| Birth: | Jun. 26, 1924 | | Death: | Jan. 31, 2004 | 
Negro League ball player. After being one of the first black Marines to serve in World War II, he played professional baseball for the Elite Giants. He played as both a pitcher and an outfielder. After leaving baseball he worked as a heavy-equipment operator for 30 years, retiring in the early 1980s. Following retirement he became a tennis instructor and made appearances at baseball card shows where he signed autographs and sold Negro League paraphernalia. (bio by: Ron Moody)
Search Amazon for Ernest Burke | | | Burial:
Garrison Forest Veterans Cemetery
Owings Mills
Baltimore County
Maryland, USA
Plot: Section K-24 Row 6 Site 9 |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Ron Moody
Record added: Feb 05, 2004
Find A Grave Memorial# 8357662 |
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