Negro League Professional Baseball Player. He was a third baseman and shortstop for both of the Pittsburgh Negro teams. Raised in Pittsburgh from infancy, he joined the Pittsburgh Crawfords in 1928, staying with them until a brief sojourn with the Homestead Grays in 1936 (where he was a teammate of the legendary Josh Gibson and Satchel Paige) before rejoining the Crawfords until they went out of business in 1939. After leaving the Negro Leagues, he played semipro baseball and umpired while working for the Edgar Thompson Steel Works until his 1971 retirement. At his death, Mr. Williams was the second oldest veteran of Negro baseball; he was an honorary member of the Negro League Hall of Fame, an active member of the Josh Gibson Foundation, and a regular at Negro League reunions.
Negro League Professional Baseball Player. He was a third baseman and shortstop for both of the Pittsburgh Negro teams. Raised in Pittsburgh from infancy, he joined the Pittsburgh Crawfords in 1928, staying with them until a brief sojourn with the Homestead Grays in 1936 (where he was a teammate of the legendary Josh Gibson and Satchel Paige) before rejoining the Crawfords until they went out of business in 1939. After leaving the Negro Leagues, he played semipro baseball and umpired while working for the Edgar Thompson Steel Works until his 1971 retirement. At his death, Mr. Williams was the second oldest veteran of Negro baseball; he was an honorary member of the Negro League Hall of Fame, an active member of the Josh Gibson Foundation, and a regular at Negro League reunions.
Bio by: Bob Hufford
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