Daniel Kennard (September 3, 1883 – May 21, 1947) was a

Negro leagues The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Americans and, to a lesser extent, Latin Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be ...

catcher Catcher is a Baseball positions, position in baseball and softball. When a Batter (baseball), batter takes their at bat, turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the (home plate, home) Umpire (baseball), umpire, and recei ...

for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League, and in its first few seasons. On July 28, 1915, 31 year-old Kennard moved from the West Baden Sprudels to become the catcher for the

Indianapolis ABCs The Indianapolis ABCs were a Negro league baseball team that played both as an independent club and as a charter member of the first Negro National League (NNL). They claimed the western championship of black baseball in 1915 and 1916, and fini ...

. He started his first game for the A.B.C.s by pitching."Notes of the A.B.C.'s" Indianapolis Freeman, Indianapolis, Indiana, Saturday, July 31, 1915, Page 4, Column 4
/ref> Kennard died at the age of 63 in

St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi River, Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the Greater St. Louis, ...

and is buried at St. Peter's Cemetery in Hillsdale, MO.

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