Don Newcombe
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Donald Newcombe, nicknamed "Newk", was an American professional baseball pitcher who played ten non-consecutive seasons in Major League Baseball. He began his career in the Negro National League and e
Newcombe in 2009
Roy Campanella
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Roy Campanella, nicknamed "Campy", was an American professional baseball player, primarily as a catcher. The Philadelphia native played in the Negro leagues and Mexican League for nine years before en
Don Newcombe
…high school. After playing briefly with the Newark Eagles in the Negro National League in 1944 and 1945, Newcombe signed with the Dodgers. With catcher Roy Campanella, Newcombe played for the first racially integrated baseball team based in the United States in the 20th century, the 1946 Nashua Dodgers of the New…
Campanella with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1956
Campanella, circa 1953
Campanella with teammates Jackie Robinson and Jim Gilliam in Japan, 1956