Clarence Lee Moore (January 3, 1908 – November 17, 1992), nicknamed "Cool Breeze", was an American
Negro league first baseman in the 1920s.
A native of
Eldorado, Arkansas, Moore attended
Shaw University
Shaw University is a private Baptist historically black university in Raleigh, North Carolina. It is affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA. Founded on December 1, 1865, Shaw University is the oldest HBCU to begin offering courses in ...
and
North Carolina A & T State University
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (also known as North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina A&T, N.C. A&T, or simply A&T) is a public, historically black land-grant research university in Greensboro, North Caro ...
, and played for the
Bacharach Giants in 1928.
He died in
Asheville, North Carolina
Asheville ( ) is a city in, and the county seat of, Buncombe County, North Carolina. Located at the confluence of the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers, it is the largest city in Western North Carolina, and the state's 11th-most populous cit ...
in 1992 at age 84.
References
External links
an
Seamheads* Clarence Moore a
Arkansas Baseball Encyclopedia
1908 births
1992 deaths
Bacharach Giants players
Baseball first basemen
Baseball players from Arkansas
Sportspeople from El Dorado, Arkansas
20th-century African-American sportspeople
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