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Sam Harold Lacy

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Sam Harold Lacy

Birth
Mystic, New London County, Connecticut, USA
Death
8 May 2003 (aged 99)
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
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Suitland, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA Add to Map
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Pro Baseball Figure, Sports Editor. He was The (Baltimore) Afro-American weekly newspaper sports editor since 1944 and was a key figure in the integration of major league baseball. He filed his last newspaper column from his hospital bed. He was the first black reporter to become a member of the Baseball Writers' Association of America and was inducted into the writers wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown in 1997.
Pro Baseball Figure, Sports Editor. He was The (Baltimore) Afro-American weekly newspaper sports editor since 1944 and was a key figure in the integration of major league baseball. He filed his last newspaper column from his hospital bed. He was the first black reporter to become a member of the Baseball Writers' Association of America and was inducted into the writers wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown in 1997.

Bio by: Ron Moody

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Originally Created by: Ron Moody
  • Added: May 12, 2003
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7433890/sam_harold-lacy: accessed ), memorial page for Sam Harold Lacy (23 Oct 1903–8 May 2003), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7433890, citing Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, Suitland, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.