Cal Irvin
Cal Irvin | |
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Shortstop | |
Born: Haleburg, Alabama,U.S. | November 28, 1924|
Died:November 25, 2017 Greensboro, North Carolina,U.S. | (aged 92)|
Threw:Right | |
Negro league baseball debut | |
1946, for theNewark Eagles | |
Last appearance | |
1947, for theNew York Black Yankees | |
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Calvin Coolidge Irvin(November 28, 1924 – November 25, 2017) was an AmericanNegro league baseballshortstopand college basketball coach.
A native ofHaleburg, Alabama,Irvin was the brother ofBaseball Hall of FamerMonte Irvin.Younger brother Cal attendedOrange High SchoolandMorgan State University,where he played basketball and football.[1]He played for theNewark Eaglesduring their1946 Negro World Serieschampionship season,[2]and played with theNew York Black Yankeesin 1947.[1]
Irvin went on to become the athletic director and head basketball coach atNorth Carolina A&T State University,coaching there for 18 years, and winning fourCentral Intercollegiate Athletic Associationtitles. A member of theNorth Carolina Sports Hall of Fame,Irvin died inGreensboro, North Carolinain 2017 at age 92.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ab"Cal Irvin".seamheads.RetrievedAugust 4,2020.
- ^"1946 Newark Eagles".seamheads.RetrievedAugust 4,2020.
- ^Ed Hardin (November 25, 2017)."Greensboro basketball legend Cal Irvin passes away".journalnow.RetrievedAugust 4,2020.
- ^"Cal Irvin".nlbpa.RetrievedAugust 4,2020.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information fromBaseball ReferenceandSeamheads
- Cal Irvin atNegro League Baseball Players Association
- 1924 births
- 2017 deaths
- Newark Eagles players
- New York Black Yankees players
- North Carolina A&T Aggies men's basketball coaches
- Baseball shortstops
- Orange High School (New Jersey) alumni
- People from Henry County, Alabama
- Sportspeople from Orange, New Jersey
- Baseball players from Essex County, New Jersey
- Baseball players from Alabama
- Morgan State Bears basketball players
- Morgan State Bears football players
- 20th-century African-American sportspeople
- 21st-century African-American sportspeople
- Negro league baseball infielder stubs