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Leroy "Red" Bass was a catcher for the Homestead Grays and the Pittsburgh Crawfords during the 1938-40 period. The photos are from the Honolulu Star-Advertiser of June 18, 2000. They accompanied an article about him in which he reminisced about his life, including his 25 years as a teacher in the Kamehameha Schools in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was also in the Army for 27 years, rising to the rank of Colonel. He died in 2003 at age 85 and is buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu.