Walter Allen Calhoun (August 21, 1911 – October 2, 1976), nicknamed "Lefty", was an American Negro league pitcher in the 1930s and 1940s. A native of Union City, Tennessee, Calhoun made his Negro leagues debut in 1932 with the

Montgomery Grey Sox The Montgomery Grey Sox were a Negro Southern League (NSL) baseball team based in Montgomery, Alabama. While the NSL was regarded as a minor league throughout most of its existence, with the collapse of the first Negro National League in 1931, th ...

and

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 ...

. He went on to play for several teams, and was selected to represent the St. Louis–New Orleans Stars in the 1940

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 ...

. Calhoun finished his career in 1946 with the Indianapolis Clowns. He died in

Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U.S. ...

in 1976 at age 65.

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