Garnett Bankhead Jr. (June 27, 1928 – September 15, 1991) was a former player in
Negro league baseball
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 ...
.
Bankhead played with the
Memphis Red Sox and
Homestead Grays.
In 1953, the played for the
Drummondville Royals of the
Provincial League.
His brothers
Sam
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Places
* Sam, Benin
* Sam, Boulkiemdé, Burkina Faso
* Sam, Bourzanga, Burkina Faso
* Sam, Kongoussi, Burkina Faso
* Sam, Iran
* Sam, Teton County, Idaho, United States, a populated place
People and fictional ...
,
Fred,
Dan and
Joe
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* ''Joe'' (1970 film), starring Peter Boyle
* ''Joe'' (2013 film), starring Nicolas Cage
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all also played in the Negro leagues, with Dan also playing in
Major League Baseball.
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1928 births
1991 deaths
Drummondville Royals players
Homestead Grays players
Memphis Red Sox players
Baseball pitchers
People from Walker County, Alabama
Baseball players from Alabama
20th-century African-American sportspeople
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