Cecil Johnson (baseball)

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Cecil Johnson
Infielder
Born: (1893-02-09)February 9, 1893
Wilmington, Delaware
Died: March 3, 1977(1977-03-03) (aged 84)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
1918, for the Bacharach Giants
Last appearance
1928, for the Philadelphia Tigers
Teams

Cecil Leon Johnson (February 9, 1893 – March 3, 1977) was an American Negro league infielder in the 1910s and 1920s.

A native of Wilmington, Delaware, Johnson made his Negro leagues debut in 1918 with the Bacharach Giants and the Hilldale Club. He went on to play for the Philadelphia Royal Stars and the Philadelphia Tigers. Johnson died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1977 at age 84.[1][2]

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  1. ^ "Cecil Johnson". seamheads.com. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  2. ^ "Cecil Johnson". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved August 16, 2021.

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