George Hubert Lockhart (January 25, 1899 – May 23, 1968), sometimes listed as "Joe", was an American
Negro league
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 ...
pitcher
In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...
in the 1920s.
A native of
Flowery Branch, Georgia
Flowery Branch is a city in Hall County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 9,391. It is part of the Gainesville, Georgia metropolitan area, and lies on the shores of Lake Lanier.
History
Flowery Branch wa ...
, Lockhart attended
Talladega College
Talladega College is a private historically black college in Talladega, Alabama. It is Alabama
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. In 1923, he pitched for collegiate
no-hitter
In baseball, a no-hitter is a game in which a team was not able to record a hit. Major League Baseball (MLB) officially defines a no-hitter as a completed game in which a team that batted in at least nine innings recorded no hits. A pitcher wh ...
s.
He made his Negro leagues debut in 1923 with the
Bacharach Giants
The Bacharach Giants were a Negro league baseball team that played in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Founding
The club was founded when two African-American politicians moved the Duval Giants of Jacksonville, Florida, to Atlantic City in 1916 an ...
. He played six seasons for the club, and made appearances in the
1926 and
1927 Colored World Series
The 1927 Colored World Series was the championship tournament for the 1927 season of Negro league baseball. It was the fourth overall Series played. It matched the Chicago American Giants, champions of the Negro National League (1920–1931) and t ...
. Lockhart finished his career in 1929 with the
Chicago American Giants
The Chicago American Giants were a Chicago-based Negro league baseball team. From 1910 until the mid-1930s, the American Giants were the most dominant team in black baseball. Owned and managed from 1911 to 1926 by player-manager Andrew "Rube" Fo ...
.
Lockhart was a
physical education
Physical education, often abbreviated to Phys Ed. or P.E., is a subject taught in schools around the world. It is usually taught during primary and secondary education, and encourages psychomotor learning by using a play and movement explorati ...
teacher and coached multiple sports at
Alabama State College
Alabama State University (ASU) is a public historically black university in Montgomery, Alabama. Founded in 1867, ASU is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
History
Alabama State University was founded in 1867 as the Li ...
for more than 40 years. He died in
Montgomery, Alabama
Montgomery is the capital city of the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Montgomery County. Named for the Irish soldier Richard Montgomery, it stands beside the Alabama River, on the coastal Plain of the Gulf of Mexico. In the 202 ...
in 1968.
He was inducted into the Alabama High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame in 2003.
References
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an
Seamheads
1899 births
1968 deaths
Bacharach Giants players
Chicago American Giants players
Baseball pitchers
Baseball players from Georgia (U.S. state)
Sportspeople from Hall County, Georgia
20th-century African-American sportspeople
Talladega College alumni
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