Henry Frazier Robinson (May 30, 1910 – October 13, 1997), nicknamed "Slow", was an American
Negro league catcher for the
Kansas City Monarchs
The Kansas City Monarchs were the longest-running franchise in the history of baseball's Negro leagues. Operating in Kansas City, Missouri, and owned by J. L. Wilkinson, they were charter members of the Negro National League from 1920 to 193 ...
,
New York Black Yankees
The New York Black Yankees were a professional Negro league baseball team based in New York City; Paterson, New Jersey; and Rochester, New York. Beginning as the independent Harlem Stars, the team was renamed the New York Black Yankees in 1932 and ...
, and
Baltimore Elite Giants
The Baltimore Elite Giants were a professional baseball team that played in the Negro league baseball, Negro leagues from to . The team was established by Tom Wilson (Negro baseball), Thomas T. Wilson, in Nashville, Tennessee as the semi-pro Nash ...
between 1942 and 1950.
A native of
Birmingham, Alabama, Robinson was the brother of fellow Negro leaguer
Norman Robinson, and served in the
US Navy during
World War II.
Robinson died in
Kings Mountain, North Carolina in 1997 at age 87.
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1910 births
1997 deaths
Baltimore Elite Giants players
Kansas City Monarchs players
New York Black Yankees players
United States Navy personnel of World War II
United States Navy sailors
20th-century African-American sportspeople
Baseball catchers
African-American United States Navy personnel
African Americans in World War II
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