Paul Mansfield Herbert Arnold (November 2, 1903 – May 1979), nicknamed "Sonny", 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 ...

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in the 1920s and 1930s. A native of Hopewell, New Jersey, Arnold made his Negro leagues debut in 1926 with the Hilldale Club. He went on to play with several teams, and was selected to represent the Newark Dodgers in the 1935

East–West All-Star Game The East–West All-Star Game was an annual all-star game for Negro league baseball players. The game was the brainchild of Gus Greenlee, owner of the Pittsburgh Crawfords. In 1933 he decided to emulate the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, usi ...

. Arnold finished his career in 1936 with the New York Cubans. He died in Hopewell in 1979 at age 75.

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