1914 - 1972
Wendell Smith (sportswriter) American Baseball
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| First Name |
Wendell
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| Last Name |
Smith
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| Full Name at Birth |
Wendell Smith
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| Alternative Name |
Wendell Smith
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| Birthday |
23rd March, 1914
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| Birthplace |
Detroit, Michigan, USA
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| Died |
26th November, 1972
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| Place of Death |
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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| Zodiac Sign |
Aries
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation Text |
Sportswriter
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| Occupation |
Baseball
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John Wendell Smith (March 23, 1914 – November 26, 1972) was an American sportswriter and civil rights activist who was influential in the choice of Jackie Robinson's career as the first African American Major League Baseball player. Similarly, Smith was one of the first African American sport-writers to be a member of the Baseball Writers' Association of America, and was posthumously awarded the J. G. Taylor Spink Award by the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1993.
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