December 26, 1895 - July 7, 1952

Gus Greenlee

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Despite his involvement in numbers runnning, Gus Greenlee was the owner of the Pittsburgh Crawfords and founder and president of the second Negro National League (NNL II).52

  • Interesting Fact

    In 1932, he built the only black-owned field throughout the Negro League, Greenlee Field, which was the home field of the Crawfords52

  • Statistic

    From 1932-1936, the Crawfords were among the top teams in the Negro League.52

  • Teams Played

    NNL II began with 7 teams: Baltimore Black Sox, Chicago American Giants, Columbus Blue Birds, Indianapolis ABCs, Homestead Grays, Nashville Elite Giants, and Pittsburgh Crawfords26

  • Quote

    Gus Greenlee fathered the East-West game, promoting the first one in 1933 in cooperation with Robert A. Cole of the Chicago American Giants. - Robert Peterson53

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