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Bob Gilkerson

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Bob Gilkerson
Second baseman
Born: (1886-02-10)February 10, 1886
Newtown, Virginia
Died: March 21, 1944(1944-03-21) (aged 58)
Spring Valley, Illinois
Negro league baseball debut
1909, for the Illinois Giants
Last appearance
1913, for the Leland Giants
Teams

Robert Paul Gilkerson (February 10, 1886 – March 21, 1944) was an American Negro league second baseman in the 1900s and 1910s, and later owner of the eponymous Gilkerson's Union Giants club.

A native of Newtown, Virginia, Gilkerson played for the Illinois Giants in 1909, and for the Leland Giants in 1913.[1][2] In 1917, he bought W. S. Peters' Chicago baseball club, and ran his barnstorming Gilkerson's Union Giants through the 1930s.[3] Gilkerson died in Spring Valley, Illinois in 1944 at age 58.

References

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  1. ^ "Bob Gilkerson". seamheads.com. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  2. ^ "Bob Gilkerson". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  3. ^ "Chicago Union Giants". nlbpa.com. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
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