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Leroy Breedlove
Leroy Breedlove recently passed away at Age 86. His obituary indicates that following his freshman year at Texas Southern University, he joined the Kansas City Monarchs where he was a teammate of Ernie Banks and Satchel Paige. The Pittsburgh Courier of 4/21/1951 reports on Breedlove's pitching in a college game, so I assume that he was with the Monarchs later in 1951. I have not seen any reports of his being a Negro Leaguer from the usual reference books, but the Baseball Necrology forum indicated that he was. Ernie Banks was with the Monarchs in 1951. As best I can discern, Satchel Paige was with the Monarchs in 1950, but not in 1951.
The photo is from Breedlove's obituary, as reported by The Orange Leader.
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