Otto "Mirror" Briggs (April 7, 1891 – October 28, 1943) was an American

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and team owner in the

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Brigs played from 1915 to 1934, playing mostly with the Hilldale Club and the Bacharach Giants. Briggs also managed both teams: Hilldale in 1917, 1919, and from 1927 to 1928, and the Giants from 1932 to 1934; that same year, he also managed the Otto Briggs All Stars.Negro League Managers: Teams managed by Otto Briggs
''Center for Negro League Baseball Research''. Retrieved April 27, 2021. Two years later, Briggs became the owner of the Philadelphia Black Meteors.Staff (June 11, 1936)
"Otto Briggs Joins Meteors Brain Trust: Former Hilldale Star Associates Himself with South Philly"
''June 11, 1936''. p. 12. Retrieved April 27, 2021.

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1891 births 1943 deaths Bacharach Giants players Baseball players from North Carolina Hilldale Club players Indianapolis ABCs players Negro league baseball managers People from Kings Mountain, North Carolina Baseball outfielders 20th-century African-American sportspeople {{Negro-league-baseball-outfielder-stub

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