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Buck O'Neil

Chronology



1911 Born November 13 in Carrabelle, Florida
1923 Semi-professional with Sarasota Tigers
1930 Graduates from Edward Waters College
1934 Plays for Miami Giants
1935 Plays for New York Tigers
1936 Plays for Shreveport Acme Giants
1937 Plays for Memphis Red Sox
1937 Plays for Zulu Cannibal Giants
1938-43, 1946-55 Plays for Kansas City Monarchs
1943-45 Military service during Wold War II
1946 Marries Ora Lee Owen
1994 Narrator in Ken Burns' PBS documentary Baseball
1996 Publishes memoirs, I Was Right on Time

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