Floyd "Jelly Roll" Gardner (September 27, 1895 - March 28, 1977) was a
baseball
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player in the
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 ...
. He played
infield
Infield is a sports term whose definition depends on the sport in whose context it is used.
Baseball
In baseball, the diamond, as well as the area immediately beyond it, has both grass and dirt, in contrast to the more distant, usually grass-c ...
and
outfield
The outfield, in cricket, baseball and softball is the area of the field of play further from the batsman or batter than the infield. In association football, the outfield players are positioned outside the goal area.
In cricket, baseball and ...
from 1919 to 1933, primarily for 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 ...
.
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Chicago American Giants players
Detroit Stars players
Lincoln Giants players
Homestead Grays players
1895 births
1977 deaths
Leopardos de Santa Clara players
American expatriate baseball players in Cuba
20th-century African-American sportspeople
Baseball outfielders
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