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Dr. George Bernard Key [1] (February 25, 1885 - August 16, 1969) was a baseball team co-owner, executive, and league president.[2] He served as president of the National Negro League[3] succeeding Rube Foster.[4]
He acquired the Giants from Charlie Mills in 1921.[5]
He was vice president of the St. Louis Stars (baseball) in 1926.[6] The team played at Stars Park.
He was Grand Master of the masons fraternal organization in St. Louis, Missouri.[7]
He drove a green Continental Mark II.[8]
Homer G. Phillips Hospital? Obstetrician and gynecologist? He made house calls.[9]
George Bernard Key Endowment Fund?
He was born in Prince George's County, Maryland.[10] He graduated from Howard University Medical School. Later in life he lived with his wife Pocahontas at 5525 Chamberlain Avenue in Rochester, Minnesota where he had a general practice and died. A philanthropist, he was involved in various organizations.[11]
He had a brother and two sisters.[12]
See also
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edit- ^ Bak, Richard (April 11, 1994). Turkey Stearnes and the Detroit Stars: The Negro Leagues in Detroit, 1919-1933. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-2582-3 – via Google Books.
- ^ https://mail.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/official.php?playerID=key--01geo&tab=record&sort=W_a
- ^ Smith, Courtney Michelle (January 26, 2017). Ed Bolden and Black Baseball in Philadelphia. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-7849-1 – via Google Books.
- ^ Lester, Larry (September 14, 2012). Rube Foster in His Time: On the Field and in the Papers with Black Baseball's Greatest Visionary. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-3927-0 – via Google Books.
- ^ https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/historic-photo-revives-interest-in-negro-leagues-st-louis-stars/article_325fb6ac-65a5-53a1-b550-a1fce33de50c.html
- ^ https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/team.php?yearID=1926&teamID=SLS&LGOrd=1&tab=metrics
- ^ Wright, John Aaron (April 11, 2002). Discovering African American St. Louis: A Guide to Historic Sites. Missouri History Museum. ISBN 978-1-883982-45-4 – via Google Books.
- ^ Company, Johnson Publishing (November 21, 1957). "Jet". Johnson Publishing Company – via Google Books.
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- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=Wko6P5M3QbAC&pg=PA187&dq=g.+bernard.+key+doctor&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwja1pDA2ZiJAxWpLtAFHbeCEIEQ6AF6BAgHEAM
- ^ https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/140660808/
- ^ https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ndnp/dlc/batch_dlc_2magritte_ver01/data/sn83045462/00280605943/1951042201/0075.pdf