Leamon Walter Johnson (August 5, 1916 – death date unknown) was an

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in the

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. He played from 1941 to 1950 with the

Newark Eagles The Newark Eagles were a professional Negro league baseball team which played in the Negro National League from 1936 to 1948. They were owned by Abe and Effa Manley. History Formation The Newark Eagles were formed in 1936 when the Newark Do ...

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, St. Louis Stars, Harlem Globetrotters,

Memphis Red Sox The Memphis Red Sox were an American Negro league baseball team that was active from 1920 to 1959. Originally named the Barber College Baseball Club, the team was initially owned and operated by Arthur P. Martin, a local Memphis barber. In the la ...

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, Detroit Senators and Cincinnati Crescents.Pantagraph staff (June 23, 1948)
"Cincinnati Club Meets Stars Friday Night"
''The Bloomington Pantagraph''. p. 13. Retrieved June 16, 2021. __TOC__

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