Buck O'Neil
Buck O'Neil
Negro League first baseman who became the MLB's first black coach on May 29, 1962.
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth13 November 1911
CityCarrabelle, FL
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Don't shed any tears. You think about this: Here I am, the grandson of a slave. And here the whole world was excited about whether I was going into the Hall of Fame or not. We've come a long ways.
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I've had some success, I really have. But I tell you what, you got to get that education.
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Don't be so hard on him, ... Maybe he's got a young boy of his own at home.
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The general manager of a baseball team can have lunch with the governor or he might have dinner with the United States president.