Lionel Joseph Decuir (December 21, 1914 – April 14, 1977) 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 ...
catcher
Catcher is a Baseball positions, position in baseball and softball. When a Batter (baseball), batter takes their at bat, turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the (home plate, home) Umpire (baseball), umpire, and recei ...
from 1936 to 1940.
A native of
, Decuir made his Negro leagues debut in 1936 with the
Cincinnati Tigers
The Cincinnati Tigers were a professional Negro league baseball team that was based in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Founding
The club was founded in 1934 in sports, 1934 by DeHart Hubbard, who was the first African American to win an individual Olympic Ga ...
. He played for Cincinnati and the
Pittsburgh Crawfords
The Pittsburgh Crawfords, popularly known as the Craws, were a professional Negro league baseball team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team, previously known as the Crawford Colored Giants, was named after the Crawford Bath House, a recre ...
in 1937, and finished his career with the
Kansas City Monarchs
The Kansas City Monarchs were the longest-running franchise in the history of baseball's Negro leagues. Operating in Kansas City, Missouri, and owned by J. L. Wilkinson, they were charter members of the Negro National League from 1920 to 193 ...
in 1939 and 1940.
Decuir died in New Orleans in 1977 at age 62.
References
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Seamheads
1914 births
1977 deaths
Cincinnati Tigers (baseball) players
Kansas City Monarchs players
Pittsburgh Crawfords players
Baseball catchers
Baseball players from New Orleans
20th-century African-American sportspeople
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