Cornwell and Josh Gibson.
South Park Rangers by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
CLASS B: Jordan Swales (Sunderland) v S Ali (Unity); Callum Ellenor (Sunderland) v Zeeshan Khan (Karmand); Josh Gibson (Sunderland) v Steve Barnes (Manor); Lewis Sherriff (Hylton Castle) v Chad Gaynor (Millennium); Lewis Cunningham (Wellington) v Callum Cotton (Parson Cross); Declan Fusco (East Durham) v Mathew Neilson (Tom Hill).
Football: Billy the kid in glory bid by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
A ballplayer who lived larger than the rest, a glutton with twodistinctions: Ruth wore pinstripes and no one ever got to see what Josh Gibson might have done to his record had he played in the bigleagues.
BONDS NO MORE EVIL THAN MOST PLAYERS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
 
 
 
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