Porter Lee Floyd (March 20, 1891 – August 24, 1949), commonly known as "Jack Hannibal" and nicknamed "The Fighting Poor Boy", was an American professional

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and

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in the 1910s. A native of

Campbellsville, Kentucky Campbellsville is a city in central Kentucky founded in 1817 by Andrew Campbell. It is known for Campbellsville University, Taylor Regional Hospital health care system, its historic downtown, and the proximity to Green River Lake State Park. Ca ...

, Hannibal attended

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and was the father of fellow Negro leaguer

Leo Hannibal Leo Robert Floyd (February 27, 1911 – August 30, 1977), commonly known as "Leo Hannibal" and nicknamed "Hippo", was an American Negro league pitcher in the 1930s. A native of Indianapolis, Indiana, Hannibal was the son of fellow Negro leaguer ...

. He made his Negro leagues debut in 1913 with the

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, and played for the

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the following season. He died in

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in 1949 at age 58.

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