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Phillip Cockrell

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Phillip Cockrell

Birth
Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia, USA
Death
31 Mar 1951 (aged 55)
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Sharon Hill, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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BORN PHILLIP WILLIAMS.

Negro League baseball player. Pitcher for the Hilldale Daisies, Atlantic Bacharach Giants and the Philadelphia Stars. Manager of Atlantic City Bacharach Giants in 1934. After baseball, he became an umpire for the Negro National League.

He was shot by a jealous husband in a case of mistaken identity.
BORN PHILLIP WILLIAMS.

Negro League baseball player. Pitcher for the Hilldale Daisies, Atlantic Bacharach Giants and the Philadelphia Stars. Manager of Atlantic City Bacharach Giants in 1934. After baseball, he became an umpire for the Negro National League.

He was shot by a jealous husband in a case of mistaken identity.

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