Thursday, June 02, 2005

Remembering Negro League player Wilmer "Red" Fields

This June 4th will mark one year since the death of Wilmer "Red" Fields. Fields, a resident of Manassas, was a star baseball player in the '40s and '50s, winning accolades in various professional leagues, including the famed Negro Leagues of Baseball, playing with the Washington Homestead Grays.

Negro Leagues of Baseball Players' Association obituary:
http://www.nlbpa.com/4june2004.html

Wikipedia bio on Fields:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmer_Fields

Negro Leagues of Baseball Website (containing many articles about "Red"):
http://www.nlbpa.com/index.html

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