Hippo Galloway
| Hippo Galloway | |
|---|---|
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| Outfielder / Second baseman | |
| Born: William Hipple Galloway March 24, 1882 Buffalo, New York, U.S. | |
| Died: February 17, 1943 (aged 60) Buffalo, New York, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Left | |
| Negro league baseball debut | |
| 1900, for the Cuban X-Giants | |
| Last appearance | |
| 1900, for the Cuban X-Giants | |
| Teams | |
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| Member of the Canadian | |
 Baseball Hall of Fame | |
| Induction | 2021 |
William Hipple Galloway (March 24, 1882 – February 17, 1943),[1] nicknamed "Hippo", was an American-Canadian professional baseball player. Born in Buffalo, New York, Galloway grew up in Dunnville, Ontario, and is considered "the first black Canadian to play organized baseball."[1]
Biography[edit]
Galloway grew up playing both baseball and ice hockey. In 1899, he played hockey for the Woodstock, Ontario, club in the Central Ontario Hockey Association, where he was known as a "cool and collected" player on the ice.[2] In the summer of 1899, he played minor league baseball for the Woodstock Bains of the Canadian League,[3] but was dismissed from the club when a white player objected to his presence. Galloway was the last black player in Canadian organized baseball until Jackie Robinson in 1946.[4][5] Following his dismissal, Galloway left Canada to join the Cuban X-Giants of the Negro leagues for the 1900 season.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "William "Hipple" Galloway". baseballhalloffame.ca. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
- ^ "Black Hockey History". hockeycentral.co.uk. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
- ^ "William Galloway". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
- ^ Cieradkowski, Gary (2015). The League of Outsider Baseball: An Illustrated History of Baseball's Forgotten Heroes. Simon and Schuster. p. 178. ISBN 9781476775234.
- ^ "A History Of Black Hockey". greatesthockeylegends.com. February 19, 2007. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
- ^ "Bill Galloway". seamheads.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
External links[edit]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors), or Seamheads
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- 1882 births
- 1943 deaths
- Sportspeople from Buffalo, New York
- Sportspeople from Haldimand County
- Black Canadian ice hockey players
- Black Canadian baseball players
- Ice hockey people from Ontario
- Baseball people from Ontario
- Baseball outfielders
- Baseball second basemen
- Cuban X-Giants players
- Woodstock Bains players
- Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductees
- Negro league baseball infielder stubs